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A Canvas Made of Pixels(claybavor.com)
5 points by robk 11y ago|2 comments
602.
by robk 11y ago
In England at least you can't easily find them and even if you could your local council would likely not approve the planning permission to install them.
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by robk 11y ago
Missing teeth is one thing but British orthodontics are far less commonly used than in America. America also has a far higher negative stigma against gaps or unstraight teeth.
604.
by robk 11y ago
Ok, maybe some other scarier face tattoos - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1...
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by robk 11y ago
The racism is absolutely indefensible. But aren't the tattoo's a major turn off for Japanese preconceptions? In America, it's the equivalent of your chef having Maori face tattoos. Unusual to say the least. See: http:/&
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by robk 11y ago
Trustev was a startup that did this. Indeed trivial to spoof though unless you do complex behaviour analysis of the account which seems hard to handle in the edge cases of mainstream users who aren't active in social media.
607.
by robk 11y ago
There are also millions of us who would rather fly Heathrow over other local airports and support the expansion. This isn't all astroturfed support you know.
608.
by robk 11y ago
Yeah but in the UK consumers are used to public viewing in pubs. The USA has a far less developed sports bar market.
609.
by robk 11y ago
Isn't this the same as Pascals Wager then? We should pray to God since the upside result is worth the downside cost.
610.
by robk 11y ago
Of course, it's a Piketty theory. What else can he blame on the global rise if capitalism. Every problem comes back to that.
611.
by robk 11y ago
Sounds exactly the same as FlightFox
612.
The snoopers charter (UK)(theguardian.com)
9 points by robk 11y ago|1 comments
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by robk 11y ago
But cars don't work in many dense cities like in Europe and in NYC. You need cycles or scooters.
614.
by robk 11y ago
How do you contribute that to the economy? Your profile is blank.
615.
by robk 11y ago
In Grand theft auto? Huh??
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by robk 11y ago
I'm surprised Facebook UK engineering isn't driving this. Reception is terrible country wide here
617.
by robk 11y ago
Non paywall link https://archive.is/LAKLr
618.
Taxi groups unite to fight Uber(ft.com)
1 points by robk 11y ago|1 comments
619.
by robk 11y ago
Drinking during pregnancy seems pretty usual across Europe. I don't think I ever saw a pregnant woman drinking even once in the USA.
620.
by robk 11y ago
Glenn is truly impressive as a negotiator. Fantastic piece overall. Funny to think of EU presidents popping down the hallway to say "is Matteo around?"
621.
by robk 11y ago
Surprisingly progressive and a big positive for the UK. Wish the USA was as forward thinking.
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UK launches exceptional talent visa for founders(techcityuk.com)
1 points by robk 11y ago|1 comments
623.
by robk 11y ago
Plus, those darned oversized three prongs in ZA. I've only seen those in ZA and Namibia. It's confusing since the Indian ones look the same from a distance but the ZA ones have a fatter third prong.
624.
by robk 11y ago
I'd be happy to pretend that. Most of Facebook UK staff are actually employed here as high value employees (engineers, sales). I'd be very surprised if there were many contractors here in the UK.
625.
by robk 11y ago
Those share based payments certainly get taxed when the employees exercise them, so the Exchequer sees a tasty tax base from that at least.
626.
by robk 11y ago
This really does seem plausible to me. Create a parallel construction scenario and it seems a lot more public friendly when they abuse their powers.
627.
by robk 11y ago
Fanduel is Scottish
628.
by robk 11y ago
No HDMI passthrough is a real irritation for me. I hate the fact it hogs one of the two HDMI ports in my office screen, meaning I need a HDMI switch for the Logitech videoconf and the Apple TV.
629.
by robk 11y ago
Seems like I should turn On open access for my wifi router to pollute these results by running am open hotspot.
630.
by robk 11y ago
Typically you'd create the topco in the UK or offshore and create an operating company in France for that purpose.

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