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by pushpop 7y ago
I’m getting heavily downvoted for that comment and I do understand the appeal of Apple hardware (I happen to be bought into the Apple ecosystem as well) but as an audiophile who’s always shopped around for equipment over the last 3 decades
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by pushpop 7y ago
My earphones are two years old and can be paired to dozens (I’ve not yet hit a hard limit) of devices and can be connected to two sources concurrently with the ability to swap connections between any of the other active devices on the fly
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by pushpop 7y ago
Any Bluetooth earphones will pair easy enough. Once you’ve paired reconnecting is automatic and you only need to pair the once for the entire lifetime of any particular Bluetooth device. I run a 3rd party Bluetooth earphones (not headphones
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by pushpop 7y ago
My Bluetooth earphones (not AirPods) work flawlessly. They work in wide open spaces, on crammed trains and along busy streets. They stay in my ear when running, are super comfy to wear and have decent battery life too. I was always very sce
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by pushpop 7y ago
I share some of your cynicism but I think the “sedated” comment is a massive leap to make. However I do sometimes wonder if there has been a push from tobacco manufacturers as a way to booster profits now that smoking has fallen out of vogu
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by pushpop 7y ago
You’re right that further research is required here but it’s also worth barring in mind that there is already a good body of evidence available that supports the power of social media bot accounts have public opinion. I mean this isn’t the
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by pushpop 7y ago
> I see. So, let us back up a little to your first statement. Why is the risk of excluding developing economies a problem (for the developing economy), again? This is the question you should have opened with :) I never said it was a pr
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by pushpop 7y ago
Facebook is an edge case because that’s a problem in every country and frankly that whole “free internet” mission was clearly a bullshit move from the outset (even people in the west weren’t the slightest bit convinced by Zuckerburgs motive
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by pushpop 7y ago
I have about the same collection of books. Used to love the series. Found them again recently and wondered what to do with them but I don’t think I could bare to part with them.
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by pushpop 7y ago
> As someone who grew up in a developing economy, I find this view extremely patronizing. Usually, what happens is that a local company fills that demand gap. ...which means if a western subscription services wants to compete with a ch
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by pushpop 7y ago
You’re downvoting and replying to me but your comment is directed at someone else.
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by pushpop 7y ago
You then run the risk of excluding developing economies. Unless you adjust the payment to be region specific, in which case you’d just get foreign powers (be that corporations or state sponsored) using their wealth to fund hordes of new reg
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by pushpop 7y ago
When it comes to account creation, whatever method you come up with will be solved with hordes of call centre workers in a lesser affluent county. The only solution is to police the content and that then brings up questions about whether Fa
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by pushpop 7y ago
You’re assuming they didn’t see that. Given it’s now nearly 2020 and we’ve had years of reports of election meddling yet Facebook are only calming down on suggestive emoji - stating that they have no interest in policing “free speech” when
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by pushpop 7y ago
Many services already do allow this; including the aforementioned CircleCI
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by pushpop 7y ago
That doesn’t make the GP point untrue (though they also could have toned their post down and made the same point) As an aside, it’s a pity SLES didn’t gain more traction because it’s a nice alternative to RHEL.
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by pushpop 7y ago
8 o’ clock isn’t early for your average 5 year old. It sucks only seeing the kids for 2 hours during a week day but people have to work, because that’s basically how society works for most people. However working parents more than make up f
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by pushpop 7y ago
It’s very British to moan about the weather but I personally love it.
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by pushpop 7y ago
I think you misunderstand the role of the EU
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by pushpop 7y ago
That’s really not what’s happening here. The only one moaning is the OP. Everyone else is just reminding the OP that their experience with the kids is still valuable even without a camera stuck in front of daddy’s face.
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by pushpop 7y ago
So true. My parents didn’t miss out not having a camera phone and neither did my grandparents. It’s amazing how dependant we’ve become on capturing moments. Sometimes even to the detriment of actually experiencing them.
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by pushpop 7y ago
Travel does cost me a lot but it’s more than made up for with the size of property in a desirable neighbourhood. There’s no right or wrong answer here though. Some people might prefer a shorter commute and I can’t blame them for that. For m
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by pushpop 7y ago
I have a 1.5hr commute each morning and night which adds a lot onto my day but I also living in a quiet village and work in central London. Being able to take refuge in the village on evenings and weekends makes the noise in London bearable
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by pushpop 7y ago
The point it’s making is subtle put. Also its much easier to criticise someone else’s writing than it is to put yourself out there
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by pushpop 7y ago
Politics is full of old photos (ab)used without appreciation of the context it was taken in.
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by pushpop 7y ago
It may happen, certainly will happen eventually, but every generation for the last 60 years has said the same (eg Space 1999, 2001 Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, etc) and as we inch ever closer we realise we are even further away than we firs
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by pushpop 7y ago
Apparently Audacity supports automation from a variety of different languages[1]. Though I’ve not tried myself so I couldn’t comment how good it is. However you’re right that if you’re writing software that depends on such a tool it’s bette
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by pushpop 7y ago
Audacity is open source though so one could always dig into the code if they wanted. Plus I don’t think it’s fair to say “not anywhere as acceptable as doing it in code yourself”. I understand the point of your disclaimer but as someone who
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by pushpop 7y ago
Knives are a grey area because some are essential kitchen utensils where as some are made as weapons (eg will have different style handles). It makes sense that the latter cannot be sold in shops but the former could still easily be used in
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by pushpop 7y ago
> it's ridiculous to allow people to sell a murder skirt. “Murder skirt”? I hope future generations read this thread back as a reminder of how dumb the pro-gun arguments got before people eventually came to their senses and banned t

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