Paul_S

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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   It genuinely saddens me that a strategic decision like brexit was triggered and decided on based on local politics and grievances.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   I'd prefer books given a choice but I'm too poor to own a house where l live so a non-kindle e-reader is my saviour.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   Surely, the sitcom you meant is the big bang theory. The modern minstrel show with geek chic instead of blackface.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   I don't know anyone who chooses freely to work with Tcl. It's a curiosity like brainfuck. Fun to look at and marvel at its simplicity but an absolute horror to work in.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   Here in the UK you're allowed by law to take photos in public but you will get hassled by the police if they feel like it an no amount of being right will help you then. You cannot win. It's OK if you take photos with your phone
6. 366.▲
   by Paul_S 10y ago

   Build NAS, run mpd.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   If you don't believe it, read Masters of Doom - it's a hugely sympathetic history of id and they still manage to look like sociopaths in it, especially Carmack. They steal, lie and backstab their friends.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   This is already my third career so it's not that unlikely. Maybe my last career will be outside the system and not a career at all: the creator of a new type of economic system.
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   by Paul_S 10y ago

   If fewer people eat meat will meat be more or less expensive for me?
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    If you've never seen this: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page It's every gun in every film ever. Whether or not it's useful to know every film that ever used your favourite gun is up to you.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    A good lunch is probably enough.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    They are victims. Ask your girlfriend where, if at all, she draws the moral line. I'm not a saint but I wouldn't be able to justify that to myself.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    It hurts to be reminded of this. I quit wikipedia because of that. Having your page deleted is an absolute slap to the face. It's like bringing a home-baked cake to a charity cake sale and having the other bakers take your cake, throw
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    Bots creating content for bots to click on. Perfect. Seal it in a bunker and launch into space (together with the marketeers).
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    I don't get it. Can you please list 3 examples I can look up?
16. 376.▲
    by Paul_S 10y ago

    It's so niche it'll fly below everyone's radar.
17. 377.▲
    by Paul_S 10y ago

    I'm sorry for OT, but the kano.me link does a strange thing I notice lots of websites started doing recently. The moment you move your mouse to close the window it creates a popup. Why, and how? I feel really naive asking this but do w
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    Any future that does not include bacon is not a future I want to live in.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    When China does it it's oppression but when we do it it's for our own good.
20. 380.▲
    by Paul_S 10y ago

    It's one of those apple candy keyboards. Typing on those is only slightly better than typing on glass.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    If it had a normal keyboard I'd buy one. Amazing little package.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    How are we not yet capable of having a robot controlled arm do this? Come on people!
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    That's super useful, thank you. I got the Moto G (which is on the list) and will use this to get my next phone when this one dies (non replaceable battery so I imagine 2 more years tops). All the table is missing is how easy it is to r
24. 384.▲
    by Paul_S 10y ago

    Thanks, no. I'll start with "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" as it's the most controversial one (spread of reviews) and if I like it I'll keep going.
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    That's what I thought too but no, it's totally doable (I am doing it after all) and the average page count according to goodreads is 357. I have no family, I work a 9-5 at a multinational and my only other hobby is bouldering. I u
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    Not any topic in particular. Things in my own field I can judge myself and I don't really get to chose anyway but I'm talking about general reading. Most lists just tell you which books are popular. I'd be reading nothing but
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    I'm happy to share. - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV" - "The G
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    Open the page, sort by "best" and see how far up you have to go before you get to a book that doesn't get a negative review. As far as I can tell no one has this figured out yet and it's a no way of proving a program wil
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    If you go to goodreads you can find thousands of people reading ~80 books a year with their lists publicly available. If you want to see what software engineers read just click on a popular software book and keep clicking on profiles that h
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    by Paul_S 10y ago

    I have a strategically placed book at the office. Every time I go to get tea and I'm waiting for it to brew or waiting for the meeting to start I read a few pages. It sounds ridiculous but I'm confident I'll finish that book