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by glomph 12y ago
Magicians probably wouldn't be playing in the same situations as standard chess players and it would probably be easy to usurp this norm with throw away lines like 'and I don't even need to play as white against all of you&#x
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by glomph 12y ago
Speculative articles about technology/science are not philosophy.
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by glomph 12y ago
This basically negates half the privacy though. And given most of the mail you recitative will be sent from gmails servers anyway...
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by glomph 12y ago
Only tangentially related but hey: There is an interesting trick that was common for a time and still gets referenced by magicians where even the worst chess player can guarantee that they will win at least half of n chess games where n is
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by glomph 12y ago
It is interesting that you argue fairness should be the goal. If diversity results in a universitiy doing better overall (which some studies suggest it can) then presumably it is akin choosing high GPA students in that it is done for the pu
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by glomph 12y ago
The $12 one has mp3 playback and micro sd support though. Those are some pretty big features.
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by glomph 12y ago
The metaphor is widely used in lots of other areas though. Education, Science, Research, Business and so on.
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by glomph 12y ago
Where else did you imagine their money coming from?
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by glomph 12y ago
It looks like they bought a VPS on a hetzner box. The reseller was probably a lot less picky about their money source.
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by glomph 12y ago
I think users of reddit still approach it like it is composed of outsiders (even though it isn't). For example plenty of people I know use the site but people don't talk about it like they would twitter. Using twitter is a sort of
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by glomph 12y ago
Which book?
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by glomph 12y ago
I recently used ddg at uni without adblock and it is horrible. They have no problem serving phishing sites just above legitimate ones with very little indication that they are adverts.
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Splice: Collaborative Music Software(splice.com)
1 points by glomph 12y ago|0 comments
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by glomph 12y ago
I agree with this. In 90% if cases where it actually formats anything on reddit it basically gets it wrong in terms of the users intentions.
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by glomph 12y ago
There is no need to speculate. Smoking in public is banned in many countries and it hasn't caused that. It has caused people to give up smoking.
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by glomph 12y ago
Diminishing returns.
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by glomph 12y ago
For me it gets to 100% and then nothing happens. (Firefox nightly though so I guess I am probably asking for it)
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by glomph 12y ago
If they don't change course it seems unlikely it would have been less efficient to have a small tram like operation. Or am I missing something?
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Stunning Map Shows Just How Much of Iraq and Syria VICE Now Controls(clickhole.com)
1 points by glomph 12y ago|0 comments
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by glomph 12y ago
This is a known potential problem. The solution is long term reputation and also a relatively high initial bond to the site to make an account. In terms of circles of buyers and sellers they can use all the algorithms that people like ebay
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by glomph 12y ago
It seems pretty implausible honestly. Most people order their stuff from people in the same country as them as otherwise it risks being caught at the boarder. This means the product is probably still crossing boarders in the same way it alw
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by glomph 12y ago
Did you read the linked page?
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by glomph 12y ago
Sure but for a Government being able to function depends on you being able to take their word to have at least some value. They have committed to this. I think it is reasonable to assume they will stick to it. Yes governments break promises
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by glomph 12y ago
The government isn't going to change before the referendum.
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by glomph 12y ago
The current UK Government has agreed to honor this referendum.
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by glomph 12y ago
It seems pretty underhand to not be explicit that they have u turned on this issue. Especially when it is at a point where it benefits them.
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by glomph 12y ago
Not as pretty but http://kiwiirc.com/ is a more mature web irc client that you might want to check out.
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by glomph 12y ago
It is not as clear as that what Spain would do. García-Margallo later said Spain would have “nothing to say” if Scotland got independence.
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by glomph 12y ago
Why do users need their own subdomains at all?
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by glomph 12y ago
This is actually a pretty minimal effect historically: http://theweebluebook.com/assets/images/uk-govts.png

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