Paul_S

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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   "During the time he was detained and searched, the man said he was asked weird questions including how many times a day he prayed? Was his family religious? And did they have a lot of money?" Things like that make me laugh and cry
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   The Next Evolution of Syscoin Decentralization(syscoin.org)

   2 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   You go to the expense of buying loose leaf tea and then leave the leaves in to steep for >5min which basically makes teabags taste better because you can remove them and you can get quality tea in teabags nowadays (not just fannings and
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   I missed out on the Amiga, going straight from 8bit Atari to x86. I used a A500 but never owned anything made by Commodore. I still find it fascinating and the Deathbed Vigil video was a great but melancholy watch. I never programmed for th
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   Oops, you are absolutely right, I'm sorry. Serves me right for not even reading the faq.
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   http://www.penny4nasa.org/donate/ allows you to donate even through dogecoin.
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   Ah, yes. Back in the communist era my country was also an independent democracy (with electoral turnout of almost 100%, more democratic than the rotten west!) who just happened to be gloriously "cooperating" with our soviet brothe
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   I can't really argue with you but I have lots of sympathy for the kid despite him being a criminal. It's probably because I was born in a country occupied by Russia until the 90s and his is still and I can't bring myself to w
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   by Paul_S 11y ago

   I will accept halving of my salary if we can start making an effort towards Mars colonisation. But we all know that any extra money would be spent on building vanity structures here or earth and other forms of culture I don't appreciat
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    Commodore Releasing Android Gaming Smartphone in Europe(androidheadlines.com)

    1 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    > Don't say "but I code on it". If you're a coder, you're already a specialized use case. Unless you're a microsoft shop that's not necessarily the case. We have windows boxes which are only there so we
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Stutters and goes berserk even on my i5 dev machine. Is there an alternative version of the website?
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I'm sure it's not impossible to come to an arrangement with the locals to go and have a look at the shuttles.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    As an investment - brilliant. As a value store - rather too risky. It's not like they can use it like a regular currency with no infrastructure for it.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I feel like I'm living under a rock, sheltered from all this except when ever so often I click on a link on HN an get taken to some website from hell. Complaining about that world is like complaining about how pointless broadcast TV is
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    15th anniversary of the original Deus Ex(noplatform.wordpress.com)

    2 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    And disable copy&paste in really clever ways so you can't just edit an attribute on a textfield to paste your text. Browsers helpfully expose a on paste event that can be hijacked from various places and text manipulated during pas
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I can't read it at all without just removing the style. Insane. Fascinating article though, worth the effort. Pages used to have a "printable version" button, whatever happened to those?
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Go on, find me a single non-open plan employer (I live in the UK). I still remember the times when people had offices, it was fantastic.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    You forgot libraries and dogging sites.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I don't live in SF but I'm really curious, how do you "check people out"? I hope you send PIs after them.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Learning inconsistent/inefficient languages doesn't stifle literacy - just look at Asian languages. The problem with reform is that you'd be fine with it except if they decided on something you didn't agree with. Multipl
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    What are you not allowed to ask?
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I don't agree with the author on almost anything but I wholeheartedly agree that voting with your feet is the only type of voting that brings immediate results. Voting with your feet > voting with your wallet > voting though a ba
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    I'm voting with my wallet - don't really see much point of anything beyond that. Campaigns only work for advertising companies.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Same way football matches are still a thing. Just because it doesn't entertain you, doesn't mean it doesn't entertain millions of people who don't share your interests.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Why does it have to be a choice between "awful DRM" and "more awful DRM". Why not "no DRM"? GOG has proven over the years that it's a viable business model.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    humble indie bundle sell a lot of steam keys lately. Lately being last couple of years. Only at the very beginning did they actually care about DRM (or Linux support). GOG are the only people who do it right.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    Parsing URLs is hard. Writing tests to find potential segfaults is easier.
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    by Paul_S 11y ago

    How about just apply for a job? Most of us have those doubts but we get by just fine. If you're suffering from depression you should seek professional help.