amerika

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by amerika 13y ago
Such a wonderful metaphor.
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by amerika 13y ago
You can't get any better advice than from Napalm Death: 1. Change your life. 2. You suffer (but why?). Something in your life-arrangement is wrong. Fix it and move to something you enjoy.
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by amerika 13y ago
They're morons not to. Word of mouth in appreciation of a good deed or good product is the most compelling sales pitch you'll ever hear.
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by amerika 13y ago
As society becomes more chaotic, the cops are going to get more violent and pro-active. Look at police in Brazil and other war zones. They have to be this way, and they're not universally competent, so you get the dog-shooters and zomb
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by amerika 13y ago
It's not popular to say this but: democracy is a failure. We have constant political turmoil, constant corruption, and constant interruption by "well-intentioned" but insane government programs. The world is constantly unstab
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by amerika 13y ago
Gizmodo? Isn't that a site by the same people who hire reporters who reveal the personal data of internet users? Not interested.
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by amerika 13y ago
Pure pretense. They're using the NSA debacle as an excuse to pander to the trend and headline-whore.
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by amerika 13y ago
Gosh, a lack of hierarchy means that everyone is unstable because they might get climbed over by others. Who would've guessed.
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by amerika 13y ago
Free wi-fi? Free power? SOCIALISM!
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by amerika 13y ago
I don't think this is America against democracy. Democracy is mob rule. I think this surveillance was originally a good idea, since all the data's out there and the bad guys are using it. It was abused when it was turned from &quo
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by amerika 13y ago
“I am not, nor have ever been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.” - Abraham Lincoln http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2007/mar/29&
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by amerika 13y ago
Sweden: not only do they have the best death metal, but they have the best icon design. It must all originate in the Futhark.
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by amerika 13y ago
This article made my day. The standardization/normalization of the web -- specifically, PageRank, Wikipedia, Facebook, and what's now totally recombinant "web design" -- has ruined the frontier aspect necessary for actua
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by amerika 13y ago
It's full of Californians, increasingly expensive, and, thanks to heavy subsidies from state and parent-based funding, kind of filled with kind of useless people. Otherwise, it's great. The climate's a bit warm but not too hu
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by amerika 13y ago
128k is enough for anyone. Especially now that we've moved to a GUI.
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by amerika 13y ago
All civilizations must collapse eventually. Rome, Russia, Greece, and now us.
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by amerika 13y ago
They should make these harder. We don't want too many outright incompetents voting.
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by amerika 13y ago
I think older versions were more consistent. The newer ones show tacked-on ideas. I'm sticking with V6, despite its age and incompleteness.
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by amerika 13y ago
Gmail used to have a single concept, and do very well at that. Someone thought up a vision for how an ideal simplified email client should work, and made that as a web application. Then the usual cruft built up. People wanted to "add featur
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by amerika 13y ago
And we've built a society on the notion that this kind of "stability" is best! Warning signs all around.
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by amerika 13y ago
Similar to learned helplessness. Maybe Nietzsche wasn't so far off after all when he identified resentment as the scourge of civilization...
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by amerika 13y ago
Intriguing. I've asked the experts: http://www.hou2600.org/hacking/can-you-break-this-code-from-... I know nothing about the Boards of Canada (except the soundtracks they did for "Until the Light Takes Us") but that OpenVMS prompt looks q
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Conservative Opposition to Internet Sales Tax Getting Louder(unitedliberty.org)
1 points by amerika 13y ago|0 comments
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by amerika 14y ago
You're going to have to make your peace with it and move on. Stay away from the psychologists; they never help, because it's not in their business model. Consider doing something different, if only because you may be totally uninspired by t
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Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?(rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org)
21 points by amerika 14y ago|14 comments