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by crispinb 8y ago
I did an economic history lit survey back in the '80s (lost now unfortunately) which showed that a very substantial portion of UK wealth at that time had a direct lineage back to slavery on sugar plantations. Even if you judge that mer
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by crispinb 8y ago
> You really don't have to do that. Actually you don't have to do that, which is not the same thing at all. I find this one of the oddest moves of those who (for reasons mysterious to me) find OS's worthy of advocacy. Wh
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by crispinb 8y ago
Yeah I see that reading through posts here. I've ordered myself a couple to try out. I hate disposable things but seem to have no choice with pens or sunglasses.
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by crispinb 8y ago
I had a 51 many years ago. Much as I liked mine, it never occurred to me that people would write articles about them. I've always preferred writing with a fountain pen, but can't see myself having one again (or at least a good one
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by crispinb 8y ago
Laziness perhaps, but consider incompetence as another possibility. Many journalists seem to have only the sketchiest command of English.
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by crispinb 8y ago
> Humans don't operate on truth, they operate on psychological & social-cultural motivation, and use "truth" as a pretext. But I suppose you consider your critique of truth to be true? Forgive the seeming snark. It&#x2
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by crispinb 8y ago
There are groups all over the world with intimate knowledge of every thematic and regional issue working their brains & hearts out trying to effect change. Reinventing wheels is a luxury our living planet doesn't have the time for
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by crispinb 8y ago
Thanks, some good points there - though I'll claim 5 as my own! I can feel a bout of Pi play nearing.
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by crispinb 8y ago
It would be quite a feat to actually read Nietszche and come to that conclusion. I haven't read enough Freud or Marx to be so confident of their cases.
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by crispinb 8y ago
Yes I understand (though I suspect the distinction between psychological & textual/ideological exegesis might be more ambiguous than you suggest). Nonetheless, it's just weaving stories and comparing interpretations, and there
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by crispinb 8y ago
I've long used Adguard rather than a browser-extension blocker. Android is a shitshow without some kind of system-wide ad/tracker blocking, which drew my attention to Adguard. I liked it so installed it everywhere.
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by crispinb 8y ago
Weaving motivational tales though seems to be entirely undecidable, a process without end or means of resolving disagreement. Much like the sloppier end of evolutionary 'just so' stories. The strand of the Enlightenment with the b
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by crispinb 8y ago
Fair point as applied to browser-based adblockers. In my case I use Adguard, which works as a proxy on a PC/Mac, or a VPN on android. AFAIK Pi Hole would just be duplicating what I already have. Worth considering though when my current
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by crispinb 8y ago
As soon as Facebook became a widespread thing I knew it was going to become a shitshow, and Zuckersnuffles was such an obvious snake I couldn't even consider empowering him by turning over personal info. I've never had a real acco
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by crispinb 8y ago
I'm tempted, but can you think of anything it adds over device-installed solutions (which all my devices have, and will keep because they all travel)?
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by crispinb 8y ago
I live in a rural area without refuse collection. Having to deal with it all yourself really focuses the mind on keeping waste of all types to a minumum. I suspect more fees for waste collection is what would do likewise for urban dwellers.
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by crispinb 8y ago
I don't find the summary particularly promising. So much 20th century European philosophy seems to dodge issues of truth in favour of constructing stories of (psychological & social-cultural) motivation. But I admit to being poorly
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by crispinb 8y ago
Tempting because playing with Raspberry Pis is always quite fun. I'm not sure why - I can spend an hour doing something on a Pi that would make me groan to bother with otherwise. But a question for anyone who's done this Presumabl
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by crispinb 8y ago
It works well enough for me. I have no great love for Windows, but then the only available alternatives have proven worse for me (both osx & linux each used f/t for several years). There are no good desktop os's in 2019, so th
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by crispinb 8y ago
> The point still stands ... It's an entirely separate (and frankly relatively trivial) issue. This part of the discussion involves whether or not Assange's arrest was a consequence of (in @pvg's words) 'his journalis
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by crispinb 8y ago
You're referring to a separate arrest of Assange for skipping bail. That's not what this article is about. Far be it from me to suggest you didn't read it.
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For what other activities do you think the US would want him extradited?
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by crispinb 8y ago
Related to https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/04/08/us-workers-a... Citizen overheads for essential services are as high or higher in the US as in mainstream developed nations, but laws dictated by cor
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by crispinb 8y ago
Easy enough to bypass by staying with an older version of the Kindle client. This downloads books in a format that Calibre (amongst others) can strip DRM from. There are instructions on the Calibre help site somewhere.
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by crispinb 8y ago
Untrue for ebooks - I doubt a week's gone by without me having done this for years , without a thought or a problem. > we shouldn't be expected to deal with it Agreed, and with this as for many other things perhaps one day (af
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by crispinb 8y ago
It's often not possible, particularly with niche books from small publishers. Many of my sailing books, for example, were available from Amazon only. A DRM copy is always my last choice, but I'll get one and strip DRM if necessary
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by crispinb 8y ago
Ideology aside, my main practical reason for breaking DRM is that I want to read all my books in a single reader of my own choice. With hundreds of books, I'm certainly not willing to try and remember whether I bought each one from Ama
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by crispinb 8y ago
Why on earth would I do that? It's a pretty basic principle of charity to assume error before malevolent intent.
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by crispinb 8y ago
But the climate's always changing .. sky is falling in lol .. it's snowing here what global warming lol .. what about Al Gore .. it hasn't warmed since 1996 .. what about the promised ice age .. blah blah.
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Cavity two-thirds the size of Manhattan discovered under Antarctic glacier(theguardian.com)
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