jayalpha

34 ms·

271.
by jayalpha 8y ago
If I remember correctly, Disney has a trademark for "snow-white".
272.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Hands off to the team. The loss of Xara was already bad. Great to have another option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara_Photo_%26_Graphic_Designe...
273.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Unfortunately, an urban legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_ur...
274.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"The UK is growing financial services exports in almost all of the markets you mentioned, so I don't really see what your point is there." For serious financial services you need even more than a FTA. Something like passporti
275.
by jayalpha 8y ago
This will make many billing departments cry. Another solution is to create a temporary virtual card.
276.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Yes macchanger (I use a custom script that works better for me. Also does magic in places with limited interned, e.g. free 100MB limit)
277.
by jayalpha 8y ago
By appending ‘_nomap’ to the end of your Wi-Fi hotspots you could opt out of all Wi-Fi network tracking and means your hotspot will not be used for improving location fixes on mobile devices. (only honored by google, other OSs need differen
278.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"The UK contributes more to the EU budget than it receives back. Ceteris paribus, the UK could fund all the same programmes, and have huge buckets of cash left over." Yeah. Right. Problem: They are going to lose the 1 trillion eur
279.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"Remember that the EU is becoming less and less important over time as a financial services market, even the UK's financial services sector has become less dependant on it over time." Ah, no? "The juicier fruit is in the
280.
by jayalpha 8y ago
The UK was the sick man of Europe. Then, basically around the same time: 1. Thatcher made economic reforms 2. Oil was found in the sea (UK oil production correlates a lot with the rising UK economy) 3. The UK joined the EU (EC) The Oil is g
281.
by jayalpha 8y ago
While I am highly skeptical of the Brexit I don't think any kind of collapse will happen. "Our western societies are very efficient but also very fragile. If supermarkets can no longer fill up their shelves, people go hungry fast.
282.
by jayalpha 8y ago
As far as I know, this was not a judgment but a "legal opinion". Gaming the system is easier in a codified law system. The not in "good faith" is something from the common law system. I would not bet on it that your appr
283.
by jayalpha 8y ago
apt-get install recoll Consider your problems solved...
284.
by jayalpha 8y ago
RSS is not dead. I could not live without it. Besides the news. 1. I don't like twitter but follow to Twitter accounts. Twitter to RSS: http://twitrss.me/ 2. A site has no feed? Make one: https://feedity.com
285.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Hm. Something like a genmarker posted on a blockchain?
286.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"Every blog I've tried to follow for years has had an RSS feed. " I follow many blogs (Rule of thumb: the fewer posts per time, the higher the content of the blog likely is) and you would be surprised how many feeds fail over
287.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Long overdue. When South Korea and Japan have super interesting Sci-Fi books and movies (e.g. Korean Bladerunner "Natural City"), why not China? I am glad China is coming along. Since I learn Mandarin, feel free to recommend Chine
288.
by jayalpha 8y ago
I love my Fi. But I did not activate it in the US and activating abroad was not trivial. Their "Service" called this "buyers remorse" since I could still use Wifi. Long story.
289.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Peak-a-Boo https://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2018/05/rare-earth-depl...
290.
by jayalpha 8y ago
Yes, as "recent" as capitalism. The need to pre-finance industrial production. Basically I would not call anything before the industrial revolution capitalism. Free market economy maybe, but this is something else.
291.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"That must've been a pretty disgusting story to investigate." Please, this is limited to law enforcement. DO NOT TRY TO INVESTIGATE THIS yourself. Looking and finding CP could be considered a crime already in your jurisdictio
292.
by jayalpha 8y ago
".. Red meat, I suspect, transmits all kinds of.." Beef was suspected, based in statistic analysis, to to transmit cancer by a German Nobel price winner Harald zur Hausen for a long time. And just last year there were some interes
293.
by jayalpha 8y ago
TLDR: Idiot tries to write document in Latex, fails, blogs about it.
294.
by jayalpha 8y ago
I have posted it already but I will post it again (as a former Austrian). 1. Mises, who did not work one day in his whole live in a private free market enterprise, has fundamentally not understood capitalism. He describes free market barter
295.
by jayalpha 8y ago
I think he exams can be taken world wide. They may also be flexible with acceptance. Not sure they online technology is up to date.
296.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"There is no technical reason why euro clearing must happen physically inside the eurozone." Yes, there is. Overview concerns and the ability to intervene in times of a crisis. Or how "The Economist" said, in regards to
297.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"God knew why he put the island monkeys on an island, but he did not expect them to build ships" German saying.
298.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"Do you actually work in the City or in the financial industry?" Well, sorry for the pun, but you obviously don't: "By the way, unlike what many in this thread seem to think, being in the EU is of limited value for busin
299.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"Of course you can, it's a matter of negotiations." Since the EU is much larger and has to protect her own interest, there is not much to negotiate. In fact, the deal offered is already pretty good for the UK. The last respon
300.
by jayalpha 8y ago
"Sure, in the sort run lots of pain from this. However maybe in the long run brexit will be amazing for britain. The UK has a highly educated, creative, dynamic work force with strong anglo saxon work ethic." Well, the "stron

More ›