sosborn

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811.
by sosborn 11y ago
>The arguments about this thing not making any sense aren't so far away from the arguments about my basement not being very sunny. Actually, they are. At its best, getting sunlight in your basement is impossible. For solar bike lane
812.
by sosborn 11y ago
http://gizmodo.com/5876654/ignore-your-annoying-facebook-bud... Just saying. I do understand your point though.
813.
by sosborn 11y ago
At the end of the day, the quality of your facebook feed depends on who you are friends with. If you want a better facebook feed cull out the ones who post uninteresting things.
814.
by sosborn 11y ago
> My advice to you is that you just need to follow the right people. That advice works both ways doesn't it?
815.
by sosborn 11y ago
It is like saying "Hat" is too similar to "Hate".
816.
by sosborn 12y ago
Condom use is nowhere near where it should be and one of the reasons is that they degrade the experience. Fix that and watch STDs and unplanned pregnancies drop.
817.
by sosborn 12y ago
Honestly the only notifications I care about are email, text messages and phone calls. The rest can all go to hell. Again, this is just my personal taste.
818.
by sosborn 12y ago
Personally I can't think of anything I want less than push notifications from websites.
819.
by sosborn 12y ago
You know you can scroll right by the video right?
820.
by sosborn 12y ago
I don't disagree, but unfortunately I'm not in a position to influence copyright holders.
821.
by sosborn 12y ago
> games that have no compelling "fun" factor. "Fun" is subjective. To the people that play these games, they are fun and they are deriving enjoyment from them. I don't understand why the enjoy it either, but then
822.
by sosborn 12y ago
> I think illegal filesharing threatens the industry primarily not because it's free, but because it offers a lot of features and convenience which the content providers refuse to grant their customers willingly. It's a bit of
823.
by sosborn 12y ago
While scummy, that doesn't necessarily mean that Aspartame is dangerous.
824.
by sosborn 12y ago
> "Manipulate" is a just a loaded term for influence, which is what every investor does by buying and selling. True, but remember that the degree of influence can vary by several orders of magnitude.
825.
by sosborn 12y ago
I'm not sure if you've spent any significant time in Japan, but this is certainly not the case for cigarette butts.
826.
by sosborn 12y ago
I know you jest, but there is a subset of the poor that absolutely could pull themselves out of it if they stopped being stupid and irresponsible. Certainly not a large subset, but a subset nonetheless.
827.
by sosborn 12y ago
Drone also implies autonomy.
828.
by sosborn 12y ago
It depends on the carrier. No issues doing this with Verizon.
829.
by sosborn 12y ago
> details of precisely what happened doesn't necessarily offer a great deal of value. Maybe the do, maybe they don't. I'd rather find the plane and figure this out than assume.
830.
by sosborn 12y ago
Yeah, the typography on this is pretty bad (way too many fonts), but the thing that really strikes me is how generic the site looks. The old design was very identifiable as "Wired", this new design looks like any other news aggreg
831.
by sosborn 12y ago
>Are these long drawn out, humiliating application processes typically American or does this happen in other countries as well? It happens in other countries too. It is really more a symptom of company size than company nationality. The
832.
by sosborn 12y ago
There is also the fact that "pre-qualified" != "pre-approved". It is quite possible these days for a loan to be rejected at the last minute.
833.
by sosborn 12y ago
> inslut Probably not intended, but this is a great word to use in this instance.
834.
by sosborn 12y ago
I'm willing to bet that the number of people working around region locking was so small (in a financial sense) that it didn't matter.
835.
by sosborn 12y ago
How would you even start to define a term like "the greater good" in a way that a law like this could event begin to make sense?
836.
by sosborn 12y ago
What the hell does that have to do with privacy?
837.
by sosborn 12y ago
>For things I don't care, I just use a simple password. Maybe you don't care, but others might.
838.
by sosborn 12y ago
> It might be that another lead could make things work. It might also be that another developer would get the work done. Unfortunately is it not easy to know which option is correct.
839.
by sosborn 12y ago
> We are also the only animals that are influenced by advertising. If that's true then what the hell are peacocks doing?
840.
by sosborn 12y ago
> Don't forget health care. That plus a basic living stipend would be quite a revolution to the economy. Don't get me wrong, I think this would be incredible, but where would the money come from to fund this? How would you guar

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