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by piffey 14y ago
This is true, Amazon is moving toward more automated shipping. It will lower prices and improve conditions for workers that remain. One evil cured, eh? http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/19/amazon-acquires-online-fulf...
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by piffey 14y ago
I use a Kobo and it supports more formats, open formats, plus DRM formats. They've been out for a couple years and are more popular in Canada than the Kindle from what I've been told. Only issue I've ever come across is that the response ti
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by piffey 14y ago
You can use this in your web browser. Some really crappy local filters will also let you pass by using decimal/octal notation. Was a great trick in high school.
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by piffey 14y ago
Might be good to note that Pentadactyl doesn't currently work with FF15.
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Of course theunixbeard would be the only one to get it.
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Filename is cleartext.
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by piffey 14y ago
Many clients let you look at the seeder list and show geoip data. Been doing this with rtorrent for ages. I'm with you... how's this news?
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by piffey 14y ago
Anyone else surprised by the number of flights in the air at any given time? I never even imagined that there was this much activity even though I'm a frequent flyer.
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by piffey 14y ago
I think a lot of developers are looking at this in the wrong way. Twitter realizes its potential as a service. It has been used to topple governments in the last 5 years and to stage massive political movements. A lot has been changed thank
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by piffey 14y ago
They'll never give up. Better patch the meatspace bug and write a software workaround.
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by piffey 14y ago
Can anyone explain what the benefit is of having hundreds of useless followers? Is there some reputation system on Twitter I'm missing?
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by piffey 14y ago
Our 3/10 track record isn't too great on Mars landing successes either. Here's to hoping!
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by piffey 14y ago
Hate to repurpose a cliche, but never put all of your eggs in one basket.
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by piffey 14y ago
What's the user base like in these games? I feel like every FOSS FPS I've ever played, besides UrbanTerror, has few to no players.
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by piffey 14y ago
Another good read on this, if interested, is Jay Stevens' "Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream". Great piece of journalism and a look into all the old studies and politics surrounding LSD.
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How many home users will even notice the few second difference and think there's anything they can do about it though?
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by piffey 14y ago
Two hours to hook up your cable connection? Oh the torture -- better blog about it.