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by escapologybb 7y ago
Thank you for your concern, but I never and would never place my life in the hands of any one piece of anything really. Be that technology, person or process. The Fitbit has given me a heads up a little earlier than I otherwise would have g
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by escapologybb 7y ago
I'm pretty much doing that very thing. I'm quadriplegic, so every single action I want to take in the world has to be mediated through a third party. That said party is anything from another person to one of the digital assistants
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by escapologybb 8y ago
Mad Mike Banks and Richie Hawtin literally made my head turn into a small puddle of goo at Glastonbury 98, I honestly think I left a couple of drops of my soul in a field that sunny afternoon.
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I'm not sure if this is topic or not, but I saw pretty much most of the people on that list in a convention centre in Amsterdam for my 21st birthday. There were 25,000 people in attendance and it was so big that there was a full-sized
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Russia’s Shotgun-Wielding Drone(foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com)
2 points by escapologybb 8y ago|0 comments
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by escapologybb 8y ago
Quick question: can anybody, with a straight face explain why I as a quadriplegic software developer, Hacker, public speaker and all round pain in the arse earn less than everybody else? I'm asking because more than one person in this
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by escapologybb 8y ago
On a completely separate note, why on earth have you used able-bodied people advertise this product?! I mean really, were there no quadriplegic available? My email address is in my bio! /Rant (PS. It looks really cool and I would reall
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by escapologybb 8y ago
Quadriplegic here, I would absolutely love one of these wheelchairs as I live in the countryside in the UK and I have to stay on the roads. Being able to wander across the desire lines the runaround the Moors would be absolutely wonderful,
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I think we may only be getting the broad strokes…
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Russia plans to 'unplug' from internet(bbc.co.uk)
8 points by escapologybb 8y ago|3 comments
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by escapologybb 8y ago
See, this is what's so brilliant about technology. We all know that social media is (okay, probably) going to be the death of society, and these bright sparks have worked out a way to "shortcut"[1] the process. No death throe
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TalkTalk hack attack: Friends jailed for cyber crimes(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by escapologybb 8y ago|2 comments
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Pittsburgh shooting: Gab drops offline after attack(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by escapologybb 8y ago|0 comments
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by escapologybb 8y ago
We have a winner! I'm subscribed to all of those.
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I think we three are in the same Google Bubble as I've just finished watching that glorious Open University video. If the algorithm wills it, I think it means we have to be best friends! Seriously though, I would be weirdly fascinated
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by escapologybb 8y ago
If I might ask a more general question about start-ups, particularly people who have some experience directly with start-ups. Is the goal of the start-up always to aim for an exit by being bought by somebody bigger, or do most people start
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Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by escapologybb 8y ago|0 comments
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by escapologybb 8y ago
No problem, just bought a new iPhone X which has been very awesome Face ID which means I don't mean to give anybody my passwords any more. Wooooooo! That really gladdens me to see that there is a mobile app, although in a massive (and
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I know, right? But I really, truly do forget sometimes. It's been over 10 years since I became quadriplegic, and I am old now so I'm allowed to forget things I think. :-)
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by escapologybb 8y ago
It actually quite a hard thing to quantify, if I sit up in my wheelchair for too long you end up with pressure sores but on the other side lying down for too long can affect lung function and muscle tone which can make it difficult to eat w
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by escapologybb 8y ago
My bad, forgot a probably pertinent piece of information. I am quadriplegic. Whilst technically yes I am in a work environment because I run my own company from home, you are quite correct that I am not in a work environment with other p
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by escapologybb 8y ago
^ This: I don't know how people do it, I'm using my computer in the dark at the moment with the screen being projected onto the ceiling. I can't think of another way I would rather use my computer really.
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by escapologybb 8y ago
No worries, my pleasure. As for Apple, they do make very very shiny things but that would not be enough to keep me with them if it wasn't for the accessibility stuff. I've always really wanted an alien ware laptop, but I can&#x27
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by escapologybb 8y ago
> I'd be curious to know more about how you got there, and what you do to adapt. 1. I got here in a terrible accident pushing a load of small children under a bus. (Or was it the other way round, I can never remember?)* 2. Think an
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I posted on another comment higher up before I saw this, if you scroll up you should be able to see it and forgive me for not posting it here again but it would be a little bit spammy I think. Thanks :-)
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by escapologybb 8y ago
Nah, it's just extreme boredom. :-)
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by escapologybb 8y ago
This is a pretty big question, but roughly: Edited to Add: I completely didn't see your last question! Put simply, I couldn't find a job anywhere so I had to start my own company, it's as simple as that. I would absolutely
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by escapologybb 8y ago
Yes, they are not quite at the point where I can replace DragonDictate for Mac but they are slowly getting there. Google are totally winning as far as I'm concerned with the voice recognition, but I find (and use) all of the big thr
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by escapologybb 8y ago
I'm not even sure that it's me buying them at this point, I think people are buying them and planting them in my big draw of Electronics crap. That's about the only reasonable explanation I can come up with. :-)
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by escapologybb 8y ago
First, that is an admirable wish! Not sure how to answer your questions really, but: 1. No idea, cannot remember what it's like to have full function have nothing to compare it to. 2. Zen like focus. 3. Life is pretty groovy. HTH.

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