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by user24 12y ago
Yes because it produced the opportunity to do good. At the time of publication it couldn't be known whether good would be done or not. You can't make moral judgements from a viewpoint that assumes knowledge of the future.
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by user24 12y ago
>The list goes on. It sure does. > At DETENTION SITE COBALT, detainees were often held down, naked, on a tarp on the floor, with the tarp pulled up around them to form a makeshift tub, while cold or refrigerated water was poured on th
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by user24 12y ago
Hmm, page 291 of pdf "Collected Communications". I bet that's something to do with prism.
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by user24 12y ago
and brings nothing to the debate but distraction. Who cares if it was 1/10th or 6/10ths, the point remains the same. In fact if anything the headline understates the point by using decimate.
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by user24 12y ago
Well this is a blast from the past! I remember when this came out. At the time JS was mostly used for image rollovers and form validation, so this was an eye-opener for many developers.
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by user24 12y ago
Yeah. Totally inappropriate title.
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by user24 12y ago
> It's almost impossible to live in balance with nature in today's society To me, that is an indication that we need to change today's society, not a justification for doing nothing.
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by user24 12y ago
I think it was a typo. I've never heard of the term before. edit: Oh, it seems it's a Scottish term for Rest-of-UK. TIL.
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by user24 12y ago
See also http://www.seiko5finder.com (not affiliated)
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by user24 12y ago
ODF files! Those sick sick people.
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by user24 12y ago
I would say that the answer for the 5 year old scenario is supervision.
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by user24 12y ago
Agreed; "The server operators cannot decide what 'parental control' would mean for parents" is the most important part, for me. There are as many definitions of "what is appropriate for kids to see" as there ar
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by user24 12y ago
Try pg's list of "ideas we'd like to fund". http://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ Ancient, but here's a blog post I wrote with some ideas: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2010/10&#x2F
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by user24 12y ago
Yes, this is Lego, actual genuine Lego. They come in a wide array of shapes. Not entirely sure why you think this matters?
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by user24 12y ago
That's a really good idea.
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by user24 12y ago
It's possible of course, but if you compare the two possible scenarios, one seems more likely than the other; 1) Child was infected with HIV twice 2) Groundbreaking never-before-achieved treatment didn't actually work In the first
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by user24 12y ago
condition. I'm pretty sure the fifth is a race
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by user24 12y ago
> So, when can customers expect their money to be protected after they convert their savings into bitcoin, without trusting their coins to a third party service like Coinbase, and without spending a solid week learning how to safely sto
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by user24 12y ago
I think a lot of the merchant adoption is driven more by marketing than anything; newegg will get a spike of sales from enthusiastic bitcoiners because of this.
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by user24 12y ago
I was going by the number of wallets & some of the repo stats. You're right though, it's not gaining consumer adoption, but it is gaining merchant, infrastructure and developer interest.
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by user24 12y ago
Thanks! Hmm. It is only to be expected that the initial spike would drop off. It'll be interesting to see if that downwards trend continues or not.
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by user24 12y ago
> almost no consumer growth in the bitcoin world There are quite a few metrics on http://www.bitcoinpulse.com/ that seem to indicate otherwise.
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by user24 12y ago
I'd like to see a source for your claim that "Overstock ... has only seen dropping numbers since they started." I think you're probably getting it from the FOX Business interview in May, but that's not really as cu
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by user24 12y ago
Here's a mention of it: http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1yuvj4/coinb... Another mention: http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1xeg9b/mt
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by user24 12y ago
I think there's definitely some sort of reality distortion field in Mark's head - that or the interview's been heavily edited. Thankfully I never had any money in MtGox, but comments like "I learned a lot, but I lost a l
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by user24 12y ago
Incorrect. You're only getting the blinking because <blink> is still in the URL. compare your link to mine: https://www.google.com/search?q=%3CGOOGLE%3E&safe=off This is probably a bug. Same applies for the [
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by user24 12y ago
Can't speak for OP, but surely putting restrictions on your password just makes people choose weird, eminently forgettable passwords, a la xkcd's complaint http://xkcd.com/936/
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by user24 12y ago
heck, I downloaded some random program while trying to install it a few weeks ago - and I've got a compsci MSc from Oxford.
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by user24 12y ago
Let me show you what it looks like without adblock: http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo
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by user24 12y ago
I did a bit of research a few years ago as part of my masters. Here are the references I have: http://stc-access.org/wp-content/uploads/cooke_mouse_eye_tra... TLDR: 'eye movement matched mouse movement 69% of

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