madaxe

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by madaxe 13y ago
The UK's "unease" is artificial, constructed by nationalistic media. It certainly has nothing to do with the EU's stance towards the US. Had it, there would be no euroscepticism. The US is deeply unpopular, even in the U
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by madaxe 13y ago
China and/or Russia. For English, Western Europe.
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by madaxe 13y ago
This, of course, has nothing to do with improving quality of life or preventing heart disease, but will have plenty to do with denying health insurance or increasing premiums.
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by madaxe 13y ago
3% of the UK population = ~3m potential customers or detractors, so yes.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Even better is "can I bum a fag?", which wins odd looks on both sides of the pond.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Fair enough - and agreed. Berlusconi has done an admirable job of adopting American political mores, in terms of bribery, "special interests", and all the rest. It's going to take years for his chaos to be unwrought. Frankly,
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by madaxe 13y ago
Ah, American exceptionalism. You're right. Everything but the US is some kind of barren desert which only exists in cartoons. Have you ever left your home city? State?
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by madaxe 13y ago
It could be that those are the exact corporations of which I speak who control the legislature, thus creating a better environment for themselves at the expense of others. Stick your head out of your shell, and you'll realise there&#x2
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by madaxe 13y ago
America sucks as a business environment: * Crappy immigration. I can get around the EU (Schengen) and across borders without breaking stride. In the US, it's 3 hours minimum, and that's assuming you get in. * Crappy legislation an
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by madaxe 13y ago
Ban alcohol!
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by madaxe 13y ago
Drugs are bad, because drugs are bad, m'kay?
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by madaxe 13y ago
Kazakhstan is not small. http://overlapmaps.com/print.php?defaultZoom=2&defaultLat=39...
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by madaxe 13y ago
Unless: a) He's Ross "Patsy" Ulbricht or b) He wanted to be caught, and set some mighty precedents. or... c) He's sloppy.
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by madaxe 13y ago
* > who would do boring, low-paid work with this sort of basic income * Software and automation.
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by madaxe 13y ago
OK, add every laptop manufacturer, cellphone manufacturer, and any variety of portable device manufacturer on the planet to that list, then, as lithium ion or polymer batteries are flammable no matter what. I assume you have a suggestion as
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by madaxe 13y ago
Too kind. Baudot punchtape, screwed up into a ball and tied in knots. Perfectly compliant.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Reading it, they have some pretty precise metrics on user accounts, and insights into his messages, so I'm going with "it was all unencrypted".
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by madaxe 13y ago
Non-tech-savvy folks I would hope would understand the wrongness of a bunch of children being thrown in solitary for wanting to play Angry Birds. If the American people can't and won't see the wrongness in that, then America truly
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by madaxe 13y ago
These master hackers should all be put in solitary for 30 years, for deliberately circumventing a digital protection system and thus breaking the CFAA. Perhaps then people may begin to understand why these laws are ridiculous.
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by madaxe 13y ago
OK, so, you know (or you may not) how when you're in the desert, and it's approaching midday, the temperature just rises, and rises? Imagine the hour around midday not being an hour, but 10 days. Insolation, even at our distance (
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by madaxe 13y ago
Release a large number of cats to catch and eat the birds. Solved once and for all. ONCE AND FOR ALL.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Aye, true that. Well, cover it in mylar, and it was rads I was thinking of predominantly. You could potentially make something like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete using martian topsoil.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Prestige? Prestige? Science is not about prestige. It's about science. If you want prestige, go become a jockey, or the world's best hooker. Too many "scientists" are in it for the holidays, money, and "prestige&q
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by madaxe 13y ago
This is bait and switch. You liken it to h&m or Zara - but they offer continuity services - they do not trick their customers. I may let them know (as I know C-levels at each) that you are attempting to trade off their good names. I am
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by madaxe 13y ago
Or he means literally 3D-print structures using water, which will freeze in the Martian atmosphere to form water ice - which is actually a pretty great structural material if used appropriately.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Imagine how upset they'll be when they thought they were buying Braintree, but got some guy called Brian's tree.
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by madaxe 13y ago
The casings are steel, the rtg is in a ceramic capsule. You'd be amazed at what barnacles and such can pry wide open given time.
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by madaxe 13y ago
What the article neglects to mention is that after months of searching, they never found the bomb. It's still somewhere under the silt near Tybee island, biding its time.
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by madaxe 13y ago
Saltwater, astounding pressure and marine organisms make for a far harsher environment than the vacuum of space, or even a botched re-entry. That said the argument I heard was that by the time they fall apart, the Pu has all but decayed.
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by madaxe 13y ago
It wasn't similar to the nazi salute - it was the same. Bellamy salute. The NSDAP thought it was such a great bit of nationalistic fervor they adopted it.

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