mistakoala

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by mistakoala 13y ago
Journalists are now bought and paid for by rich patrons. That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that activists use it as an instrument of storytelling their agenda. It's even worse when it masquerades as 'quality&#
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by mistakoala 13y ago
That's how my first website started. Nothing much more than an <h1> and a few <p>s. I still remember the feeling of almost-elation at seeing it in a browser, too. That might not mean much to you or anybody else, but to some
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Someone who will have experience of what it's like to learn to code, in charge of some initiative responsible for encouraging people to learn to code(1)? Outrageous! I don't want people at the top to have any understanding of the
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Remind me to hire you as my cultural interpreter when I arrive in the Colonies.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Ohhh... Scones.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Whoa. This is already confusing. Biscuits at KFC?
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by mistakoala 13y ago
That's an outrageous slur on biscuits!
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Who was the third, then?
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Attention to detail is lacking here. The 'banker' at JP Morgan wasn't a banker. Given the size of the banking/ finance industry, is the frequency of these 'unusual' deaths in line with what they might normally
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by mistakoala 13y ago
I wasn't suggesting that that was the precise nature of the system.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Hennessy's book also mentions the possible involvement of the RAC or AA (can't remember which, but presumably the RAC) as part of the comms network for controlling the UK's nuclear capability. Off the top of my head, I think
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by mistakoala 13y ago
'Bold' should never be used synonymously for 'stupid' or 'reckless'.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Really? She had SO much to say about other countries last year. "Hey! Look at that thing happening over there in the distance, far away from here!"
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by mistakoala 13y ago
It's presumably the incentive of not using non-NHS facilities (which the insurance company would have to pay for as part of your cover). £50 to stay in an NHS ward vs a bit more to stay in an en-suite room in a private hospital. If I h
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Oh noes! Those baby-eating Tories are selling our souls! But it will be just fine when a Labour government floats the idea. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3022434/Private-companies-...
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by mistakoala 13y ago
That webpage killed my laptop. Presumably the video that did it? So thoughtful of them to play it automatically.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
Just wondering - particularly as I have no experience of the US employment market - but is it common for soon-to-be employees to negotiate a standard severance package into their contract of employment?
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SV veteran, Bronwen Clune, says VC only wants high-calibre founders(theguardian.com)
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by mistakoala 13y ago
"young men coming in, and they’re transient." Isn't that similar rhetoric that was employed in the 20s and 30s? That comment conjures up memories of reading Of Mice and Men. She should just have the balls to say she's an
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by mistakoala 13y ago
"Anti-everything activist writer in opposition to everything shocker"
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by mistakoala 13y ago
I think the spread of support is less clear. I vaguely recall some survey a few months back that posed a carefully-phrased question along the lines of "ISPs should do more to control what children see online (agree/ disagree)&quot
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by mistakoala 13y ago
You've managed to make the same point I've just made, but without the angry swearing. I salute your coolheadedness, sir.
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by mistakoala 13y ago
How does such cuntery based on paper-thin fact-checking and high doses of bullshit get anywhere near HN? I'm more disappointed in HN readers than the bell-end who wrote this crap. Outrage-fuelled stuff like this makes me angry because
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by mistakoala 13y ago
It seems he perhaps has a grudge against the West Coast and/ or the US in general - http://www.thewhatnoise.com/2013/05/500-startups-and-not-goo... On behalf of an embarrassed island on the other side of the
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by mistakoala 13y ago
The bile, it burns, it burns!