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by stordoff 7y ago
> Ireland (again) this time on the Lisbon Treaty - 2008 then 2009 It wasn't just a straight re-vote through. Selected reasons for voting no, according to The Times (bearing in mind it was only 53:47 to no): > Protect neutrality -
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by stordoff 7y ago
My bank starts with "SECURITY ALERT: NEVER REVEAL THIS CODE TO ANYONE" and ends with "Contact us if you didn't request it".
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by stordoff 7y ago
My bank does this. Two texts: 1: "We need you to verify some transactions. You will receive a text from <number> with the transaction details" 2: "Do you recognise these transactions? <date/store/amount x 3
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by stordoff 7y ago
Call the number of the back of the card - "Press X if you have been given a code by us". Effectively, you're calling <number on the back of the code> + <reference to queue skip>.
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by stordoff 7y ago
A few days ago, I encountered Siri pronouncing A1 (/ei/ one[1]), a major road in the UK, as "ah one" (how you might pronounce a lowercase a). Threw me for a second as I've not heard it make that mistake before. [1]
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by stordoff 7y ago
This just enables them to _remain_ lost when someone later mentions the place to them, or they need to ask someone about it.
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by stordoff 7y ago
> This could be fixed by adding a field to every street name for "a series of phonemes that provide a close approximation of local pronunciation" Interestingly, this is essentially how a lot of Japanese forms (at least that I&#
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by stordoff 7y ago
> people looking over your shoulder is a way overestimated danger Depends on your environment. I personally have learnt at least two people's email passwords just from watching them type (not to use, just to see how easy it was), an
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by stordoff 7y ago
> You use on the other hand to contrast two viewpoints. There are other idioms for enumerating more than two. I sometimes find myself using "on the other hand" to contrast three or more view points, and end up saying "on t
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by stordoff 7y ago
I don't believe that's what the post is saying though. It appears to be saying a minority of them are mentally ill.
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by stordoff 7y ago
Stallman.org: > 05 June 2006 (Dutch paedophiles form political party) > Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization. > [Reference updated on 2018-04-25 because the old link was broken.] > I am ske
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by stordoff 7y ago
> Beginning in macOS 10.15, notarization is required by default for all software. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin...
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by stordoff 7y ago
Old game, potentially (you can't continue to sell them without updating them).
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by stordoff 7y ago
Perhaps not a decision you can truly consider until you get there. I've always been quite open to the idea of euthanasia in principle, but now that I live with a degree of chronic pain, I find myself becoming _vehemently_ anti-suicide
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by stordoff 7y ago
I've heard it put similarly bluntly - you hope the chemo kills the cancer before it kills you. I know a few people who are actively undergoing chemotherapy, and my grandfather died of pancreatic cancer (metastasised to liver IIRC), and
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by stordoff 7y ago
Is this on Home or Pro? On Pro, I have them disabled via Group Policy, and I _never_ get an unexpected update, just occasional notification saying "Required updates are ready to install".
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by stordoff 7y ago
As Gboard used to demonstrate: > Share snippets: Automatically share snippets of what and how you type in Google apps to improve Gboard [enabled by default]
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by stordoff 7y ago
Or they want political cover to avoid revealing their capabilities, or to enable that data to be used more easily in court or for a wider range of offences.
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by stordoff 7y ago
According to Sony, the PSVR breakout box isn't doing much in the way of processing. It just handles 3D audio and warping 2D video for the headset (and the opposite for TV display of what the headset displays if the game doesn't pr
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by stordoff 7y ago
> daisy-chain another console for the serious gamers who 'need' 120fps Not exactly the same idea, but Forza Motorsport 3 (and I think 4) let you use 3 Xbox 360s to display on multiple monitors: https://www.youtube.co
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by stordoff 7y ago
It's more or less been done on the NES - using a cartridge with a Raspberry Pi Zero in it to run SNES games: http://radar.spacebar.org/f/a/weblog/comment/1/1157 It's also roughly how the S
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by stordoff 7y ago
I know with my OCD, it's easier to send a single line/short message than write a post and sit there staring out at it whilst I overthink it (once I've sent it, it's not worth changing it), so this may be similar .
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by stordoff 7y ago
What you say holds true for illegal drugs (once you are in an illegal market, you have limited ways to know what's in what you are taking, and no remedy against the company), but making it legal doesn't change that - you need regu
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by stordoff 7y ago
Or maybe engineers are more likely to see the body as a machine, and thus have more of an interest in things that can affect or change the functioning of that machine. Personally, I think treating engineers as a homogeneous population is ju
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by stordoff 7y ago
They don't really need to see the system reformed, just that they want _this_ patent invalidated.
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by stordoff 7y ago
FWIW, Wiktionary notes it as "usually derogatory", and to my ears it makes it sound like you are saying you are inherently better than them (which I'm sure is not your intention). A word best avoided in my opinion.
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by stordoff 7y ago
Doesn't this work against small-time inventors? Price it too high, and they can't afford to keep it (don't have time to sell it or build a business around it); price it too low, and someone can just buy it off them. Perhaps i
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by stordoff 7y ago
Johnson voted _against_ the withdrawal agreement twice, and then for it once. If Parliament is the problem, Johnson has been part of that problem. I'm also not sure what his clear strategy is. The current deal would involve going with
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by stordoff 7y ago
> There was earlier another boost for Mr Corbyn, as members backed his Brexit strategy to remain neutral on a second referendum until after a general election. > Mr Corbyn wants to strike a new deal with Brussels within three months o
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by stordoff 7y ago
Voting for an election without an extension would almost certainly mean a no deal Brexit. _That_ is a subversion of democracy - the election is somewhat pointless if it happens after the major decision of the time has been taken.

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