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691.
by almost 17y ago
I didn't know that was part of what it did. I still think that's a bit of a stupid way of dealing with it (especially as my ISP isn't even using Webwise!) but I can understand why they're concerned.
692.
by almost 17y ago
I also get that message. That's kind of lame. My ISP has said they are considering Webwise but are not currently using it, otherwise I'd be on a different ISP. But that's none of that website's business, what a bunch of dicks.
693.
by almost 17y ago
But to my mind the fact that he videotaped so much really does support the big ego argument. It's the little things that make it all the more impressive and maybe those things weren't directly caught on tape, the article certainly doesn't m
694.
by almost 17y ago
Not really appropriate for hacker news.
695.
by almost 17y ago
I wonder how much of the story is true and how much is fabricated by the ego of this guy. It would be all the more believable to the cops interviewing him, they want to believe that they caught the ultimate criminal mastermind. Of course bi
696.
by almost 17y ago
Why do you mention Kafka as an exception? I've always felt his characters were very easy to identify with. They're the confused part of you, constantly buffeted by processes you don't understand. Surely everyone feels a little like that at
697.
by almost 17y ago
So Alex is correlated with Compete.com in this case. I'm still not convinced they represent actual reality though. But I guess that is a bit more convincing than just the one.
698.
by almost 17y ago
I don't think not buying a product they've never heard of automatically makes a person "controlled by marketing". Making someone aware of something they might like is different to controlling what they buy. I do think the amount of marketin
699.
by almost 17y ago
I think this is an important point. As much as it's nice to think that SO is destroying EE. There's no evidence that compete.com's numbers are anything but fiction.
700.
by almost 17y ago
Not directly related to shyness but I think this video might possibly help: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_g... I think it's important to remember that most people are insecure in some way, it's just that diffe
701.
by almost 17y ago
I understand tax deductible. But that doesn't make it free. Unless you really do have a mighty need for the free gifts :p I'm kind of having a hard time taking anything else this author says seriously when he also says that.
702.
by almost 17y ago
"Makes the donation essentially cost free to the donor via tax deduction." You what now? Either the US tax system works in some very weird way or that doesn't make any sense.
703.
by almost 17y ago
Go on...?
704.
by almost 17y ago
I would buy this.
705.
by almost 17y ago
It might also be using the mechanism they use to stop police bothering subjects of surveillance too soon and ruining investigations.
706.
by almost 17y ago
In the US yes, but here in the UK that doesn't work because of Meastro/Switch/Solo cards. It may also be different in other countries. So don't always assume stupidity when you see a drop down box :)
707.
by almost 17y ago
Looks cool, I'm printing a copy now!
708.
by almost 17y ago
As you say, it's the novelty of taking a picture of a QR code to go to website. The long URL problem can be solved without URL shortener, just make your urls shorter :) I'm really not arguing that the idea of using QR codes to indicate URLs
709.
by almost 17y ago
The codes themselves are cool, I've got some idea for projects using them. Sticking them on t-shirts is a novelty though. Sticking them on business cards I'm also not quite sold on, the benefit over a short url eludes.
710.
by almost 17y ago
> And that’s not just a novelty. Except it is, clearly. Or I'm wrong and in the future everyone will wear t-shirts with QR-Codes linking to their Twitter streams at all times. Which would be really really lame if you ask me :p
711.
by almost 17y ago
Flagged for total lack of content.
712.
by almost 17y ago
I'm really not sure about having fake phone calls with people to passive-aggressively get businesses to change to your liking. I think I might give that a miss :p
713.
by almost 17y ago
Please try and be more civil in your posts here. Thanks!
714.
by almost 17y ago
Rope :)
715.
by almost 17y ago
Because Python isn't Lisp. I don't think python particularly handles image based programming very well (not that all Lisps do this exclusively, just that they support it well enough for SLIME to make sense). Right now I have a load of code
716.
by almost 17y ago
One word: Rope It gives you all sort of semantic and refactoring awesomeness for python in emacs.
717.
by almost 17y ago
This has been discussed to death many times. The system isn't perfect and various meanings get assigned to downvotes. I believe pg was considering a separate voting axis for uncivil messages, maybe he'll do that but I don't think there's an
718.
by almost 17y ago
But also decidedly non-international :(
719.
by almost 17y ago
To me the two of them just feel totally different. I love both but have a hard time seeing them as two forms of the same thing. That's quite different from most book/films where I see the one (usually the film) as a pale imitation of the ot
720.
by almost 17y ago
Tarsnap encrypts your data before it leaves your machine using keys that no one but you hold. Zumodrive sends data to a remote server, decrypts it then re-encrypts it for storage. That right there seems like a whole world of difference to m

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