bolder88

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by bolder88 13y ago
She's a she. It fits into the whole hacker news agenda of championing women in tech. The fact it's not true doesn't really matter. If a man had done the exact same project, no one would care. So, well done her for being a wom
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by bolder88 13y ago
> I used to build tweet spam bots, I am very familiar with how they get detected. I would have thought that the content of a tweet is quite low down on their detection list. IP address, user account, frequency of tweets etc would be much
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by bolder88 13y ago
Yes it's nothing new, but the internet has vastly accelerated the phenomenon. If you post some idiotic comment, and 1,000 people agree with you, that's quite a powerful feedback loop.
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by bolder88 13y ago
The problem with any collection of people though, is popular opinion is rewarded, unpopular opinion is shot down. That means people tend to go with the crowd - hivemind.
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by bolder88 13y ago
Reddit - collection of mainly unemployed young left wing anti-government, anti-corporation, anti-mainstream types who have far too much time on their hands to look at memes and commenting.
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by bolder88 13y ago
You can make several generalisations about reddit users though. They're likely anti-government, anti-corporation, ant-advertising, anti-mainstream. They're likely left of centre politically. They're not busy - that's why
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by bolder88 13y ago
It's a fascinating example of what happens when very bored people get together online and start swarming about as if they were one person though. Mob rule, hivemind, internet hate groups, react first, research / put into context l
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by bolder88 13y ago
The other funny thing is that there's a violent dislike of mainstream media on websites such as Reddit, and constant criticism when news stations take things out of context. Then they do things like this themselves on a daily basis!
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by bolder88 13y ago
Internet commenting is a cesspool of idiocy. Hivemind, kneejerk reactions, things taken out of context like this. It's an absolute waste of time commenting on anything online, because there is an absolutely inexhaustible supply of peop
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by bolder88 13y ago
I don't buy that. On the web, there is far more money in direct response advertising. Branding is far more prominent in old media.
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by bolder88 13y ago
You're missing the point. You can classify all you want, but my central point was: If I'm about to buy a washing machine, I would go search on google. I would not go on twitter and tweet "OMGLOLPOP! Gonna buy a washing machin
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by bolder88 13y ago
Advertising makes money when the audience has intent. People search google for "Best washing machine". Google shows them adverts for washing machines, customer buys washing machine. Where is the intent on twitter? To gossip? I jus
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by bolder88 13y ago
Is there much evidence to suggest that actually brings in value and profit though? People search google for washing machines, then click on an advert, and buy a washing machine. I can see how that works, and makes google lots of money. But
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by bolder88 13y ago
profit? What relevance has profit to tech companies?!
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by bolder88 13y ago
If a child steps into the road without looking and is in imminent danger of being killed, I'd scream at them, as would any other sane parent.
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by bolder88 13y ago
Sometimes, children need to be screamed at. It's good for them.
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by bolder88 13y ago
Possibly related, the fact that when you hang a door, the gap between the top hinge and the top of the door, should be smaller than the gap between the bottom hinge and the floor. This makes the door spacing look equal from our usual standi
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by bolder88 13y ago
In the UK, inheritance tax starts at around £325k - which is basically a little bit above the average house price. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/inheritancetax/intro/basics.htm You can get around it by 'gifting&#x27
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by bolder88 13y ago
Well, that is a little consolation for you, true, the government lets you keep a little bit to keep you from rebelling and keep you placid. However, I feel that I'm already paying the government FAR more money than I should be, so I&#x
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by bolder88 13y ago
Yes I do know that. It's still a big disincentive to bother earning more money. Why bother trying harder if the government will take half of anything extra you make?
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by bolder88 13y ago
Higher rate income tax certainly does. Tax bands certainly provide a big disincentive for bothering to get a better job/raise. Inheritance tax is very unfair. If you are rich enough, you'll plan around it and avoid it. But if you&
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by bolder88 13y ago
Why not just go the whole hog and tax all property. eg you buy a laptop, you have to pay the government a tax each year to keep it. Why just apply it to houses? May as well just prohibit people from owning property. Personally, I think su
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by bolder88 13y ago
Having read some of the blog, it certainly looks like he's a kid with issues. So I'm not surprised the teacher called the university to warn them. Not sure he really should have called the police, but it's up to him isn'
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by bolder88 13y ago
Did you read the blog in question? Are you in possession of the full facts of the case? Do you know those involved? Or have you formed your opinions based on some gossippy trash reporting. There is almost always far more to stories like thi
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by bolder88 13y ago
Read the blog. Doesn't seem like the kind of kid I'd like in my university...
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by bolder88 13y ago
pretty douchey to list the schools phone number at the bottom, just so idiot internet hate mobs can phone and abuse the school secretary.
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by bolder88 13y ago
There will always be only 2 relevant sides in politics. If there were 3 or more, then it means that one sides vote is split, and so will not get a majority. Unless of course you have some wacky proportional representation system.
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by bolder88 13y ago
Hershey make them under license, but as with all hershey chocolate, they do not add milk or sugar, so it tastes horrible.
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by bolder88 13y ago
You could be right. For most European cities this wouldn't have a terrible effect, as everything is close together and we have things in walking distance. The US however will be absolutely devastated.
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by bolder88 13y ago
I'm not sure I agree it's a good idea at all. 30 years later, and the electric car market is still miniscule. There might start to be a market demand for them when petrol is at least twice as expensive as it is now. But there&#x27

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