teh_klev

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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   I first saw it ~1980'ish, I was a bit older and it gave me a massive lump in my throat, and still does in my mid 50's.
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   And the tickling by the beach ball alien, though possibly to death. So there's still some menace there :)
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   From my faint memory as a ~12 year old in 1980, Acid Rain killing off woodlands and lakes, caused by European and UK heavy industries, was a massive concern back in the early 80's at its peak, fortunately mostly rectified in Europe now
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   > In a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance? What if in a society once tolerant to gaybashing, and other things (not so long ago), should one not tolerate "intolerance" to this? I think your question needs re-phrase
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   We do, because in terms of writing english black boxes are opaque by their very nature. OP could remove "black boxes" to make the sentence correct. You can't actually see inside a black box. That's why it's a &quo
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   > Nobody knows what the YouTube algorithm is going to decide is inappropriate next. Then that is the very definition of "opaque", which is what YouTube want and aim for.
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   The title has been editorialised, I think Josh should have run with his blog title: "Tap your phone at Gold Coast bus stops to access my website" Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don&#
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   From just over a month ago: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-co... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25713704
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   by teh_klev 6y ago

   Isn't this just a reheat of the linked original source (Cambridge University), but without the video?
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Thanks.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Can I refer you to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I ha
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    What's "CoL"?
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    I know we're not supposed to complain about website behaviour. But why, in this community, that seems to be sensitive about privacy, do we allow posts from a site that simply forces users to accept their cookie policy that has no opt o
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Can confirm. I used to fly from City to Schiphol on a regular basis, the reality is a 2-3 hour journey on each end once you factor in travel to the airport (even from Docklands), hanging about, security (and this was before 9/11), late
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Thanks for posting. I was a Clipper app developer in the 80's and early 90's, and seeing my old friends TBColumn() and TBrowse() just gave me a rush of nostalgia :)
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    > Bad acquisitions were another one, with Borland buying dBase and Microsoft buying FoxBase Amen. Add also Nantucket (Clipper) being acquired by CA (Computer Associates) which pretty much killed Clipper.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    I apologise and have removed that part of the comment, but sometimes HN exasperates me, and the flush of a few glasses of wine probably tipped me over the edge a bit.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    If the title was "Spectator founder....", re-evaluate your argument. Also I'm pretty sure "Hustler" is a noun, not an adjective. And adjective is a modifier to a noun, e.g. he was a serious hustler.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    > You're so intent on being offended by imagined offence taken by someone else that you're ignoring them telling you first hand that you've misunderstood them. The irony is astounding... Oh jesus, the classic "no you&
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    It's a great movie, I can highly recommend. Especially seeing Falwell getting put in his place (fictionally of course).
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    > about SV founders who are viewed as hustlers Well this is likely an age thing. And to be honest, in my 10 years reading HN, the use of "hustler" to describe a Silicon Valley founder on the front page (and second) is pretty th
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    See my comment addressing the sibling comment to yours. If instead the title was "Stripe founder...." I highly doubt anyone would blink an eye.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    > just grammatically confusing. I disagree, it says "Hustler founder". Replace "Hustler" with <anycompany> and you have many a title on HN any day of the week that is "<anycompany> founder...." w
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Do we really have to censor or edit titles to suite a bunch of potentially "offended" people? Oh the irony. We all know what Hustler is. And if you're a gormless startup founder picking that as a name for your app or product,
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    This isn't a fault of TypeScript, but any language. Trying to predict the future, trying to predict and eliminate technical debt, in a rapidly developing product.
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Ok fine, but in your original post you don't provide any dates, and you assert that: > It had a name, and that name was "Cadabra". Now you're saying something different. So it's one thing or another. Maybe just c
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    "Former CIA Officer".
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    Specifically what rights?
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    > Jeff Bezos should have remembered Who cares? It's getting into deep time (internet-wise), memories fade, do we care, I don't despite opening my first Amazon account ~1998. It was called "something", big deal. Not ev
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    by teh_klev 6y ago

    >> This journey began some 27 years ago. Amazon was only an idea, and it had no name. > It had a name, and that name was "Cadabra". This seems like nitpicking. Lots of projects start out with long forgotten names. I'