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by gaelian 14y ago
> I'm here to let you in on the little secrets of fashion so people think you're more awesome than you truly are. I hope that came out wrong, I really do. The copy on this site comes off as pretentious and kind of annoying to me. Maybe
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by gaelian 14y ago
I agree the browser is not all bad if you take into account the original target market. But I stand by my surprise that even after the writing has been on the wall for so long, times clearly changing even in the enterprise market, MS still
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by gaelian 14y ago
I haven't tried 10. But I'm hopeful about it.
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Genuinely surprised that IE still sucks(blog.binarybalance.com.au)
6 points by gaelian 14y ago|10 comments
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by gaelian 14y ago
I agree that I probably shouldn't be projecting assumptions onto people I don't know. For me at any rate, as a person who does not consider themselves religious in any conventional sense, I don't find the fact that someone believes somethin
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by gaelian 14y ago
> Why? Religious people commit less crime, get and stay married more, use less illegal drugs, donate and volunteer more... It would make more sense to fear people becoming less religious. Are you just playing devils advocate (no pun int
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by gaelian 14y ago
Exactly. I would rather see them err on the side of radicalism at this point. I have primarily been a Mac user for the last couple of years (whenever I have a choice about it), but I'd love to see MS start making its self more relevant agai
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by gaelian 14y ago
I wrote a blog post about my own lucid dreaming experiences a little while back[1]. People may also be interested in r/luciddreaming over on Reddit[2]. 1. http://blog.binarybalance.com.au/2011/02/26/lucid-dreaming 2. http://www.reddit.co
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by gaelian 14y ago
... and then abandoning it? Or am I missing something?
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by gaelian 14y ago
I don't think even Rushkoff would disagree that not all people have the drive to learn programming. And I would agree that programming is not the only way that one can learn the knowledge that one should have in the modern world so that one
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by gaelian 14y ago
There was a book written by Douglas Rushkoff called Program or be programmed[1] wherein he asserts quite a compelling argument for why learning at least a basic understanding of programming and how a computer works actually is (or very soon
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by gaelian 14y ago
> Apple's biggest strength to me is timing and execution. They didn't invent the tablet, but they made it better and at a time when more people were ready for it. Kind of the similar to what happened with their implementation of the mou
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by gaelian 14y ago
That poster could have come straight out of Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta". England prevails!
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by gaelian 14y ago
It does seem that if you're looking for the best coverage in regional areas, Telstra is pretty much the only show in town. But regional isn't that important to me and I've been traumatised by Telstra in the past so just want nothing to do w
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Internet anemia in Australia(blog.binarybalance.com.au)
4 points by gaelian 14y ago|3 comments
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by gaelian 14y ago
I'd love to know if you're correct on this. Because if you are, then the OP has a flair for subtle, yet relevant visual cues that borders on the precient.
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by gaelian 14y ago
> To be more concrete: you can't build a socioeconomic infrastructure on top of capitalism. You have to do it the other way around. Well said. I have never really understood why so many people seem to think it has to be all or nothing w
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by gaelian 15y ago
Not that anyone should need further convincing, but just in case here's another data point drawn from my own experience: http://blog.binarybalance.com.au/2012/03/11/a-wakeup-call-fr...
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A wakeup call from online security, will you accept the charges?(blog.binarybalance.com.au)
1 points by gaelian 15y ago|0 comments
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by gaelian 15y ago
I wonder if ultra-realistic VR would be easier or harder to achieve than colonizing the sea.
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by gaelian 15y ago
Apologies for the super-late reply. Wasn't notifo'd of your comment for some weird reason. For the better most definitely, and when Moore could still be considered as part of the comic industry. I don't think this has really been the case f
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by gaelian 15y ago
I don't think it's overstating things to say that Moore's influence changed the face of the comic industry forever (no pun intended). The man is a true visionary, pushing the boundary of whatever medium he chooses. I look forward to reading
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by gaelian 15y ago
Duly noted. :) I guess getting back to my actual point though, if an entrenched and perennial favourite like Baseball can topple in this version of our future, then conceivably just about anything else can too.
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by gaelian 15y ago
As good guesses as any. I remember my feeling when I watched the episode in question was that the decline of Baseball was not due to the rise of another sport, but I don't have any source on this and I don't think this was ever explicitly s
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by gaelian 15y ago
> I would posit that the world of Star Trek eliminates the alienation of everyday life on Earth that leads one to social networking in the first place. This kind of discussion always makes me think of how in the Star Trek universe, Base
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by gaelian 15y ago
Really don't see why steve8918's comment was downvoted. On a Win 7 machine, running Chrome 16.0.912.75, the font would appear to be a legitimate problem. Were this a page that I had put together, I'd want to know about it.
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by gaelian 15y ago
I upvoted this post not because it really brings anything new to the list of grievances against Google, but because I feel its important that the existing grievances not be forgotten. Also, this is one of the few places on the web where I a
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Copyright reliant industries are the T-1000(blog.binarybalance.com.au)
1 points by gaelian 15y ago|0 comments
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by gaelian 15y ago
> This would be more interesting if it was something that affected those groups. Those groups live in different media, not online. If their cable streams were hacked, billboards, advertising, commercials were compromised, it would truly
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by gaelian 15y ago
I was talking to a friend of mine about just this issue recently. He and I have been on both sides of the interview table at different times. I have gotten interviewees to solve toy programming problems and I've asked them the funny little

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