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by kome 4y ago
it's so baffling to me that people give ALL their password to a third party, commercial, organization...
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by kome 4y ago
I am a simple person, I like GIMP; and I have no idea what "no adjustment layers, still no layer styles" is
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by kome 4y ago
duh, of course the war in Ukraine is such a good business for the US: both its energy industry and its defense industrial complex. to me, it is OK that the US acts following its own best interests; but it's much more problematic that E
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by kome 4y ago
"The chairman of FBH is Jean Chalopin, who, along with being a co-creator of cartoon cop Inspector Gadget in the 1980s, is the chairman of Deltec Bank, which, like FTX, is based in the Bahamas." ahaha, i loved Inspector Gadget. bu
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by kome 4y ago
wonderful design.
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by kome 4y ago
that's a funny edit. are you surprised by your last.fm statistics? will you delete the account?
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by kome 4y ago
no i remember it was more complex: https://www.dw.com/en/wikileaks-slams-panama-papers-trickle-... they wanted to give the public full access. and that's how wikileaks always worked. > "That is what I&#x27
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by kome 4y ago
I guess they leaked what they had; leaks are not bipartisan
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by kome 4y ago
well, it was interesting stuff, proving how the primaries were heavy biased against Sanders https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/02/ex... I think, that overall, it was an inte
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Adolph Reed, Jr – The Clientelist Foundation of Contemporary Antiracist Politics(nonsite.org)
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by kome 4y ago
By the way, if somebody is interested in this line of thinking, please check the work of Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about the élite capture: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/qa-olufemi-taiwo-eli... ("When Did t
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by kome 4y ago
"The privilege I certainly enjoy as a white male consists in part in my not being aware of my ethnicity and my gender, and it is a sobering and revelatory experience to occasionally be made aware of these blind-spots. But, rather than
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by kome 4y ago
If the Chinese guy is based in China, and he is paying with his hard earned Renminbi yes, you are subject to Chinese law.
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by kome 4y ago
I think, de facto, nothing will happen. But if you start to evade taxes on your foreigner paying costumers, and you avoid local regulations, then you expose yourself to a risk.
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by kome 4y ago
Good. More borders and tariffs (AND TAXATION, let me add) are definitely needed. Internet should contribute to a greater good, not enable transnational companies, tax evasion and data thief.
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by kome 4y ago
This project made me so happy. Requiescat in pace, Terry Davis.
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by kome 4y ago
so false.
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by kome 4y ago
Incredible game. Incredible art, incredible narrative. Calm and fun. Intelligent. So sad for what happened. I hope justice will be made.
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by kome 4y ago
I could publish it on my website for donations, what difference would it make?
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by kome 4y ago
"1. Create a website where I promise to send money if you send me your bank account -- doesn't sound shady at all." Strange for an American perhaps, not for an European, i give and receive payments to my bank account routinel
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Online community MetaFilter (est. 1999) is nearly bankrupt(metatalk.metafilter.com)
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by kome 4y ago
it's nice you find it cheap, because i find it very very expensive.
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Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals randomness(pnas.org)
2 points by kome 4y ago|0 comments
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Low Energy Chest Fridge(notechmagazine.com)
245 points by kome 4y ago|346 comments
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by kome 4y ago
that's not a surprise at all...
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by kome 4y ago
Success is mostly class. US has a below average social mobility by international standards. https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/1-5%20generations.png
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by kome 4y ago
not a great indicator, but good enough proxy for class: family income. class is, of course, not about income. class is about your position in the productive system and ownership. very rich people might have NO income at all. but let's
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by kome 4y ago
well... yes
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by kome 4y ago
Not OP, but yes: I don't trust for-profit corporations.
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by kome 4y ago
In Italy AC is not very widespread in private homes, and I guess it's for the better.

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