tomflack

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by tomflack 13y ago
> You really need drivers for safety reasons. One incident does not a point prove. There are many completely unattended trains in operation, several of which are in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis
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by tomflack 13y ago
"good showing"? I don't follow the actual makeup too much but labor have 31, the coalition 34 and the crossbench 11 with momentum swinging away from labor (and greens?) it seems like it's an uphill battle for labor to ho
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by tomflack 13y ago
It's effectively the same problem as smoking cigarettes and "respecting others." The gentlemen who live next door to me love to chain-smoke on their balcony. It annoys me but I have no legal recourse. I can only ask them nice
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by tomflack 13y ago
I'm extremely curious about what "basic maintenance" the Lun receives currently, and why. Anyone care to speculate?
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by tomflack 13y ago
27 years old, have not owned a car since 2008 when I sold my childhood dream car. I'll buy it again, exactly the same model but it will be as purely a hobby car never as my main form of transport. The numbers just don't add up for
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by tomflack 13y ago
> Conservatives have responded by telling Mr Miyazaki to stay out of politics. The nexus of creative entertainment and politics alienates many. If one of your well respected entertainers makes a political statement that you don't ag
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by tomflack 13y ago
It would be trivial for someone to record you saying it without your knowledge, to unlock your phone at a later date.
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by tomflack 13y ago
Can you quote someone being "bluntly honest" with him?
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by tomflack 13y ago
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/ "In Time" Whilst not exactly this scenario, it gives me the same feeling. The egalitarian in me seeks access to life-extending technology for all people, from janitor
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by tomflack 13y ago
If a site can show they have a lower percentage of adblock users than standard, it's a boon for them. If I am not blocking their ads, there is a chance I'll see something that interests me and click on it. You don't need to e
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by tomflack 13y ago
You're not understanding, so I'll just stop. You don't need to apologise for not sharing my view, but you do need to realise things aren't as black-and-white as you like to see them.
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by tomflack 13y ago
Your rage is directed at the wrong person. The guy up front isn't the guy who originally proposed it. That's not how political parties work.
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by tomflack 13y ago
Mate, the last thought I'll leave with you regarding the censorship fiasco: it was party politics. There are elements within both major parties that salivate at the thought of censorship, some of which hold the reigns on some policy di
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by tomflack 13y ago
I pay for Arstechnica premium for this reason. I have adblockers turned off on The Verge, and emailed them asking for a subscription option but received no reply. I don't want advertising in my face, full stop.
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by tomflack 13y ago
Having spoken with the man in person, I think your original post was entirely unfair and based purely on media representation. You'd be surprised how much worse candidates for the position are out there. I'm no fan of censorship o
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by tomflack 13y ago
That's a bit harsh, the guy was very receptive to technical arguments. Particularly regarding IPv6 and the NBN. He just became Internet Enemy #1 because of filter proposals.
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by tomflack 13y ago
Exactly the same as the comments that I was replying to: zero. I posted it to illustrate this, since they are exact opposite experiences and now we have two statistically insignificant data points contradicting each other.
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by tomflack 13y ago
What's the value of your anecdotal experience? I can add my own - my 6 month old Lumia 920 has been back to Nokia for repair. Twice. Nokia hardware may have been legendary, but it certainly isn't any more. Some of the fit-and-fini
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by tomflack 13y ago
Clearly he's referring to cable company as in Cable TV company, not company that runs a cable in to your house while on division sells internet and another a TV package.
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by tomflack 13y ago
I subscribed to your newsletter (life is too short for beta software, but once it hits 1.0 I'm all over it!) and you're on Elizabeth Street! I'm based out of Canberra at the moment, but it's great to see local guys pop u
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by tomflack 13y ago
Referring to the "eight circuits of consciousness" I believe. I'd google it up, but I'm on the company network right now.
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by tomflack 13y ago
I've seen line-of-sight microwave used for similar needs, but not in built up areas. Edit: clicking through and actually reading the link, the picture clearly depicts Microwave backhaul. Probably to a site in the vicinity they have a nice b
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by tomflack 13y ago
And if you take the next obvious step (chargeback on credit card, item received was not as described) some automated system will kill off your entire Google Play account. Effectively holding all the apps you've purchased as hostages.
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by tomflack 13y ago
The first thing that went through my head was "It needs to be rate of hateful tweets against the baseline tweet volume of the county, not just overall rate"
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by tomflack 13y ago
1RMB notes are an abomination, and considering that there is a coin of that denomination I'm surprised they haven't been abolished. In my wallet now I have a couple of them dating from 1999. Dirty.
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by tomflack 13y ago
A side note: I'm currently in China, and as the article describes I have huge wads of 100RMB bills in my possession. They smell terrible. Is this usual for paper money? My home country went polymer over 20 years ago so I can't actually reme
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by tomflack 13y ago
> Looks amazing for $72, there's a huge market for this, even in US. I see dirt broke people paying $200/month for iPhones and data plans when this would do them just fine. I feel this statement shows a fundamental misunderstanding of p
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by tomflack 13y ago
Which fluids are you talking about specifically? I've very little knowledge of anatomy but I think most of the liquids in our body are in "closed-loop" pressurised systems, with nowhere for the fluid to "go" whilst being forced in to motion
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by tomflack 13y ago
Why not do both! Your original comment "How damaged are NFL fans brains?" was glib bullshit and you know it.
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by tomflack 13y ago
We get it, you don't like sports. As a geek who grew up playing the occasional sport but not really enjoying it, finding a sport I truly enjoy at the age of 26 (baseball, not so popular in my country) and following a team has been eye-openi

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