Xorakios

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by Xorakios 4y ago
Certainly people's experiences might vary, but I have only had a couple companies threaten me for using their company name and way more success in just blocking addresses when I get spam-stormed. I agree it's rare, but so annoying
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by Xorakios 4y ago
Just for fun, try the walk button. I travel a lot, and usually like walking, but last year it became impossible to use Google Maps for that because it no longer shows paths that cross freeways, even when there are perfectly fine sidewalks.
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by Xorakios 4y ago
Also have been using catch-all with companyname@myrealname.com since 2007 and haven't had any significant problems with spam except for a brief period when a baseball player with the same name was in the news. Reading this thread makes
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by Xorakios 5y ago
That is popular thinking right now but exactly the opposite of what makes economic sense. Taxing income is counterproductive - an economy should reward, not penalize, the creation of value, whether that is individually or in groups/com
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by Xorakios 5y ago
That is not even remotely normal child behavior.
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by Xorakios 5y ago
In school and public libraries it was a physical piece of thick paper, similar to a Rolodex card, which had multiple copies, always one per author and one per title, but sometimes backups by subject manager. And when I was a kid, there were
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by Xorakios 5y ago
Maine, Arizona and Vermont all prohibit hanging clothes outside to dry. 19 states prohibit prohibitions by municipalities, but most states leave it up to the municipality to decide.
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by Xorakios 5y ago
I haven't owned a physical dictionary in years, but I get the World Almanac every year, and read it cover to cover, sometimes 2-3 times (except for the sports stats of course. I'm more of a middle-aged nerd than a teenager ;)
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by Xorakios 5y ago
I am intermittingly able to access through Tor on Brave, and the home page of RT.com includes a headline that "Anonymous declares cyber war on RT"
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by Xorakios 5y ago
I relish HN for its sanity and focus. Emotions and politics will inevitably creep in everywhere as we are human. (well, sometimes I'm accused of being a robot, but I promise my Vital Fluids are H20/carbon/iron based rather th
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by Xorakios 5y ago
I am truly not trying to be snarky, but so it goes. Does anyone on HN actually still have YouTube videos playable on their machines? Why? Text is so much faster to learn from and without sound and video baggage that gets added. I understand
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by Xorakios 5y ago
According to the current IRS definition of cryptocurrencies, that people filing taxes have to "check off," frequent flier miles, grocery store coupons, and even the venerable blue chip stamp books, are crypto. I understand and agr
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by Xorakios 5y ago
In Palm Springs, California I have no problem paying with casino chips from the native owned Spa Resort. Most businesses are on native land. :)
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by Xorakios 5y ago
Nobody owns domain names derived from registries, they are merely leased and subject to recapture from either the registry at will, or the registrar with cause. Trademarking the domain name gives you vastly better protection, since even if
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by Xorakios 5y ago
I normally just lurk, but this could effect someone's plans and is slightly incorrect. This change was enacted December, 2020 with a July 1 deadline to confirm it would be enacted. It doesn't go into effect until January 1, 2022 a