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1. 241.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   Wouldn't they just use hired proxies ?
2. 242.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   The "Talk to the Picutres" books already exist[1]. A good one is Welcome to the Zoo by Alison Jay[2]. Also wordless picture books are popular amongst Rudolf Steiner teachers. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/shelf&#x2
3. 243.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   I used to do this back in 2005. Forgive me if something has changed in the intervening years. There was a rate limit for receiving and sending SMSes via the hardware approach. My experiments yielded 1 per 20 seconds iirc In the end my imple
4. 244.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   If you find this sort of quirky ( by Western European standards ) behaviour interesting, then I highly recommend The Naked Eye and Known Unknowns by Charles Saatchi. The self mummification is one of his short essays. http://www.a
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   by tezza 11y ago

   Well they should be making arguments on those bases. If non-'wealthy' people have a lot of both the stuff they want and all the stuff they need, then why should we worry that the 1%ers have Patek Phillipe watches with diamonds e
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   by tezza 11y ago

   It is further ridiculous that the wealth itself is circularly defined with being rich. Own a house in Denver = Awesome Own a house in Manhattan = Super Rich Own a Dinghy = Awesome Own a Super Yacht = Super Rich So by t
7. 247.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   It was a nice riposte. Altough the concentration on income inequality overall is perplexing to me. Income can be measured and is emotive ( I earn X but my cousin earns 10X ), yet I think concentrating on this metric is obscuring some bigg
8. 248.▲
   by tezza 11y ago

   Unfortunately there are some careers that are sought after by sadists. Those people who deeply enjoy inflicting pain on others. They seek out avenues and careers where they can best get their fill of other people's suffering. In some s
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   by tezza 11y ago

   Hmm. 1960s was a particularly fashionable decade so less of it was thrown away. Lots of Art Deco stuff survives (1920s) for the same reason although the manufacture was quite poor. Also Plastics technology improved and started to be widely
10. 250.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Thanks, you've effectively voted for what I call 'filters' Filter year > 1969 & year < 1980, expressed via a gui interface
11. 251.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Just the music player for start
12. 252.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    I am writing an iTunes replacement ( the music and library management part ). Any feature requests from HN ? Current alpha features: * Playlist resume - if you interrupt a playlist 3278 entries in, you can resume at 3278 * Music diary - tra
13. 253.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Thanks for a measured and informative response. I could add to your list reams of links of where 'we' have behaved badly. I suspect you too have a bulging bookmark folder like I do of hypocritical western behaviour. However the ba
14. 254.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Religious ~3 stickers of 10 Non Religious ~4 stickers of 10 Geez... That's not a large difference is it... Certainly not an indication worthy of the misleading title. If it was 4 and 1 or 4 and 0 it may have been more per
15. 255.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    > "A level is simply a price. Why not call it a price? > I have a sneaking suspicion Wall Street invented many of > these words to give customers the impression “This is > all really, really difficult — pay us
16. 256.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    We never have all the answers.
17. 257.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Maslow says that the layers overlap and that one does not need 100% of a lower level before one starts reaching for higher layer. http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm Degree of relative satisfaction. --
18. 258.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    I'm sure the £4.5M bonus pool paid for 'improved performance' really stuck in the craw. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-st...
19. 259.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Well I'll add my sample size to make it a sample of 2. I don't really see people being told they cannot code. I see them being encouraged and encouraged... And they give up. Because coding longer term often is a Temperament thing.
20. 260.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    You need a lot of confidence to start the Darien Scheme ( equivalent to Vasco da Gama ) Unlike da Gama, the Darien scheme ended in disaster for the whole of Scotland and the poor souls in Caledonia. https://en.wikipedia.org/
21. 261.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    "[Noise Cancelling Headphones] So while it may work to cancel the noise of your office air conditioner, it’s powerless against the voices of your co-workers (the real noise you’d want to cancel in an office environment)."
22. 262.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    One part Gimmick, two parts Chart Junk with a large dash of Navel Gazing and a squeeze of Self Re-inforcement. This is almost the Comfortable Middle Class version of the Find-your-way-through-a-Maze puzzles that you find on paper placemats
23. 263.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Awesome. I love Songkick ! And while Songkickers are reading HN, can I suggest a feature ? Sending me news on my Followed artists. Leftfield are touring and Songkick helped me get a ticket... but I would've also liked to know that Left
24. 264.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Well Visa and MC have problems with pr0n too... Hence the existence of fringe CCBill / Epoch etc. Visa and MC don't mind so much if some other party is taking the risk.
25. 265.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Can he not switch to a Pr0n CC payment channel ?? They've had problems forever with mainstream channels. CCBill perhaps.
26. 266.▲
    by tezza 11y ago

    Could you not simply tweet a hash of a document that has the secret IP in it? Then should the case come to court, you link to the Twitter tweet to show the submitted date, and produce the document for the court. The court hashes the documen
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    by tezza 11y ago

    They're highly invested in literally everything. Again they own the shares in the companies that own other assets. They do buy government bonds as an asset class but have a diversified approach where they own FX, property etc. The only
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    by tezza 11y ago

    Dude, they've always chased returns... It didn't magically start happening post 2008 The sub funds that Pensions invest in get rewarded according to Alpha... the amount the sub fund exceeded the main stock price movement. How is
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    by tezza 11y ago

    It's convenient to blame the finance peeps. But wrong. It is a face saving measure by the people actually responsible, namely Pension Funds and Government Policy makers in that order. Pension Funds were chasing returns... and finance t
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    by tezza 11y ago

    I've used Feel At Home extensively in Australia, Hong Kong and France. Data is plentiful ( up to 25GB ) but subjectively I found it quite slow No tethering from iPhones... a real shit and I don't know why they structured it this