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901.
by permo-w 3y ago
has this not been the case for a very long time? besides a sneaky way for Google to train its models, I had the impression that Captchas are more like a way to increase the friction rather than anything that would actually stop a determined
902.
by permo-w 3y ago
Pokemon cards, especially rare ones, are as big as ever, possibly bigger since a certain brand of influencers have taken an interest. As ever, you can buy them in pretty much any applicable shop in the UK. Match Attax and other football car
903.
by permo-w 3y ago
I have no idea
904.
by permo-w 3y ago
in my experience being good at maths doesn't reliably indicate you're good at anything wildly beyond maths. often some related subjects like programming, but not always
905.
by permo-w 3y ago
with regards to the second half of your comment, I suspect this is a belief coloured by your distaste for the political system in general. This is understandable, but not really fair Yes the political donation system is horrendous, and yes
906.
by permo-w 3y ago
what's the better option
907.
by permo-w 3y ago
10? perhaps my memory is failing me, but I strongly remember it being 5
908.
by permo-w 3y ago
>repeatedly point to a wikipedia page and ignore any discussion of the actual contents of the page or how we define a standard, stamping your foot and saying "I’m right and it's so impossible I'm wrong that anyone with a
909.
by permo-w 3y ago
you're confusing analogies with strawmen
910.
by permo-w 3y ago
you're being disingenuous in your use of the word disingenuous. disingenuous is when you say something you don't mean. I don't think that's what you think. I think you disagree strongly with my opinion. my opinion may we
911.
by permo-w 3y ago
impressively attention-grabbing headline aside, could they not both the true? a Turing mechanism where termites are the "activator chemical"
912.
by permo-w 3y ago
a big number that's much smaller than a big number is still a big number
913.
by permo-w 3y ago
honestly? just accept it. by criticising it, all you're doing is playing into the hands of conservatives even further. public broadcasters are always going to be soft on the government of the day, it's just a feature of that parti
914.
by permo-w 3y ago
or open a newspaper
915.
by permo-w 3y ago
this is a bit like the cosmetics industry. there are very clearly probiotic solutions to body odour that could be developed with the coins down the back of P&G's sofa cushions, but if you fix everyone's body odour, then how ar
916.
by permo-w 3y ago
the way you phrase it there makes it sounds miniscule, but you scale that up to the size of the SEOified internet and the numbers are surely into the billions
917.
by permo-w 3y ago
yes I'm sorry, I was wrong, it certainly wasn't a righteous diatribe, it was just an emotional screed about how right you are and how ignorant I am stay advancing the discussion my friend. keep accusing anyone you disagree with of
918.
by permo-w 3y ago
when? here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36846441 >commenter points to wikipedia page showing that + is a generally accepted standard >I accept this but point to the page's other largely unimplemented cha
919.
by permo-w 3y ago
for my 18th Birthday I got a Timex. when I turned 21 I got a new watch and put the Timex away. almost exactly two years later I was going clearing out my room and was absolutely shocked to find it was still going and correct to within a min
920.
by permo-w 3y ago
if I was as rich as Elon Musk, there'd be plenty of businesses I'd be buying and scuttling, no advanced thinking required
921.
by permo-w 3y ago
they're not the same thing, but they're both irrational behaviours that many smart people regularly participate in supporting a sports team is an even stronger example which I note you've ignored
922.
by permo-w 3y ago
I searched "slash in gmail address" "google mail extra characters usage" "ampersand in gmail" "implemented characters in gmail" and "slash in gmail address" not a single one provided any ev
923.
by permo-w 3y ago
I would imagine unionisation is higher on Elon's list of concerns, although the Saudi backers will likely have that in the back of their minds too
924.
by permo-w 3y ago
no one ever advanced a discussion with a righteous diatribe criticising the questions they're being asked if you don't want to define your terms or back up your claims with evidence, don't say them in the first place. don&#x2
925.
by permo-w 3y ago
after a more than cursory google search, I can find no evidence that in gmail you can use any character beyond "+" and extra "."s. do you have a source to contradict this?
926.
by permo-w 3y ago
nothing went wrong. the BBC is for the most part absolutely fine, this is just a narrative that's being heavily pushed by the BBC's competitors
927.
by permo-w 3y ago
perfectly reasonable people eat at McDonalds and buy crisps and support a football team. if you sit down and think about them, they all fly in the face of reason too
928.
by permo-w 3y ago
I don't see it as victim-blaming. if you turn up to a shop and the phone number you provide them with pointlessly includes 00 and the dial code, and they get confused and can't contact you, yeah it's incompetent by the shop,
929.
by permo-w 3y ago
what is your idea of a well-established standard?
930.
by permo-w 3y ago
super common as in a few technical people use it, and the rest besides . and _ are pretty much universally unimplemented

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