arghimonmobile2

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by arghimonmobile2 8y ago
What an environmental tragedy! If only people would reuse/repair/recycle more, not less.
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
It's even worse than that though. Even if you chose to forego updates promising features or better security, it seems like this product's box should actually say "not guaranteed to continue working past arbitrary dates, even
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
Some of my most well-adjusted friends have split parents, who were happy alone. A couple staying together, unhappily, "for the kids" seems much more toxic to me. But this is anecdata, YMMV.
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
I remember saving up to buy a second-hand 21" Trinitron monitor back in... 2002? Damn, that was the shit! I found that so cool! I still sometimes wonder if i should find a Trinitron somewhere, just for nostalgia's sake.
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
The fact that you'd meet many people in IT would be a turnoff for me, since i prefer a diverse friend group. But YMMV.
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
I'm not an expert and i haven't tried this, but i would think you could use the pass tool and encrypt the files to multiple gpg keys, and share those files using a git server which you control. That sounds like a rather easy homeb
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
Soooo... you reimplemented GNU Make?
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
The thing that strikes me is that she used American date notation on the "coded" note -- AFAIK no Europeans put the month first. Probably a red herring though ;)
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
That would be a very interesting conclusion. It might turn out that actually, you don't Want (in the intrinsic sense) that 80h per week job, or that fancy expensive house. Perhaps a caravan in the woods is enough. I might be misreading
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
> Asking the advertising industry to be less manipulative is like asking casinos or supermarkets to stop employing behavioral psychologists to figure out the best ways to get people to spend money. Interesting parallel. I'd be in
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
I encourage everyone in tech to read Unlocking the Clubhouse, by Margolis et al. It doesn't quite propose how to solve the problem, but it certainly teases out a number of contributing factors. I think in the case in point, the import
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
Literally read about the radioactivity craze of the early 20th century in A Short History of Nearly Everything. Entertaining read.
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by arghimonmobile2 9y ago
Dude (m/f), don't drive after donating blood. Go with a friend or take public transportation. You're a risk to others, too, especially if you don't donate regularly and don't know how you'll react.