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by toby- 7y ago
Me too. Focusing on digital services was, and remains, one of the few things the UK government has got right in recent years, IMHO - and excelled at.
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by toby- 7y ago
Actually, if you look at the source for that claim[0], it says that some were from BuzzFeed News and some from BuzzFeed; they're not the same. Besides, it's an almost meaningless statistic on its own without some point of comparis
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by toby- 7y ago
The company's founder did state this in an email however: >The cost of "Facebook and Google ads, payments for loans, and other expenses" ate through the company's funding quicker than Mr Evans anticipated. >"A
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by toby- 7y ago
This didn't go to the Supreme Court. A district court in Boston heard this case.
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by toby- 7y ago
Reading through your comment and looking back at the Download page, I think you're right. The linkified image is especially poor design (although, I think the intention becomes more obvious when there are multiple linkified images to c
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by toby- 7y ago
Took me about 2 seconds. The large, bold "Click to download Sandboxie version 5.31.6 from ..." helped. ;) Or, under the <h1> title "Downloads", the bolded table header "Download from" with the "Downl
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by toby- 7y ago
The length of time the "Tim Verfaillie" hoax stood unchallenged impressive - over 13 years. The article's author has few contributions, and hasn't been active since 2006 (on the English Wikipedia, at least): https:&#x2F
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by toby- 7y ago
Same as regular Firefox, right? Help -> About, and it'll tell you if it's outdated.
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by toby- 7y ago
The vast majority of the BBC's services use HTTPS nowadays, including BBC News, BBC Bitesize, Sounds/Radio, CBBC and CBeebies, etc. Only pre-2010 news stories are HTTP. The only other parts that remain HTTP (that I've seen) a
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by toby- 7y ago
But you're using 'dark web' as if it necessarily implies "the worst thing[s]" and "the nasty shit" on Tor. The term 'dark web' doesn't refer to anything nefarious in itself — it simply means
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by toby- 7y ago
Most people understand Tor to be the 'dark web', so I wouldn't call it clickbait. Hell, it is the dark web. It's you who's wrongly associating it with paedophilia and drugs (both amply available on the 'clear
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by toby- 7y ago
It's The Register . They're known for 'silly' headlines; it's their gimmick.
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by toby- 7y ago
Anything to help them massacre the Kurds quietly.
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by toby- 7y ago
Ahh, now I understand. That's the more sensible interpretation. Thanks.
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by toby- 7y ago
I'm confused what point you're making, here? Not trying to be rude, I'm just unsure of your position. Are you implying this wasn't 'punishment' over China's treatment of Muslims? Or something else? Or am I
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by toby- 7y ago
Oh, my bad -- definitely a fair point and I agree. I would love to see an internationalised version of this website with chemical details, and perhaps more safety information.
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by toby- 7y ago
To be fair, the page for "Super Glue" does mention it: https://thistothat.com/glue/super_glue.shtml ("This is cyanoacrylate.") which then links to: https://thistothat.com/glue/c
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by toby- 7y ago
Agreed. As soon as I saw "Krazy Glue" (which just sounds American) I assumed all other product listings would be US-centric, and it appears they are. Not too difficult to find alternatives available in the UK/EU (Amazon.co.
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by toby- 7y ago
I think you might've misunderstood. Hong Kong failed to hire any PR firms; they approached a number of firms, and they all declined (actually, two simply didn't respond at all).
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by toby- 7y ago
And £250k with BACS (GBP/UK).
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by toby- 7y ago
Agreed completely, but Google don't care about "nice to have"; if it doesn't ultimately make them money, they couldn't care in the slightest, yet people here will often applaud this attitude as if it were progress.
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by toby- 7y ago
That's why I like 999, despite the risk of it being entered accidentally (this isn't as common as Americans seem to imagine). Same goes for 112, which is just as likely to be input by accident. In placing an emergency call, someti
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by toby- 7y ago
Haha, it was indeed my inspiration. But it's also true! Dozens! :)
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by toby- 7y ago
Plenty of sites respect user privacy. I should know; I run dozens of them.
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by toby- 7y ago
AKA nothing. As the article mentions, a warrant goes into detail about how the vans function: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/statements_involving_... The idea they're empty and "just to scare people&q
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by toby- 7y ago
Of course they are mostly older articles; the protests have dwindled to the mere hundreds, down from over 300,000 nationwide. During the height of the protests, they were covered extensively by the BBC -- it's misleading to criticise t
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by toby- 7y ago
No? I'm not suggesting that. I don't believe they merit equivalent courage today, in nearly August 2019. No news organisation is covering the protests in France now as fervently as they were when the protests were at their zenith.
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by toby- 7y ago
You're kidding, right? The BBC have extensively covered the gilets jaunes , including the response of the police and government. They've interviewed protesters, interviewed police, written lengthy articles examining the cause(s)
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by toby- 7y ago
I once had a colleague -- a reasonably educated colleague -- refer to Arabic as "Islamic"...
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by toby- 7y ago
Same. I use uBlock Origin, and the article just fades out in the centre... Seeing as the other comments mention this website hijacking the back button and other nasties, I don't think I'm going to whitelist this site in uBlock to

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