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by beobab 8y ago
For more than a year, I was paying for them to live there for free. That doesn't sound to me like I'm a parasite in this story. Can you elaborate? Help us to understand your point of view.
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by beobab 8y ago
I did learn valuable lessons, yes. Not that lesson, though. That's a lesson that you might need to unlearn. It will hold you back from trying anything on your own cognizance. I learned a lot about contracts. I learned a lot about tenan
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by beobab 8y ago
For the landlord side: Renting out my one house in London after I bought another one to live in (across the country). I had tenants who flat out refused to pay their rent after a few months living there. This went on for several years, and
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by beobab 8y ago
During work: I think it depends on your profession. If your job does not involve interacting other humans in any way, or you are all in the same room, then you do not need a phone to communicate. Job hunting: This would be significantly har
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by beobab 8y ago
Agreed.
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by beobab 8y ago
That's not quite accurate. The law allows you to legitimately ask for permission to share the data for advertising purposes, but you have to be transparent with the details, and the advertiser has to have the same safeguards on the dat
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by beobab 8y ago
My understanding of the GDPR (did a course on it for work) is that it allows data sharing for advertising to named companies, but holds you and the advertiser responsible for ensuring that no-one else gets your data without permission and
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by beobab 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that in the game "Prototype", the water tanks were breeding grounds for the weirdy alien looking creatures. It was fun to fly around in a helicopter spotting them (by heat signature) and blowing them up. I had
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by beobab 8y ago
I was thinking the same thing. When I "play" with a new language or tool or concept, I try lots of different scenarios (search), until I can reliably predict how the new thing will work (learning).
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by beobab 8y ago
Need vs want. I don't NEED a computer at home, nor a mobile phone. But I want one. And I am allowed to have one. And someone else's dislike of my having those things does not stop me from being allowed to have them
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by beobab 8y ago
Interesting subject. I am now considering whether to do a video set "JT learns X", where a qualified developer (me) takes a subject I know nothing about, and video my learning, and see all the "well, this makes no sense"
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by beobab 8y ago
So, is Gordon alive?
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by beobab 8y ago
I actually like this idea. Mostly because it means that my Elite Dangerous time will be the same as my "local time".
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by beobab 8y ago
I think this is an argument you could reasonably make if you give your money to web-sites that you find valuable. Otherwise, the argument seems to be a case of "I don't like the way you got money/attention out of me", or
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by beobab 8y ago
Agreed. There are horrendous arguments on both sides (as well as convincing ones), which makes it difficult for the average joe to come to a conclusion about who is right. Science needs better marketing to be able to sell its conclusions in
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by beobab 8y ago
Do you ever fall into the same trap yourself? Everyone (hyperbole) thinks that they are unbiased, but it’s rare to find someone who actually is.
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by beobab 8y ago
This is packed full of manipulative language. It reads like propaganda.
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by beobab 8y ago
I am astonished. I had no idea.
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by beobab 8y ago
You can’t retroactively apply laws, thankfully.
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by beobab 8y ago
I think one of the Dilbert books had this concept. Make one bullet point ridiculous so your boss can have some input and ask you to remove the “Be involved in a land war in Asia” step in your ten point plan.
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by beobab 8y ago
Are you familiar with the maxim that people behave better if they believe they are being observed? Would you agree that people would be less likely to “go off on one” if a draft message displayed a “this message could be construed as offens
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by beobab 8y ago
Have you observed the phenomenon of “being bored with the internet”? I’m not sure boredom is completely satiated by novelty. I have experienced “I’m bored” events, where I had plenty of new experiences to try if I wanted.
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by beobab 8y ago
Rebelling against the rebels? How apt. :-)
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by beobab 8y ago
Enjoying sex isn’t a sin. Sex is supposed to be held in the highest regard. It’s a wonderful and joyous thing. The point is, I believe, to avoid cheapening it, making it less than the truly awesome thing it is. It’s supposed to be a pricele
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by beobab 8y ago
I can’t help feeling that the general rise in hatred is fuelled by the press reporting every news story with so much “outraging”. “You must be outraged by this now!” seems to be a rallying cry. Chill. Yes, there’s lots of chaotic evil peopl
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by beobab 8y ago
And I can hear someone droning on in the background now, and it's stopping me from concentrating.
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by beobab 8y ago
My dad used to say: "Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained with stupidity", but I love yours too.
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by beobab 8y ago
I seem to remember my university lecturer (way back in '96) demonstrating that rightmost evaluation could lead to "variable capture", but that "leftmost-outermost" evaluation would always avoid that problem. It&#x27
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by beobab 8y ago
Why not? If he can convince a government panel that he can give them some value for their money, then it makes sense to "shell out money" (very persuasive language there - I approve) to him. It's not free money. He has to giv
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by beobab 8y ago
Why not both? He's got money to spend.

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