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by venus 13y ago
Oh yes, what a horrid selfish man, trying to feed his family and make a business for himself. Not like generous, giving, open source-loving Apple! Give me a break. The guy's made something amazing. Good on him for charging for it, making a
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by venus 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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by venus 14y ago
This is horrible news. We are all poorer today, all of us. Banks is an inspiration to all who read him - of what could be, what can be, what is to be. Cancer has claimed a terrible toll in my life. Three in my immediate family and counting,
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by venus 14y ago
Oh to be reading them again for the first time. I envy you. This is a lamentable loss indeed. It really grieves me that my shelf of Culture novels will likely never grow again. Fuck this fucking disease. It really makes me angry. The lives
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by venus 14y ago
Great recommendation. The KLF wrote the book on this. If you like that, you might want to check out "How to Get Rich" by Felix Dennis, another entertaining half-howto, half-confession by a british "hungry young hustler on the make".
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by venus 14y ago
> Notoriety and because he can? Yeah, I'm not trying to downplay what he did. More effort than he implies but still, mission accomplished. It's just that he says his aim was: to be a successful musician in the UK with a Top Five single
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by venus 14y ago
Well that's all very good, well done etc, but now what? This guy, through a combination of youthful good looks, utter lack of shame, and sheer hustle has managed to get himself onto the british top 10. But he can't sustain it and the song i
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by venus 14y ago
I'm imagining a future where stock wordpress blogs can survive more than a couple of concurrent users...
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by venus 14y ago
> Another useful trick is to buy a blackout blind or window cover +1 to this suggestion. I sleep far better, and am much happier, if I have the ability to properly black out the windows of my bedroom. It's not just the obvious stopping
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by venus 14y ago
Good to see some competition, even though it's not quite as advanced. I have been having grave doubts about Dropbox's management since they bought Mailbox and it will be good to get some depth into the field.
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by venus 14y ago
Why would you be against something writ large, but all for it writ small? You might think the "writ small" version had more likelihood of being executed competently, but that shouldn't make you against the thing per se .
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by venus 14y ago
But how "private" are universities, really? Does the whim of a private company really get to determine if you get a scholarship or not - and thus profoundly influence your future career? Or are these universities really implicit public inst
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by venus 14y ago
Interesting that "name" universities run their own little micro-cosms of wealth redistribution without the usual howls from the anti-welfare troupe. Indeed, it seems to be met with universal acclaim. Not making a judgement one way or the ot
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by venus 14y ago
Well, when you win the lottery and are able to actually buy that boat, perhaps you can budget in the cost of a car to pull it? This "aspirational" angle to buying big cars actually explains a lot, like a fat kid drinking Gatorade or out of
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by venus 14y ago
> If you change flight plan you must notify me prior so I can decide where my child goes So what you want is the illusion of control. You want someone to ring you, tell you about the change of plan, so you can say "yes". Or if she misse
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by venus 14y ago
> United failed big time. First by changing the itinerary (I've never had this happen to me) This happens pretty often if you are a frequent traveller. Things go wrong! It may be an inconvenience but it is certainly not a "fail". >
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by venus 14y ago
> "Over the next 2-24 hours you may or may not know where your child is and we have no obligation to let you know as long as they eventually get to their destination" That is actually pretty close to my expectation? Isn't it close to yo
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by venus 14y ago
Down the bottom of http://www.publikdemand.com/united/ckmnaguilar08/my-daughter...
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by venus 14y ago
What is this hysterical nonsense? Fine, UA should have called the mother to let her know what was going on. Someone screwed up. But they obviously went to a lot of effort to take care of the kid, putting her up in a hotel to wait for the ne
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by venus 14y ago
Since you speak English, you were almost certainly born in a colonised country. Yes, it can indeed go badly. And if you had thought for 10 seconds before typing your outraged reply, you can probably think of a few cases where it has gone we
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by venus 14y ago
These two issues are nigh incomparable. One is a simple medical cure for rich first world country people. Well, not simple, but simple to sell if you've got the answer. Malaria, on the other hand, is not a product or an answer to a research
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by venus 14y ago
From the wikipedia links, I thought this was a good analysis: http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=6779&...
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by venus 14y ago
Nothing I said was obtuse or absurd. Anyway, it's obvious you have something to prove from these responses so there's probably no point discussing it further.
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by venus 14y ago
You're not on the attack, you're just sayin' that I'm "either hyper-conservative or [..] haven't had much long term experience in the region". Right. I mentioned Singapore because it's a city in Asia that speaks English, thus making it subs
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by venus 14y ago
I don't believe Chrome took appreciably longer than Firefox to compromise in the recent PWN2OWN competition. Chrome's sandboxing implementation is not a silver bullet, and FF has run plugins out-of-process for some time. That said, full san
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by venus 14y ago
Wow, you're reading a lot into my comment that I didn't intend. I have nothing against any of those things. I am just pointing out that you don't just "move to Asia"; there are tradeoffs to be made. > then stay in your home culture and
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by venus 14y ago
Where in Asia? You might be a dual Chinese citizen, but most of us are certainly not, and the language would be another barrier. Singapore and HK have a lower language barrier but there's still the issue of visas and they are not exactly ch
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by venus 14y ago
Ah yes that is a good point. Fuel use would be a reasonable start as a proxy for kilometers driven, but why not just go the whole way and measure the actual kilometers? I agree about the central organisation. I don't believe private insuran
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by venus 14y ago
In theory, self-driving cars should all perform equally within the same range and, probably, within the same manufacturer - you'd assume they'd put the same system into each car, and keep it updated to their latest best effort. In fact, thi
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by venus 14y ago
Sort of makes me wish America would declare war on the Philippines. Be sure to visit Malkin in her camp after a few years to ask for her updated opinion on the matter! After all, it would be impossible to ask her to deny one of her countr

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