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by squidi 13y ago
It's worth looking at the timeline of the photo of the lady in the red dress. It's even more shocking when you see the policeman lurching towards her: http://lucienballard.tumblr.com/post/52220098289/all-photogr...
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by squidi 13y ago
Seems not sadly, but it would make a great gift. Lots of people will complain about how the state is getting involved in peoples lives etc so it would have been funny if we could buy them online from overseas too, thus creating a profitable
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by squidi 13y ago
Unethical != Evil
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by squidi 13y ago
Why can't they be regulated using existing US antitrust law, rather than create a new legislation specific to TV networks? As an outsider, the US seems to have a lot of innovation in TV anyway. HBO creates the best drama series', seen all o
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by squidi 13y ago
I'm surprised at the negative replies to this comment. We usually praise start ups for using bundling or other microeconmic techniques to increase revenue, but for US cable companies it's not ok (I'm not based in the US so have no idea how
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by squidi 13y ago
Excellent point, zalew. I've looked into this too and found the issues with migrating to be too numerous to proceed. Some products like Plus seemed to have no migration path when I last checked.
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by squidi 14y ago
To be fair, I think their actual elevation pitch is "Scalable real-time backend - Build apps fast without managing servers" as per their homepage and the pull-to-refresh quote may be more specific to the iOS SDK
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by squidi 14y ago
Could you detail what actually gets deleted? The support page [1] is brief on details and I'm especially interested if it deletes photo albums which were originally uploaded via Picassa [1] http://support.google.com/plus/answer/1044503?hl=
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by squidi 14y ago
The practice is called dumping [1] and most countries have laws to prohibit it [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)
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by squidi 14y ago
I've do the the same thing for my trips and think it's great. If Google could integrate the travel guide content with the "view offline" feature in GMaps it would reduce the need for roaming too.
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by squidi 14y ago
Charismatic in this sense refers to the fact that it can act a "symbol or rallying point to stimulate conservation awareness and action"[1], which seems appropriate considering the poignancy of how this species was discovered. [1] http://e
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by squidi 14y ago
We hope it will have that effect in London [1]. The plans for the legacy are beyond what some advertisements could achieve [2]. [1] http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsrelease.asp?newsPk=1331 [2] http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/
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by squidi 14y ago
Should a top diplomat not work for a government because they are corrupt too? Or a talented young footballer in the favelas of Sao Paulo not dream of winning the World Cup and earning a good wage because FIFA is corrupt also?[1] [1] http:/
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by squidi 14y ago
>Meanwhile, other people study and work their whole lives trying to cure cancer or end poverty. And lots of people spend their time driving a delivery van or installing windows, but we don't belittle that. Bringing entertainment or insp
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by squidi 14y ago
It is a legitimate point that there are lots of controversial commercial issues at the Olympics (e.g. petitmiam's fish and chips comment), but that should not detract from admiring the motivation and efforts of the elite athletes competing.
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by squidi 14y ago
OP referred to "long-term debt", so I think the point is that if interest rates spike then those with fixed interest rate loans are not affected and therefore able to continue with cheap long-term debt.
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by squidi 14y ago
I am using the Customer Preview without the 365 cloud storage. It is not mandatory in my experience; you can just chose to not log in with a WLID.
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by squidi 14y ago
One option is to store your data on Amazon's S3 instance in Dublin. You can use https://www.jungledisk.com/ or other tools to do that. Edit: There is also a good overview of options (inc. location) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp
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by squidi 14y ago
Several Kickstarters have badly struggled to meet their phenomenal demand - see the comments for those waiting for Elevation Docks: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b...
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by squidi 14y ago
I agree with this way of thinking. phkamp has come up with some innovative ideas, but if it doesn't come easy for the rest of us there are lots of techniques to help e.g. asking, "if I was superman and could implement any solution, what wou