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NFT representing Tim Berners-Lee’s source code for the web to go on sale(theguardian.com)
1 points by goldcd 5y ago|0 comments
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by goldcd 5y ago
Just picking up on the Queen Bee point - there can be multiple queen bees created, and when they hatch the first thing they do is kill all unborn queens and then fight to the death any that also hatched.
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by goldcd 5y ago
Indeed. After mentioning they funded family planning, next line is " As such, he appears almost more interested in eliminating the people who are suffering than the source of the suffering itself." I know a hatchet when I see one.
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by goldcd 5y ago
Agreed - but I'd take it further. As a hypothetical let's assume this disease was created, enhanced, released and let's even say all of this was done deliberately with malice of forethought. Doesn't alter a thing - our
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by goldcd 5y ago
I wouldn't say MS has 'completely' sovlved the installer problem. "Just download the windows version" 'OK.. am I x86, x64 or ARM? I think it's Windows 10' 'Do I want the zip, the exe, the MSI or
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by goldcd 5y ago
But I don't think there are people out there happily burning 5% productivity to compensate for poor UI. Normally people are burning productivity by not learning/knowing what their existing UI provides. e.g. In windows windows-key+
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by goldcd 5y ago
Wasn't just Dell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague#:~:text=The%2... Although even putting this aside, capacitors don't seem to age well - anybody interested in 80s/90s electronics and gami
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by goldcd 5y ago
Indeed. And you get a massive return for investing in dollars, if your own currency has say hyper-inflation. "I exchange my local currency for a USD and in a year when I want to buy something I can exchange it back for twice as much lo
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by goldcd 5y ago
Agreed - I was being a dick.
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by goldcd 5y ago
and I believe it did reduce suicide rates. I think if I had to summarize, voters will vote to give themselves choices (however harmful) - whilst patting themselves on the back for voting to restrict others for their own protection.
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by goldcd 5y ago
It wasn't - and I made it more personal than I'd have liked now I re-read it (but I wrote it, so I'm leaving it up). I like your post.
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by goldcd 5y ago
To disagree, I don't think the topic does come up when discussing (voting) adults. Does your politican campaign on a policy that specifically sets out reduces self-harm or suicide in their adult electorate? "Let me be judged if I
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by goldcd 5y ago
My post below got downvoted. That made me a bit sad. I thought I'd made a good point, hadn't meant to upset anybody, would have been open to discussion on it, but..
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by goldcd 5y ago
Yes. It must be social media. Teenagers were previously well known for being bundles of joy. And for thanking their parents for imposing rules. Still, good to know that you were right and she knows this now.
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by goldcd 5y ago
As my opinion appears less popular than I'd expected. I'd be humbly interested to know what populist historical saving of youth policy (specifically when you were a youth), you think was worthwile. After posting I did realize I&#x
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by goldcd 5y ago
But you could apply that to any business "They sell tasty food, to keep them eating it" or "They mow the green to keep them golfing on it" What business can you possibly think of tha manages to succeed without making the
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by goldcd 5y ago
I've no love for Facebook and the rest of social media - I can't help but hear this latest warning as just the current "think of the children". We've had Elvis's hips, communists, hippies, satanic rock, video-
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by goldcd 5y ago
I went through a stage of detesting pizza. "To thank you for your hard work, I've ordered pizza for everyone!" 'What time is it arriving?' "7pm" 'Right so you're stealing 2 hours of my time, whic
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by goldcd 5y ago
I don't think "It's a scam" - just every implementation of it I've seen. Similar to 'self-guided learning' - Sure it's nice being able to get cash to pay for any online course I like, but it doesn&#x2
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by goldcd 5y ago
Unsure of the practicality - but definitely the most stylish way to board a ship.
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Commandos with Jet Packs(youtube.com)
1 points by goldcd 5y ago|1 comments
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by goldcd 5y ago
Well if we're going to get into that, it should be pronounced Barkshire.
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by goldcd 5y ago
erm in the vast, vast majority of cases they are.. Most of the world's diamonds are coming out of open-cast mines and most of those are in Russia.
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by goldcd 5y ago
The flip side though, is that you're making diamond miners unemployed. I suspect if they had alternate employment opportunities available that were more pleasant/better-paying, they'd have already taken them. So losers are th
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by goldcd 5y ago
But then there would be a bit of a Streisand effect - as it draws attention to their lack of a non-phone tool to control their expensive headphones. If they were to just shut Boze down, then they'll have angry customers. If they were t
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by goldcd 5y ago
I think my more concise post would be that "law and order" (unlike practically any other issue) is thought of by the majority as "something that happens to other people". It's not. They think it's fair. It&#x27
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by goldcd 5y ago
In shocking news the majority of people polled believed they should be paid more and be taxed less.
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by goldcd 5y ago
The thing I find distasteful is the 'sanitization' of execution. I've got some ideas on how to spice it up: Brushing away of the wrongful executions as a price of justice. Hold a monthly lottery of the population, with the ra
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by goldcd 6y ago
That was Signal - he took the Facebook money and made Signal with it.
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by goldcd 6y ago
and I would partially agree with your last point. I think is used for arbitrary discrimination (unlawful or otherwise), but I'd suspect the majority of what's folded in there is just stuff that you don't want to put into offi

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