PhantomGremlin

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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Yeah, what a great idea. Let me cook a steak for 72 hours, then I still need to brown it. Non-starter for 99% of the population. IMO.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Very interesting observation. I hadn't thought of quantum physics as magic before. But it's so weird that "magic" might indeed be the best word to describe it.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Good point. Even by the time Brin entered in 1979, the rules of immigration had changed. Brin got in easily because we had special rules for Jewish families trying to get out of the Soviet Union. More recently (in the 2000's) we did th
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
I wasn't clear about what I meant. I'll accept your assertion that it's easy to get a work visa in Japan. It's certainly easy for Japanese expats to work in the USA for subsidiaries of Japanese companies. There are speci
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Does Iceland want immigrants? Japan, another quite homogenous country (demographically speaking), makes it quite difficult to immigrate there. Contrast with the USA, where one of Americas greatest strengths is in welcoming immigrants. E.g.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
> Spending $40k to blog is pretty awful and is not rebutted by something that's even more awful. Well, if you believe the article, "personal blogs" will not be affected. The claim is that only "ten websites" are
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
I think RT is great. They're certainly an alternative to American "mainstream media". Our media (mostly) give Obama a pass about everything they were foaming at the mouth about when Bush did it. RT offers a much different per
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Really, an article on censorship from "RT" aka Russia Today? According to Wikipedia "funded by the federal budget of Russia". I want to see an article from them critical of Putin, their dear leader. I suspect that whoeve
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Why are you afraid of cookies? The cookie monster, maybe. But cookies, no! I use Firefox. In Firefox it's easy to "clear history when Firefox closes". That includes cookies. So all you do to be as close to anonymous as possib
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
More interesting to me is where did the bimbo come up with ricin? I don't think that product has a SKU at most department stores.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
I strongly disagree. Most Americans are indifferent and/or oblivious to most government foreign policy. Yes, 9/11 was a big deal in this country, and so most Americans support a "war" on terrorism. But the rest of it is totally off the ty
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Sort of OT to the main topic, but, as they briefly mention in the story, quite a few actors from B5 have died: Michael O'Hare Richard Biggs Andreas Katsulas Jeff Conaway Tim Choate If it wasn't "great" television, what is? I'll take G'Kar s
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Yes, maybe it was karma. But the man has been without his hands for 32 years. I think he's paid the price for his actions.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Flashover, what's that? :) By default I browse the Interwebs using Firefox and NoScript. HN is quite readable w/o Javascript. And I didn't see any flashover when I read the article, because I invariably view unknown random websites with Jav
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
I'm confused (HN newbie). Are you saying it's difficult to create an account here on HN? I just created one a few days ago to comment on a different topic. It couldn't be easier, I don't think I've ever created an account as easily as here.
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by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Since "dribbble.com" appears to be "taking a timeout for maintenance" I can't at a glance determine what, exactly, they do. So maybe they're a bunch of hobbyists. But if not ... I don't understand how a "real" company, even in todays overhe