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by veb 12y ago
Thanks for the heads up. I'm not sure about others but I almost -never- click through to the YouTube page unless I was seeking for more information but in this case, I just assumed that all the info was in the article (more or less).
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by veb 12y ago
Ha. I'm the same, every time I read about them I want to make the jump - but I'm not reliant on any of those, except mail fortunately. I just haven't quite done it yet. From people I've spoken to, everyone praises Fastma
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by veb 12y ago
Like a half-way house, but on the prison grounds, so ... literally a half-way mark between prison and the outside world. I know in NZ it has been used for sex offenders and such. People that have done their sentence, but the Parole board&#x
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by veb 12y ago
Thank you for this comment. I do wonder why they simply didn't say this at the beginning of the article. I understood what they were up to purely because I'm a technical guy, but still I didn't want to actually have to watc
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by veb 12y ago
Seconded. This is my 5th bookmark of the year. Wonderful resource.
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by veb 12y ago
Thank you so much for making this tool, it's seriously awesome. (and thank you for converting OPs page into Markdown!)
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by veb 12y ago
Yeah. That guy was being rather offensive in the way he tried to communicate his thoughts but there definitely is some racial and gender discrimination that comes into play. I was not expecting this very old, ill-health man to get much pris
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by veb 12y ago
"In Detroit, officials say that their busts have helped raise the street price of a kilogram of cocaine to roughly $43,000 from about $30,000." As another user pointed out, what's the end goal here? Why is that a good thing?
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by veb 12y ago
What I took from this was someone else has probably taken over and raised the prices for no real reason other than "they can". (if people complain, they can point to the DEA -- making addicts hate them further! /s) Mind you,
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by veb 12y ago
Wow. That's just borderline pathetic. I'm guessing it has something to do with the law that governs them from advertising to people in the UK... they're not allowed to make money off you?
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by veb 12y ago
In NZ now, the manufacturer needs to be able to prove their drug is safe before it can be 'okayed' by the gov. Saves us from the shitty artificial cannabinoids that was causing so much trouble. It's odd, considering there&#x2
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by veb 12y ago
He's being downvoted for being rather insulting. I'd further your point to: education. People are realising that cannabis isn't actually that bad for you, won't turn you into a criminal and that it has a lot of benefits.
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by veb 12y ago
Why 'jokingly'? I'm a firm believer that anyone with the right mindset can really open their minds to different paths and different ways of thinking once experimenting with psychedelics. Politicians are no different to say, a
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by veb 12y ago
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster[1] was caused by a container ship that hit a reef just off the coast - because the captain / navigator were stressed for getting to port on time and therefore took a different route (a more di
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by veb 12y ago
http://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ (it's actually a pretty decent article, anti-PHP or not.)
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by veb 12y ago
Not much of a conversation when someone says "That's not why..." and then they don't expand on it.
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by veb 12y ago
Then why do people complain about it in your opinion? Shouldn't leave the conversation hanging ;-)
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by veb 12y ago
Oh, right. I was wondering what this was and then realised my sites are down. Thanks for telling me, I guess... rather unconventional way. :)
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by veb 12y ago
I'm not sure why you gave us a screenshot, rather than just typing out the network, and how many users it has on the channel. Feels like it'd be a lot less work! :)
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by veb 12y ago
This is an excellent comment, and I really feel similar to you, and I have had the same experience! I completely agree with "working with someone else". Find a programming buddy, do it. Join IRC and start becoming a regular in wha
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by veb 12y ago
Most likely... not. That would make things awkward and more anxiety would result as you're trying to be even quieter so the host doesn't hear you! Good thought though...
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by veb 12y ago
This article hits home for me. I was born with a severe hearing loss, and I have recently got a Med-EL Opus2 / RONDO Cochlear Implant -- which changed my life for the better. How? It reduced so much stress, I was surprised that I was c
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by veb 12y ago
Wouldn't something like this cause extreme eye-strain and/or headaches? Even if you could make sense of the display...
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by veb 12y ago
Advertisements in the sense you're probably thinking of is not what works on Facebook. It's not just "$5 off all Amethyst Geodes today!"... There's a very simple formula, and that is to humanise your business. Put a
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by veb 12y ago
This can be said for _all_ businesses really! A good tip for anyone.
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by veb 12y ago
I've always worn hearing aids, with ear moulds. They're worn all the time, except for sleep. Other deaf people I know, wear them while sleeping for some odd reason. I couldn't fathom to wear anything while sleeping! They&#x27
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by veb 12y ago
We used to have a 24/7 grocery store in Dunedin! ;-) Now it shuts before midnight. You'll find in the major centres like Auckland or Wellington that there'll be more of those open 24/7... but I can't think of anythi
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by veb 12y ago
I have so many feelings about this article. I feel so much sadness for the parents who need to use these kind of places, but yet I feel happy that the kids have somewhere to go and that the parent(s) can pay for it. I still don't like
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by veb 12y ago
Great point, didn't think of it like that.
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by veb 12y ago
Hmm, does his charitable efforts these days make up for the pain and suffering he caused back when he was a barracuda? (nice term, btw). I like to say yes. I think. I mean, he may have destroyed hundreds of people's livelihoods/jo

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