alexlawford

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by alexlawford 13y ago
It would be easy enough to show that becoming a poet didn't make someone happy. But if they became a poet, and then became happy? Surely its pretty obvious that the connection wouldn't be testable in the slightest.
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by alexlawford 13y ago
How about a 1 mile (square) zone, rather than 1 mile away from you? So you just cut everything up into mile-square slices, and you can talk with everyone in your slice... Concept is basically the same, but should overcome that issue.
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by alexlawford 13y ago
All laws are, in effect, a form of imposing the views of some onto others. Tolerence is a word that is held in such esteem as to be almost untouchable in our generation. I understand its meaning but reject the idea that is the answer to eve
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by alexlawford 13y ago
I wasn't aware of that. Such broadly defined terms are a worry, I would agree. I live in China so I have an idea of how a government might use such tools for its own ends while presenting it in a way that sounds like they're helpi
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by alexlawford 13y ago
"Bad parenting is the real problem ... not rely on filters of dubious effectiveness." I'm not sure how this is an argument against the filter? We agree that "parents need to supervise and educate their children about int
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by alexlawford 14y ago
I've never heard of Doxing (and I read HN) while "Human Flesh Search" is a commonly understood term amoung young people in China. That said, China effectively has a single, unified internet culture, not the many sub-cultures of the english-
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by alexlawford 14y ago
It's not too bad. That works out at about 12.5 RMB / hour, more than someone would make working a night shift at KFC here in Guizhou (I expect in Shen Zhen it would be a little higher). I work at a coffee shop owned by my friend here; 6 - 1
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by alexlawford 15y ago
Right. It would be nice to have a 'just let me see the results' link
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by alexlawford 15y ago
I have a friend who took an English teaching job in China to pay off his (admittedly not as big as yours but nonetheless substantial) student debt. He's recently out of college and has no teaching experience. Sound stupid? His job pays $4,5
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by alexlawford 16y ago
(Sincere question) why would someone use Fuel over, say, Codeigniter?
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by alexlawford 16y ago
Other directors are big enthusiasts. The makers of RED have been pretty upfront about some of the drawbacks of the RED ONE from the beginning. Everyone was pretty much using a beta product at least for the first couple of years. They've sai
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by alexlawford 16y ago
I'm surprised this is from the government. It comes across as very spammy - like an affiliate marketing site. The copy reads like a content farm and most of the links are basically ads for different services. Surely the government can't be
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by alexlawford 16y ago
Nice! It would be great if these could be made available as sets of @font-face kits too.. Using @font-face is a really useful way of embedding icons.
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by alexlawford 16y ago
I think that many of the same people offended by the Quick Bar would be the same people that are willing to (and often do) pay for a client. What reasons could Twitter have for being averse to a freemium model in this area of their business
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by alexlawford 16y ago
Being "on the ground" I can attest to the accuracy of this story. I saw some real squabbling going on today over dwindling salt supplies. Motivations seem mixed; some rumours say salt guards against radiation others that due to radiation po
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Chinese panic buy salt over nuclear threat fears(guardian.co.uk)
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by alexlawford 16y ago
Yeah they actually did a census last year that was supposed to be the first to include these "unofficials". But yes, this does mean that lots of women have never received an education. The rich/poor divide here has to be seen to be believed
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by alexlawford 16y ago
As someone who lives in China, I can vouch for some of the ideas expressed here. They have a phrase that basically says you need a car and a house before you're considered eligible for marriage. For a number of reasons, however, many of the