illuminate

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by illuminate 13y ago
It's not about "outgrowing" Etsy. Their entire model is based around avoiding commodity items and towards "boutique", handcrafted, or vintage. In theory, at least. In reality they're selective about the non-handcrafted stuff they tolerate (
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by illuminate 13y ago
"I had no idea "handmade" was such a big deal at Etsy." Hell, all I've heard about is griping from other sellers how "handmade" ISN'T a big deal from overseas sellers.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"The last time I checked my ethics and fundamental laws, the burden of the proof was on the accuser, and the doubt was with the defendant." You're confusing business policy for law.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"I could spend quite a lot of time tracking down obscure/rare records from the past 10 years; travelling the country, digging in record shops, etc. That doesn't mean it would be appropriate to sell them on Etsy - it's not Ebay" Vintage fash
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by illuminate 13y ago
Brings you to the start menu.
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by illuminate 13y ago
The process damages more than half of society, though.
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by illuminate 13y ago
Are you arguing against strict gender roles or for them?
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by illuminate 13y ago
Agreed. But where there's so little signal to the noise, there's generally not going to be much to debate, just heckling back and forth :p
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by illuminate 13y ago
Besides that those same "skills" you're developing are going to fuck up your future relationship(s) when you continue to behave like a sociopath.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"I've wanted to work abroad but I feel I'm trapped now by my past" Well, perhaps by international law (probably depends on the area) but make sure you're not looking for a geographic escape whenever you find yourself ready, your problems do
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by illuminate 13y ago
Temporary jollies don't get rid of the great chasm of loneliness. When they're gone, it remains.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"the skills to seduce a fling and a future wife are very similar" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
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by illuminate 13y ago
"I read the article as saying that it is immoral to portray girly girls" You should try reading the article when you claim you read something.
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by illuminate 13y ago
The initial poster made "good discussion" impossible with that post.
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by illuminate 13y ago
http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/Pages/distributors.aspx#fbid... ?
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by illuminate 13y ago
"A rule of law, rather than a rule of authoritarianism, is one of our greatest advancements" "Our"? Authoritarians do not set and enforce the Rule of Law? I think you're creating more of a divide between the two concepts than exist in reali
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by illuminate 13y ago
"artificial sweeteners generally being pretty bad for your long-term health" The fallacy has everything to do with your insistence that this is anything but fantasy. Artificial sweeteners are not worse off for you than sucrose/fructose.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"Once the local food conglomerates are able to produce this, it's all about a price point and most frequently that price point is so low that anything you'd describe as high quality is not available. Think Salisbury steak. What will end up
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by illuminate 13y ago
"given the high stakes (environmental, financial, moral, and so on), why aren't governments more involved in this research" In the US? The beef industry has a strong enough lobby.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"Given what some outlets (Taco Bell[1], looking at you) pass as meat, it won't be much of a change anyway." There's not a vast difference between what's sold as ground beef and what Taco Bell serves. http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badm
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by illuminate 13y ago
"This line of thinking drifts into uncomfortable territory relating to cannibalism of euthanized elders" Obviously, being such a common practice.
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by illuminate 13y ago
You're placing artifical constraints way too soon, though. It came off unnecessarily dismissive, not cautiously optimistic :p
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by illuminate 13y ago
Good. It'll be objectively better for the world.
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by illuminate 13y ago
I don't think you understand how little regulations have to do with veg*nism.
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by illuminate 13y ago
Progress is always demonized by people who worship the naturalistic fallacy.
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by illuminate 13y ago
Is "shiv" really a common synonym? I've only heard shim.
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by illuminate 13y ago
Rule of law authoritarians can not be ethical.
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by illuminate 13y ago
A better comparison would be required non-competes, puzzles aren't nearly as harmful as either.
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by illuminate 13y ago
"a toolkit it has no intention of using on mobile or the desktop" Right, I find it likely that XNA was killed to work on a better toolkit for all three.
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by illuminate 13y ago
Not much, really. Anything that scrapes the disk image should be able to recover the images. There's already a "free" open source application or three. I don't work in the field, but I've had some classes with local forensics engineers. For

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