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babeKnuth
16y ago
keysnail https://github.com/mooz/keysnail/wiki firemacs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firemacs/ i'm an emacs user, but i still recommend pentadactyl. you don't need that many keyboard chords for browsing the porn.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
vimperator/pentadactyl is what taught me vim. also, vimgolf.com is apparently good too.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
up until 3 days ago, i would have agreed. but after using pentadactyl since then, there pretty much is no comparison. the whole browser is pretty much accessible and configurable. it feels a hella lot more liberating. being able to search y
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hey cool! i created my rc files primarily from yours just the other day!
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babeKnuth
16y ago
chromium.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
(didn't see this post til after my other reply). i'm missing the references here. see my other post as to what you perceive i'm not addressing. what were the childish fantasies and insults you are referring to? thnx for more mud slinging ab
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hi berntb, thnx again for the time to reply. upvoted you again. re: propaganda. if you didn't mean to refer to chomsky as a "propagandist" then you obviously shouldn't have used that term. which term you should have used is a concern for yo
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hi berntb. i upvoted your reply for the analysis. a def'n of propaganda is "information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc." (dictionary.com). is this what you're
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babeKnuth
16y ago
i'll also save you some time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uZ33Z483yo start watching at 4:30
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hi shmulkey18, thnx for the replies and the research. did you watch the vids i linked to? i placed them there because they refute/clarify all the claims/mischaracterizations you mentioned and linked to. i can't force you to watch them, but
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hi berntb, you say "Also, I noted it is easy to give examples where other countries are much worse, without Chomsky or anyone else caring". if you watch the videos i mentioned you will get the reply you are looking for to this question and
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babeKnuth
16y ago
re: wikileaks/guardian article the article states this: "While this does not affect the credibility of the WikiLeaks revelations..." it's similar to what i mentioned above about attacking hidden motivations (i.e. discussing everything but t
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babeKnuth
16y ago
ha. i'm actually positing the opposite. :) chomsky is being pretty honest, while the interviewers (etc.) and the people (mis)characterizing him are being as disingenuous as one can possibly be. again, refer to the vids (the 3rd part is most
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babeKnuth
16y ago
Be that which you admire.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
when i hear the word "intellectual", that's when i reach for my revolver...
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babeKnuth
16y ago
interesting escher-esque self-referencing.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
i agree with the first half. tho not necessarily with the second. i have no idea where the illusion that writing books is a way to "get rich quick" came from. more like "get rich never".
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babeKnuth
16y ago
if you haven't seen it, the gentleman from texas also makes some lovely comments as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxPB9yy7IJ4
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babeKnuth
16y ago
hi berntb, re: US foreign policy, israel, bangladesh, etc. see the vids i posted elsewhere in this thread here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051777 you're right about all your comments and questions the main issue of confusion i fi
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babeKnuth
16y ago
check out the documentary on chomsky "manufacturing consent". this is partly addressed there. all these things are toys and distractions. it's up to you to choose what to follow: the false prophets or the real ones. the issues that actually
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babeKnuth
16y ago
disclosure: i'm not a chomsky fan disclosure++: i'm less a fan of lies or mudslinging or false conclusions or character assassinations with that said.... chomsky doesn't "cheerlead for hezbollah" chomsky doesn't deny the holocaust chomsky i
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babeKnuth
16y ago
i agree with all of what you said, but not necessarily in the way you express it (or the examples/references used) i prefer the term "intelligence" rather than intellectual. any idiot (every one of us) operates on intelligence, tho it might
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babeKnuth
16y ago
I don't follow. Why would this be interesting?
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babeKnuth
16y ago
Nice try "Old investor" in throwaway16's original company. We know it's you.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
It's a trick. Or a treat.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
Return the favor: Ask them for free money for your new company.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
Sorry, i was making the HUGE leap of faith that the reference to "thomas edison" was being made. So which is the original reference to: "edison the co." or "thomas edison"? Edit: "edison" wasn't even mentioned in the original post???
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babeKnuth
16y ago
ah, yes. that's what i meant. thnx for the clarification tho. i assumed it was full-text.
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babeKnuth
16y ago
xbox, bing
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babeKnuth
16y ago
Six words: absorb other startups into your company
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