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by r0s 16y ago
These are good points. I'd like to get philosophical about 'obscenities' for a bit. A mature discussion must include diverse input, or you sacrifice the benefit of a diverse group. I think it's unproductive to try to sanitize discourse by r
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by r0s 16y ago
I help run a small press, we publish books bundled with music albums. http://monofonuspress.com The single biggest problem we have is promotion. The music is easy by comparison, as bands play concerts all the time. Authors can't book mor
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by r0s 16y ago
You're right. Frankly I think rates of alcoholism among native populations from the 1600s to today would be the best measure of this idea. This would need to be compared to other subjugated demographic groups, perhaps in other areas of th
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by r0s 16y ago
Inuit society is unique in general. I think alcoholism among Native Americans has more to do with genocide and poverty than culture shock. Most indigenous Americans were exposed regularly to very strong entheogens, including alcohol. Preced
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by r0s 16y ago
The way I understand it, AMD was in bad financial shape after purchasing ATI. Then they did the conservative thing by letting Intel release i7 unchallenged, and investing in their process/research for the next big release they do. MaximumPC
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by r0s 16y ago
Suddenly large percentages of the Native Americans were alcoholics. It's a small point but this isn't true. Native Americans had beer and liquor extending back beyond written history. Here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulq
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by r0s 16y ago
Author omits a major feature of Gmail, the spam filter. At the time of release this was a killer, if memory serves. Personally, this was a primary motivation for switching. A working spam filter was a major reason to recommend Gmail to les
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by r0s 16y ago
Good point.
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by r0s 16y ago
You could say "education" vs. "experience". I've seen company trained managers implode in tears on a sales floor, first week on the job.
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by r0s 16y ago
Luckily, I learned this hard lesson vicariously from a friend.
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by r0s 16y ago
Eighty percent of success is showing up. -Woody Allen Punctuality has paid off well for me. Seriously, show up to work on time everyday and make everyone look bad in comparison. Customer service has also been a very valuable experience,
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by r0s 16y ago
Leveraging your freedoms to its maximum extent, even to the grave offense of others, is not protecting it I disagree, this is the only way to test the limits of our rights. Our freedoms are defined everyday by circumstances beyond what t
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by r0s 16y ago
I agree, and DRM isn't always a bad thing. The GPL qualifies as rights management in my opinion. As a Steam user I admit that convenience and reduced price can be make the negatives of DRM negligible. This doesn't change the fact that DRM
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by r0s 16y ago
I would love to see either side of the debate pull this argument away from the hypothetical realm. At least we know fairly objectively claims of economic harm caused by piracy are hyperbolic: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04
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by r0s 16y ago
Yes, Gmail can be installed on your own domain, POP3 or SMTP all your other accounts and you're set.
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by r0s 16y ago
This is the obvious point, and I have to wonder if it would defeat the money-making potential of search data once it becomes common practice. Maybe it's just another feature that makes google the best search provider. If they don't do it,
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by r0s 16y ago
Boulder - usually seen as an enclave of hippies, marijuana dispensaries and rock climbers - has become a hotbed of capitalism. As a native Coloradoan, I must say Boulder has been commonly known as a white bread, vastly overpriced, prete
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by r0s 16y ago
I could read this hour long speech in fifteen minutes. I couldn't find a transcript. Here he is talking about the book: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1132371...
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by r0s 16y ago
This whole phenomenon makes me happy. I already had 3 of the games, so the user set price hits my sweetspot. The idea of open-sourcing the games after a set goal is achieved is interesting. Could there be some future business model there?
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by r0s 16y ago
Try explaining versioning to a novice user. At the very least you have iterations represented as dates, fragmenting whatever metaphor is supposed to replace the filesystem. Tags have the same problem, once the list of tagged items becomes t
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by r0s 16y ago
I work with novice users every day. Every part of the experience is unnatural to them. Using a mouse and typing is just as frightening as any software quirk. Scroll bars, application windows, the web browser as internet, even the very co
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by r0s 16y ago
The free market has failed the Internet. For some things, like utilities, government regulation works best. It needs both, honestly. Companies need freedom to innovate, and they also need rules to prevent them from screwing consumers and
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by r0s 16y ago
Bad litigation trips through courts all the time, it's not a deal breaker on justice, it's par for the course. an Internet provider like Google Seriously now, this guy is pretty confused. Just as many litigants, juries and judges must al
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by r0s 17y ago
To earn a decent living, freelancers have to work at a breakneck pace, which has an obvious impact on quality. I don't know, does the increased communication power and productivity of technology break even here? (assuming it's used correc
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by r0s 17y ago
For that matter all wine should be in aluminum or plastic bottles to prevent breaking and cut down on weight. Also all that so called 'winemaking' is a huge waste of time and energy. Almost any wine flavor can be synthesized in the lab and
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by r0s 17y ago
I use Gmail to manage four separate accounts. You can set filters that label each message based on sender, or any search really. For example to:main@gmail.com gets labeled and color coded. You can set up multiple inboxes for your accounts.
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by r0s 17y ago
The bank bailouts could have come with regulatory measures attached. Was this an intentionally overlooked opportunity?
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by r0s 17y ago
they can also create mental illness. I'm sorry but this is a a claim frequently made without context. Some evidence would be refreshing, along with some known causation, neurochemical or otherwise. An anecdotal example, a friend of mine
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by r0s 17y ago
If you've never done Peyote, it's a bit different, containing lots of different alkaloids. The effect is pretty similar though. Always depends on the person and context. San Pedro is really easy to grow yourself, and totally legal.
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by r0s 17y ago
Maybe I'm missing something here... The big problem with CSS without variables is the time and effort it takes to make changes. If you only have to change the declarations once, at the top of the file, well it doesn't get much easier.

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