spurgu

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by spurgu 4y ago
What a crazy idea!
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by spurgu 4y ago
Assuming language based on location, with semi-infinite scrolling and the language selector on the bottom of the page is an annoying combination.
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by spurgu 4y ago
How: By force (as opposed to achieving a peaceful resolution through adhering to the Minsk agreements which admittedly was just a ploy on Ukraine's side to buy time to build up for an offensive) When: OSCE reports show increased activi
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by spurgu 4y ago
Indeed. 193. The kind of revolution we have in mind will not necessarily involve an armed uprising against any government. It may or may not involve physical violence, but it will not be a POLITICAL revolution. Its focus will be on technolo
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by spurgu 4y ago
Genocide... seems like words don't have the same meaning that they used to. Killing soldiers is not genocide. You had people (probably yourself included) calling Russia's actions "genocide" a year ago already, long befor
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by spurgu 4y ago
Why would they want a costly conflict like this? If they didn't enter to begin with the Donbass would've gotten run over. And if they would leave now the same thing would happen. And nothing would've changed with their NATO d
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by spurgu 4y ago
I would sure hope so, but so far I haven't seen anything convincing. The industrial machinery keeps marching on. At this point I'm predicting that the transition to renewables will fail due to the enormous costs involved (aside fr
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by spurgu 4y ago
How about the US convinced Ukraine that it could actually beat Russia in a conflict? Trained and armed it for 8 years, boosting its confidence, building up for an all-out decisive attack against Donbass, forcing Russia's hand to interv
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by spurgu 4y ago
And according to me that's sensationalist bullshit - the Ukraine crisis is clearly a local one, one that has been brewing for a very very long time. And incidentally one that the US has been keen on nurturing due to its detrimental eff
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by spurgu 4y ago
Available for free online in many places, for example: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fc-industrial-societ... I agree very much with Teddy about the problem but I don't condone his solution. I don't
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by spurgu 4y ago
First of all I'm sorry about your friend. This whole thing really sucks and the only winner seems to be the US military-industrial complex (and other US investors buying up Ukraine at a discount). There was no reason why it had to happ
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by spurgu 4y ago
Ukraine had signed the Minsk agreements only to buy time to build their military to NATO standards. Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel have admitted as much. With the US promised them backing they believed that they could be victorious even
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by spurgu 4y ago
Not sure you'd be downvoted for a clear and definite fact?
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by spurgu 4y ago
I've been using the Return YouTube Dislike extension[0] for a couple of weeks now and it seems to be working surprisingly well (due to the relatively large user base probably, surprised it hasn't been mentioned here). It uses a co
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by spurgu 4y ago
I don't see why this couldn't be done on a smaller (state or county) level instead. If someone starts offering an attractive starting salary and that leads to better educational outcomes you would expect others to follow (at least
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by spurgu 4y ago
Got any better solutions to address the issues presented by Teddy other than mail bombs?
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by spurgu 4y ago
Well said. There hasn't even been 70 years since Hiroshima, we're definitely not past anything.
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by spurgu 4y ago
This seems quite obvious to me. Another spin on it is that you can trade self-reliance for time. All of these conveniences you can get for money make you dependent on someone else (and dependent on your income stream). You eat out at the ex
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by spurgu 4y ago
So you would think and the prospect doesn't necessarily look that rosy when you do.
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by spurgu 4y ago
The first thought I have reading this headline is: "No level of driving is safe for our health"
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by spurgu 4y ago
> the vast majority of people who transition are glad to have done so According to a study with a ~12 month follow-up period after transitioning? I read something similarly misleading recently.
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by spurgu 4y ago
Sent you an email.
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by spurgu 4y ago
Oh nice, I used to be a passionate Foobar2000 user as well back in the day! Can't say I have a Mac alternative nowadays though, I'm using Navidrome[0] with all my music stored on a cheap VPS, this way I can play the music from whe
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by spurgu 4y ago
Most of my designs have in fact been with hard chines. I must've tried Carlson Hulls at some point (because the name sounds familiar) but I'm not sure why I never started using it. I'll give it a shot next time I get inspir
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by spurgu 4y ago
I remember using Notepad++ back in the day (way over a decade ago when I still used Windows), mainly for it's speed and effortlessness in opening huge files, but also quite advanced feature set. > I just haven't found anything
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by spurgu 4y ago
Oh, as a non-gamer I wasn't aware of this but from what you're saying and from looking it up quickly it seems like a real boon for Linux gamers!
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by spurgu 4y ago
Haha!
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by spurgu 4y ago
This might be more appropriate as an AskHN but: What do you all use Wine for (and on which OS)? I used to keep trying it for running various poker clients on Linux but none ever really worked properly. I also tried DelftShip (hull designe
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by spurgu 4y ago
Please give your vote here: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/macos-allow-custom-keyb... If that simple feature gets implemented there'll be at least one more FF user in yours truly. :)
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by spurgu 4y ago
Agreed that this should be a secondary consideration. A more advanced chat would be nice but not at the expense of video/audio. My main use for it (and would assume most users) is posting links like you mentioned.

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