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by m0nty 11y ago
I realise that, but "80s action comedy" isn't really true. 80s action comedies include such gems as The Naked Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. What's the referent for this movie, if it&
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by m0nty 11y ago
Saw two (was it three?) decapitations in the first two minutes. One thing which distinguishes the 80s "genre" was that those things were rarely shown outside movies like The Omen. TV was deliberately sanitised, protagonists develo
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by m0nty 12y ago
The obsession with helmets in many countries is born of an idea that violence on the roads is inevitable. It's a bit like responding to knife or gun crime by saying everyone should wear kevlar vests, problem solved! Rather than insisti
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by m0nty 12y ago
> I'm excited to watch the show through again in HD. I think that's in my future too.
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by m0nty 12y ago
I just watched all five seasons again, and the 4:3 ratio was a bit of a distraction. The quality seems lower as well, almost like I could see the scan lines. For the video enclosed in the article: warning for spoilers and mild gore.
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by m0nty 12y ago
I can't see any of the charts on that page. They're just collections of dark splotches.
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by m0nty 12y ago
My worst one was "You can buy them" with URLs to a couple of posters (the sort you put on your wall).
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by m0nty 12y ago
> How is it possible for Groupon to not know about GNOME? A hypothetical sociopath-laden company might have heard of another organisation's trademark and decided to steal it anyway and trade on their competitor's good name. Esp
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by m0nty 12y ago
There seems to be a difference between typing and swiping. If I peck it out one character at a time, no problem.
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by m0nty 12y ago
It won't accept "cock" or "suck", not together as in "cocksucker" but in isolation. It goes with "stuck" or "such" when I try to swipe "suck", and "chock" or "c
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by m0nty 12y ago
> Unfortunately, writing programs isn't an occupation for old people. Why not?
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by m0nty 12y ago
I think Volvo is working on such a concept - a human driver in the front-most car, with other cars following in a train. Cars can join and leave the train as their occupiers want. This is envisioned for use on the freeway, no idea of the ac
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by m0nty 12y ago
> until I got a clue and scrubbed my resume of all evidence of exactly how old I was (removed education dates; I've done that. > I'd already been trimming older jobs due to length and lack of relevance) And will probably try
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by m0nty 12y ago
> Not telling people who are bad that they are bad is a concept I have a hard time to understand. You might be wrong, and you should factor that in. Perhaps you're not helping people towards a bright new future of self-realization,
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by m0nty 12y ago
Growing up in the 70s in the UK, we used it for all frying, etc. Everyone did, but switched away at the start of the 80s because the new message was "sunflower oil is healthier". Lard also makes me retch if I smell or taste it now
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by m0nty 12y ago
I suppose I'm using left and right as short-hand for progressive and authoritarian, but it's a bit clumsy and not that much shorter. It's an excellent article, but even if it is just a rhetorical position (re-reading, I accep
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by m0nty 12y ago
Excellent article until we get to this: "[T]he first question any prison abolitionist needs to answer is what we’re supposed to do with violent criminals. An important part of that answer has to be that we must simply put up with an in
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by m0nty 12y ago
But it was also kept in a "crime museum" where it might have become contaminated, and DNA samples will degrade over time, so a cautious representation of this finding would be "might show the identity" rather than “Jack
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by m0nty 12y ago
> The story goes that [the shawl] came from the murder scene of the Ripper's fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, on September 30, 1888. With a provenance like that, the mystery is solved beyond all reasonable doubt.
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by m0nty 12y ago
I hadn't really thought through the implications for the remainder of the UK, you've made some interesting points. In terms of international politics, I could see it diminishing Britain's status considerably.
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by m0nty 12y ago
That would symbolise everything the independence movement asserts about the arrogance of Westminster politicians and their alleged couldn't-give-a-damn attitude towards the Scots. Personally, I think there would be riots. If there is a
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by m0nty 12y ago
I think the Westminster government had no choice. David Cameron was dithering about the decision to allow a vote on independence, and Alex Salmond just went and announced a date. What's Cameron going to do, forbid it?
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by m0nty 12y ago
I took the time to email someone about a specific problem and didn't hear back - how long does it take to hit reply and type "Thx"? The effects are corrosive: why should I bother to reply next time ?
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by m0nty 12y ago
This is a serious and interesting subject which requires a better treatment than emotive words like "hand-wringing" and "worriers", and a conclusion with more depth than "in the long run, we're all dead."
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by m0nty 12y ago
The comments, scarier still. "The cyclist screaming like a girl cracked me up!"
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by m0nty 12y ago
Don't talk about downvotes, and don't worry about them. Some users will actively look for things which have been unfairly downvoted and try to correct. If you're angsting about one or two people who dislike what you've s
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by m0nty 12y ago
> I personally loathe advertising. I've always had issues with the constant brain-washing with trivial rubbish, stupid humour and idiotic themes so often used in TV commericals. I tend to download movies/television now, or buy
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Chuck Hull: the father of 3D printing who shaped technology(theguardian.com)
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by m0nty 12y ago
It's interesting to see David Hockney there, since he made a documentary many years ago (the 90s?) about how Vermeer might have used lenses and mirrors to create his paintings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrnfBnhWSo
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by m0nty 12y ago
UK law, in my case. You need consent and recipient must be able to unsubscribe. Some parts of this are also covered under the Data Protection Act, which is generally taken very seriously (by government, at least) in the UK. You can only use

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