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by tomtoise 12y ago
Your obtrusive and underhanded domestic spying law gets shot down by a democratic procedure? No problem! Just tack it onto a bill already being considered by the House of Lords and sidestep the whole pesky review process.
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Let's kill Paypal, Enough is enough(letskillpaypal.com)
32 points by tomtoise 12y ago|9 comments
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by tomtoise 12y ago
Lifted from the comments section: "My frosted glass bathroom window is also transparent". I think it sums this up quite well. Just dumping data and statistics doesn't make a government transparent. Being open and answering di
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I see this a lot in general online. Paypal treating people like absolute crap and simply locking their funds for 'suspicious behaviour' and then just sitting on them for very long periods of time, gaining interest at the end-use
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I can see this kind of app getting really nasty, really fast if it has a decent uptake. All of the anonymity of the internet without any repercussions? Knowing human nature, it'd likely just end up in a quagmire or mud slinging and gos
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I'm sorry for the offtopic, but upvoting for that amazing title alone.
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by tomtoise 12y ago
"..We're actually selling these mugs and are making money from their sale; around 90 cents per item. Moreover, by doing so, we are not breaking any laws. The photographers have made their work freely available on Flickr under a Cr
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by tomtoise 12y ago
Update: A representative for Syddansk University has issued a revised estimate of the compound's efficiency. They told Vice in a statement: "I am just updating our story on our website, because it turns out that Prf McKenzie made
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by tomtoise 12y ago
IANAL, but it seems a little bit of a silly idea to criminalize owning a TV. For that matter, 'receiving means' surely also includes having a laptop or tablet in the house, as that's a means of receiving live TV. I'm not
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by tomtoise 12y ago
It is legal. The only time a license is required is when you're streaming 'live' television by any means. Effectively what this means is you can't dodge a license to watch television by watching live (By live I mean stuf
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by tomtoise 12y ago
>"As of now it is a hobby that brings in an income, which you can't complain too much about," Zarick said. "I've made over 50 Xbooks and PlayBooks, so I guess I could say it is a small business." Out of curi
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Universal sues over prison mixtapes(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tomtoise 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomtoise 12y ago
Forgive me for seeming naive, but as an avid wow player, what's the advantage of using this instead of using an addon like Auctioneer, if any? Don't get me wrong, it's a really interesting article and I enjoyed reading it, bu
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by tomtoise 12y ago
From what I can gather, BigStash is a rebrand of Deepfreeze.io, which itself is a sideproject of Longaccess.com, launched in 2013. Not sure why, but the old saying 'if it's too good to be true, it probably is' keeps going aro
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I recognize that headline. If I'm not mistaken, it's from the Evening Standard in London last night (18/12/14). No idea why that's stuck in my memory!
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I'm a vegetarian for moral reasons (In that I don't believe in the suffering of animals for whatever reason), if I do eat Dairy I always buy organic, but if crap like this is as common as the article makes it seem, I might genuine
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I'd be interested to see this, or a link to a guide someplace.
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by tomtoise 12y ago
>The general figure I see for video game piracy on the PC platform is around 90-95% of players are not paying for it, yet, often they are still consuming resources on e.g. multiplayer servers. Hang on a sec. If you pirate games, you can&
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I was recently searching for work, and one process took automated recruitment to a whole new level. I was told I had a phone interview and given a number to ring, so I did and was horrified to discover my interviewer was in fact a robot. Tu
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by tomtoise 12y ago
I think the fundamental issue with mesh tech like this is that it requires quite a high uptake for it to be effective. I can see it being useful in an office environment, where IT policy can dictate what apps people use on their work mobile
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by tomtoise 12y ago
Facebook app synchronizes with your address book. My best guess is that you've left facebook sync on and forgotten about it, added his number. Facebook has looked up that number, seen it belongs to this friend of yours and suggested a
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by tomtoise 12y ago
This is the greatest extension I have come across that I didn't know I needed ever. Thanks for sharing this.
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Hate to be that guy, but in About Us you have a minor typo; "Having one of your online accounts hacked and loosing all your.." should read; "Having one of your online accounts hacked and losing all your.."