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1,244karma·643submissions·October 21, 2024
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Just to clarify, do you "indeed" that links can't be stolen, or do you "indeed" the idea that we should all just adopt the ironic detached tone of the dirtbag left to discuss …
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Did I wander into Reddit for a moment? We can do Reddit on HN if we want -- hell I'm jonesing for it, I bristle at restrictions on my literary tone... but obsessing over who "stole" a l…
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>The discs have been a formality for longer than most gamers understand or want to admit Sony is discontinuing disc sales as a response to how gamers are buying games not the other way around. I ca…
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When I used it, it was popular among folks who would do photography as a hobby when attending academic conferences. Tom Anderson liked one of my landscape photos, which briefly made me popular with th…
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It was a great example of being evil -- they reduced user choice while pushing an inferior product.
15d ago·view thread
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I'll throw it on my list, I've got a pretty big backlog right now.
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Wasn't there a Defcon or Derby talk about this years back? (The insecurity, not the Persian angle) Struggling for a source. Guy had the energy of that one Simcity 2000 character who bugs out if y…
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>dominance of the Bloq Quebecois has over Quebec preventing the establishment of any lasting NDP influence So the social democrats won't play nice with the social democrats who want to secede,…
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Aha, thanks for this.
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Do you have any thoughts on the bill? One thing we can do is try to upvote the citizens of the country being discussed. Or calls to action -- who does someone who's Canadian call to complain abou…
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>With all the libertarian millionaires and billionaires swirling around silicon valley and the venture capital space, why can't we make that happen? Maybe because they're full of shit? (S…
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does tim getting lost in the donut count as being "disrupted"? (to be fair, i heard that one when said donut was fresh, and to be fair, they rightfully don't let me anywhere near it.)
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if they kill old reddit i will post like it's reddit here, so i am sure dang has a team of lobbyists peeling out from a philz like they're the men in black to make sure that doesn't hap…
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I think the idea is that you don't keep sending just one F16, but the problem is long before an age of drones we built up some catch me if you can bullshit where we expect smaller countries to ig…
21d ago·view thread
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How much red tape is there to do this in the age of the Euro? A more realistic idea may be they could pledge the funds for moving the hand dryer in the men's toilet at the Crown and Treaty pub, w…
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>What does this have to do with startups? You know, I used to have this style view when reading and commenting Slashdot, pre-9/11 about anything other than "the tech". Afterward, in …
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>The main benefit of Brexit is that the EU is now able to use English as a neutral universal language which is both commonly-known and doesn't favor any individual member state. Ireland was a …
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I went from being told I'm creepy because I'm too aggressive to being told I'm creepy I react too calmly to their meltdowns and threats of violence. It's useful in avoiding an adre…
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It's a shame due to Brexit there will be no Count Binface €10.
22d ago·view thread
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I don't like to steal jokes, and a good one I heard somewhere is that Star Trek is a utopia because they don't have social media.
22d ago·view thread
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No, I only play IRL, I think you need to be able to read people to do well. I also play sit and go as opposed to tournaments.
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Does poker count? I'm not sure if I should have gone all in with that full house or if I'd have scared the calling station with my reputation of check raising people into a walk to the ATM. …
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You did not say where your bachelors is from. There is a lot of gatekeeping around degrees -- having Cambridge on your CV will open doors you didn't even know existed. Also, how much is the degre…
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>Someone should establish the Interplanetary Sun Orbiting Service. I hope they have one of those logos with a bunch of weird freemason symbols that freak people out.
1mo ago·view thread
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Cool, for these things it's better to not have the only option be a PR. Good luck with your project!
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Verify you have a well established way to contact you about security vulnerabilities. (There will be vulnerabilities. Things like "anonymous mode" are harder than you'd think to make...…
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