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by damontal 9y ago
F For Fake is a great movie/video essay by Orson Wells investigating the work of one of the most notorious art forgers of the 20th Century. Fascinating story worth seeking out. The full film is on youtube at the moment, as well as Film
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by damontal 9y ago
And then what? The robber who went through the trouble of breaking in and demanding your money will apologize and see himself out?
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by damontal 9y ago
I also like this post on blogging. https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/you-should-write-b...
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by damontal 9y ago
4 hours for me like clockwork after a few drinks before bed.
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by damontal 9y ago
Is there anything wrong with pocket itself? Or is it just that it was forced into the browser?
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by damontal 9y ago
I have four kids and outright banned YouTube in our house after that elsagate article in the nyt. I just don't have the time or desire to monitor what YouTube decides to show them. With Netflix I have a much better idea of what they&#x
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by damontal 9y ago
Hasn't Mint been doing this for ages?
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by damontal 9y ago
Is it? I had some plumbers doing work in my house last year. They were pretty happy guys. Playing music on the radio, singing while they were at work. Meanwhile i'm here sitting at a desk all day.
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by damontal 9y ago
I've gone from checklists to a Kanban (for daily work tasks) in MS OneNote using a variation of this https://www.highmonkey.com/Blog/February-2013/OneNote-Kanban... In addition to a backlog table I have a Wai
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by damontal 9y ago
When Tom Petty died there was no obit but in the US section the article subheadings were each taken from one of his songs.
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by damontal 9y ago
Stephen Fry has a documentary on his relationship with Wagner on Netflix. Well worth a look if you're interested in Wagner.
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by damontal 9y ago
If you try it, swap your caps lock and CTRL keys. It will make it much easier to use. Also have a look at this blog post. https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/effective-emacs
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by damontal 9y ago
Here's a great podcast episode where the guy tracks his phone scammer to India and pays him a visit. https://gimletmedia.com/episode/long-distance/
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by damontal 9y ago
maybe start with a food truck? seems like a less risky way of getting into the business. if you are successful and make a name for yourself, you could parley that into a restaurant.
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by damontal 9y ago
Reminds me of how AT&T used to basically own your telephone and wouldn't allow other companies to make things you could attach to the phone to improve or augment it.
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by damontal 9y ago
I noticed they linked to wikiwand in that article instead of wikipedia. Do others here use wikiwand? Is it much of an improvement over wikipedia?
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by damontal 9y ago
By getting caught I mean that during meditation I am trying to focus all attention on the breath but inevitably I begin thinking of something else or I start daydreaming or fantasizing. The mind wanders. When you realize your mind has wande
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by damontal 9y ago
you could probably get here various ways but the practice of refocusing on my breath as I get caught in thinking/fantasy/etc over and over again really trained me in daily life to sort of snap out of certain situations in order to
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by damontal 9y ago
2nd day in our new open office and I'm trying to work while 2 guys are having a catch with a football over my head.
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by damontal 9y ago
had mine out last year. 3 nights in hospital. the bill for just the room and what little food i was allowed to have after surgery was 40K billed to insurance. that didn't include all of the smaller charges submitted by the pharmacy, ra
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by damontal 9y ago
if someone steps out in front your car going 30 MPH can you stop in time? i mean they walk right into your immediate path. do you think this kind of thing can't happen?
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by damontal 9y ago
what if there are 2 obstacles that the car can't brake fast enough to avoid so it has to decide which to hit. one is a person pushing a baby in a baby carriage, the other is a person pushing someone a wheelchair
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by damontal 9y ago
the report on the Therac-25. a good warning that bugs can have very real consequences. http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf
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by damontal 9y ago
doesn't coinbase require a link to a bank account? so you'd need to have millions in your bank account to buy the BTC.
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Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency(mobile.nytimes.com)
2 points by damontal 9y ago|0 comments
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by damontal 9y ago
i still have one but have no idea what to use it for. google play on my phone + sonos satisfies all of my music needs.
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Filmstruck uses it
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by damontal 9y ago
Similar experience w/ twins in the NICU. when you have 2 employer paid insurance plans, the two insurers fight over who pays and the hospital doesn't get paid, which leads to them coming after you.
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by damontal 9y ago
our driverless cars will just take a photo of the pretty view and notify us that it's ready to view on our phone.
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by damontal 9y ago
you can set it to black and white (iphone under accessibility). i've heard this makes it less attractive to stare at. you can disable apps under restrictions on iphone - like safari. i've tried all of this and i inevitably just ro

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