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by theblackbox 17y ago
It is interesting what can be thrown up by an emotive subject, even one that is clearly ignored for the most part. I remember following the progress of a campaign Survival International were doing around the time Blood Diamond was coming ou
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by theblackbox 17y ago
"Now, Glick - a criminal defense attorney, according to his lawyer " I don't get it. Have Journalistic standards slipped so much that they couldn't even corroborate this simple piece of information? Or is it something I'm missing?
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by theblackbox 17y ago
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of pape
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I don't see how this differs from asking for advice on IRC when you have failed to take even the most cursory of glances at Google to track down the solution yourself. This is a golden rule of IRC support. Other than taking a little more ti
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by theblackbox 17y ago
No, it isn't, it's something particular HNers like to complain about due to some over zealous sense of free speech or something like that. Why could this not have been handled silently through an admin, like you would anywhere else where
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Why are you asking the community this question? Why not just ask an admin like you would on any other forum or irc network? Why do people think that this is something other HNers need to know about? [edit: this is a genuine question t
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by theblackbox 17y ago
The point is not about money or status, or pain and joy, but about the willingness to confidently feel into [1] these things. Mediocrity robs you of your passion. The point is not that failure teaches, or that children should not be built
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by theblackbox 17y ago
It's the tepid nature of this statement that I am most against. Despite the fact it's also just downright wrong - the malleability of the brain is close to miraculous and studied heavily in many areas of science. Rats that are kept in cages
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by theblackbox 17y ago
The comparison is flawed due to the failure to realise these are children ! Who cares if they fail? If they do, they shouldn't - that's the lesson. If you do, they will - you're a poor teacher.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
We learn by failure, coddling a child within it's abilities is anethema to creating independent, curious, creative people, that can challenge themselves and know thier limits. .... ugh, I feel a blog post or some poetic vitriol coming on.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I apologise unreservedly. I do not use reddit, and found this on some IRC chan to distract me for a few minutes... I figured it would die like all my submissions have with less than 20 upvotes and a few comments about similar implementation
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by theblackbox 17y ago
@jacquesm: I think I just inadvertantly gave you a case study! /me hangs head in shame
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First Person Tetris(firstpersontetris.com)
184 points by theblackbox 17y ago|47 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I remember reading about a theory expounded upon in the last chapter of Stardust (by John Gribbin), where he claims it's possible (although he urges you to think of it as a thought experiment) that Universes are born from black holes and th
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I remember reading about a theory expounded upon in the last chapter of Stardust (by John Gribbin), where he claims it's possible (although he urges you to think of it as a thought experiment) that Universes are born from black holes and th
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Very well put. I recently got hold of a very interesting book[1] that was all about how the "free press" effectively seek to raise the cost of production/distribution so as to stifle the voice of independent publishers and how this has lead
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Ha, that reminded me of one of my heros: Michio Kaku. He built a particle accelerator in his basement when he was a teenager and wiped out every transformer in his neighbourhood! Another amazingly reckless Japanese guy who inspires from the
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I've not really kept up with this story, nor can I rouse myself to feel the outrage shared by a lot of the community on this one... but if I were to throw in my two cents, I'd have to point to Google Flu Trends [1] and the fact that their m
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Almost totally unrelated: http://www.rogersconnection.com/ just wanted to strain your wallet a little further =P (and your mind, of course)
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Exactly, I would claim the author to be a fool if this wasn't included.... we are all entrepreneurs here, right? In the same way I never batted an eyelid with David Welton's Slicehost vs. Linode[1] article. It was informativve and unbiased
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by theblackbox 17y ago
you mean practitioners ? surely? Normally I would put aside my Grammar Nazi persona, but you make the mistake twice, so I feel compelled to intervene.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
It's not solving a problem, it's making the solution more convenient .
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Can't say at the moment, ongoing negotiations and the like ;)
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I'm not so sure I understand what you mean here, guys. If I'm right, using PO boxes or temporary virtual addresses is kind of redundant in this situation as it obsfucates the addresses anyway.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I was reminded of 24 Hour Party People and Factory Records swish designer table (somewhere around £20k iirc)
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Just confirmed this one with one of the founders... "that puts quite a bit of work on the delivery service." This is exactly what has been done - the barcode translates to a consignment number that is useless without access to myHermes' dat
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by theblackbox 17y ago
yes they are working on US launch about Feb [EDIT: great idea about reddit and secret santa btw, anyone know who would be a good contact?]
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Any comments and suggestions I can pass on to the founders would be greatly appreciated.
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Send packages via social networks (without disclosing recipient address)(sendsocial.com)
24 points by theblackbox 17y ago|20 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
"Why would someone give up 50% of potential revenue when they can use adsense for search and keep 100% of the payout." Is it just some type of "modular business tactic"? So instead of being an entrepreneur for years and building up links ba

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