elthran

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by elthran 10y ago
You recall correctly - the Shenfield part has been switched on for Oyster/contactless
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by elthran 10y ago
Who are owned by Gawker Media
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by elthran 10y ago
I disagree - It's a private company's prerogative to display whatever content they wish - A competitor could choose to suppress liberal articles. As long as they are not breaking any relevant speech laws, then I see nothing wrong
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by elthran 10y ago
By outside of NYC do you mean just elsewhere in the USA? I didn't realize the situation was that bad in the USA, outside of places such as Flint. I'm from the UK, and this question never comes up anywhere in the country (I'm
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by elthran 10y ago
Why do you have the assumption that all behaviour that you don't disagree with has a cause of underlying unhappiness? Some people enjoy things that other people don't approve of.
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by elthran 10y ago
> Pre-existing citizens tend to be stuck in their old ways Most people's old ways don't include raping people
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by elthran 10y ago
Yeah - I don't grasp where the magic kingdom came from in the title. That's a phrase I straightaway associate with Disney, and it isn't even used in the article.
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by elthran 10y ago
> Knowingly giving false testimony that leads to someone's conviction and incarceration should be a crime Does the USA not have a crime of perjury?
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by elthran 10y ago
> By catering to my every whim, in effect they make me a tyrant over them, which is not a role I like. Exactly - so by this logical path, should we just ignore the rider, if he doesn't want us catering to him?
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by elthran 10y ago
> making it a taboo subject seems extreme We're talking about Stallman here, the guy doesn't do things by halves.
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by elthran 10y ago
Native speaker here - it's just the word we use for people's tastes. I don;t see any possible wordplay here, but I might have missed it
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by elthran 10y ago
>Whereas magic enables people to experience the impossible Someone really didn't put much thought into this statement. And all the references to Project Magic does lead me to consider who put them up to proposing this
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by elthran 10y ago
Hacker, yes. News - probably not. I've depressingly come to accept this as part of being British.
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by elthran 10y ago
> who is responsible for the panic? Definitely the overreacting organised group, but also a large amount of blame falls on the media helping them promote their overreactions to the masses
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by elthran 11y ago
Corporate inertia mostly
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by elthran 11y ago
Or are these people poor /because/ they don't exercise personal responsibility as diligently? I can easily see the arguments for the causation going either way
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by elthran 11y ago
How so? I know I happily ignore/do other things while ads are playing in a video I'm watching
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by elthran 11y ago
I'd have more sympathy if youtube hadn't removed the "preloading" feature on the android app - I was an avid user of this feature for train journeys where I have little signal. Now I'm using downloaders. These sort
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by elthran 11y ago
Sounds like you want a Scandinavian country
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by elthran 11y ago
I agree they're not on the same level - but I think this is more Putin have a superior intellect and grasp of subtlety and Realpolitik than Erdogan. I'm fully expecting Putin to pull the old President/Prime Minister switchero
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by elthran 11y ago
I wonder how much more of this sort of thing has to go on before the media begins widespread use of the word "dictator" for Erdogan? Illegal criticism, seizing opposition media, violent oppression of minorities, potential election
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by elthran 11y ago
Under the law, /everywhere/ is a safe space from physical violence - universities are not special in this regard. And the law only stays that way as long as the people in power decide to maintain it as such. I'm also not sayi
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by elthran 11y ago
I long for a day we don't hear about "safe spaces" anymore - especially at universities. Challenge your own beliefs, and those of others. If you think someone is wrong in their beliefs, discuss, debate and convince them so -
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by elthran 11y ago
This - In a world where I barely ever have cash in my wallet, I find it increasingly frustrating having to withdraw cash from an ATM and then break it just so I can give it as a tip. I have a trip to New York booked for the winter, and the
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by elthran 11y ago
> A 5-year-old PC is probably not running a recent version of Windows Windows 7 was released in 2009, and all official owners of Windows 7 were offered the Windows 10 upgrade. I'd be surprised if many PCs that are 5 years old aren&
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by elthran 11y ago
Always this. The BBC seems especially bad for calling being insulted or offended by something on the internet "Trolling"
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by elthran 11y ago
Here's looking at you Squarespace
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by elthran 11y ago
Definitely feel there needs to be a clearer distinction between the real search results, and the "Latest from the web" results. For example, a search for "London" gives 3 hits - then a small little gap, and then a massiv
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by elthran 11y ago
I still find it bizarre the USA is only just dealing with this - the UK and most of Europe moved to chip and PIN years ago, and are now increasingly rapidly moving to using contactless payments.
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by elthran 11y ago
But this is a list for aspiring directors - If I'm currently aspiring to be a better director, then some level of explanation would be beneficial to me

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