glomph

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   by glomph 13y ago

   Do you not need a russian phone number?
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   by glomph 13y ago

   I find it really interesting that homeschooling has such a bad reputation in america. In the UK my impression of it has been overwhelmingly positive. People who I have met who have been home schooled have often had broader education without
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   by glomph 13y ago

   Then of course there are the classics such as Trainspotting.
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   by glomph 13y ago

   Generally the guardian doesn't include links to the authors site as these are published online exactly like they are in the newspaper.
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   by glomph 13y ago

   How did you have the trust for someone to lend you $500 without knowing them?
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   by glomph 13y ago

   TextSecure seems to be pretty popular.
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   by glomph 13y ago

   20/20 hindsight.
8. 338.▲
   by glomph 13y ago

   Yes I am ready for that. Wage slavery is wrong if there is a viable alternative.
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   by glomph 13y ago

   Unrewarding jobs in an ideal world would pay more.
10. 340.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    Are you serious?
11. 341.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    That part is quite obviously satire.
12. 342.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    I think it depends on the modules/exam boards.
13. 343.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    More people get brain damage falling down the stairs or off ladders in their own homes though. Should we mandate helmets in the home?
14. 344.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    Unless they did it at the time of mail arrival in order to better compare and save on loading times. In which case the information would be useless.
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    by glomph 13y ago

    See also kiwiric. ALthough they have yet to to deliver on persistence.
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    by glomph 13y ago

    If it is true that a large proportion of bitcoins belong to s a small number of people it has some pretty extreme consequences. It puts the effective monetary policy of bitcoin in the hands of random individuals. If they want the value to g
17. 347.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    David Byrne's book Bicycle Diaries has some fantastic analysis of the effects of cars on cities (particularly American ones). I would highly recommend it!
18. 348.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    Holy animated gif batman! Maybe link to a video instead?
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    by glomph 13y ago

    And modest too.
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    by glomph 13y ago

    Escrow is only really viable if you know the future recipient or if you can depend on the sender to return to approve transactions. Seems difficult to fit it to this type of situation.
21. 351.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    There is already https://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/
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    by glomph 13y ago

    Triage is an odd name for this.
23. 353.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    http://tack.io/
24. 354.▲
    by glomph 13y ago

    Yes.
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    by glomph 13y ago

    I was taught a similar thing when practicing juggling. It was quite a revelation to me. In juggling especially, if you practice until you fail each time you waste a lot of time picking things back up. Whereas if you practice an amount you a
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    by glomph 13y ago

    Is this better? If you have large files it requires a fast internet connection to use them without problems. Accessing files over the internet is completely different to what the standard dropbox software does. It also means you have no bac
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    by glomph 13y ago

    This is basically already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6821677 Reverting is pretty weird.
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    by glomph 13y ago

    http://www.last.fm/robots.txt
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    by glomph 13y ago

    I am a strong supporter of using the singular pronoun 'they' where the gender of the subject is unknown. People who say it is improper english are completely idiotic. It has been widely used in this way for a very long time and sp
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    by glomph 13y ago

    Another open source alternative https://kiwiirc.com/ (but it doesn't yet have persistence built in)