Zumzoa

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by Zumzoa 14y ago
>Games that are sparse, minimal, and full of atmosphere and character? I'm not certain what type of game you want. The obvious suggestions in terms of well-crafted atmosphere and high-quality narrative might be Portal and the follow-on
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
It depends. If all they have is unreliable, inconsistent eyewitness testimony, then it's acceptable to ignore. If they have physical samples they've not tested or electromagnetic readings they've not had analysed, then it's an incompetent b
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
This article http://www.economist.com/node/21524889 covers some of it. "Health spending will rise by 5.8% each year from 2010 to the end of 2020, according to actuaries at the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2020 heal
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
This headline is misleading. As far as I can tell, this is in fact a draft of a bill which would decriminalise marijuana. It has not been passed, and even if it eventually is passed (likely in a changed form), it will not make possession an
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
However, this system also blunts such 'radical edges' as civil unions, equalizing the age of consent, reform of drug laws and large infrastructure reforms.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
Already being discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2805708
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
How?
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
In terms of providing simple email, web use and facebook, the Chromebook may be out-performed by most modern mobile phones.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
I would first note that more 'voyages of discovery' were prompted by the desire to establish new or improved trade or resource exploration routes, and we've pretty-much established that there's no one to trade with and nothing to exploit wi
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
A system could create, manage and automate a 'cloud' of several hundred wallets, all shifting small amounts of money around at random intervals. When the owner decided to make a particular payment, he could set a target sum to be accumulate
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
C Drive for OS and program installs. D Drive for Music, Pictures and all general life files except those on F drive for films, ISOs and other large media files. The goal for the future will be that C drive could be formatted for OS reinsta
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
I passed this 'test'/suggested a clever way of solving it at a relatively early age, but have always been pretty poor at Maths. I think it's more indicative of a problem-solving intuition than maths skill, or even thew child's conception of
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
Large, reputable company which people already pay a monthly/annual fee to (such as an antivirus service) offers free no-script and ad-block install to customers; something continually updated and intelligently moderated to remove adverts ex
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
an idea: Post a job offer on a local/graduate website, interview 20 applicants, trial run 8 of them. Offer them a probationary period of employment at a very low rate, with a commission (which you reserve the right to vary at the end of eac
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
>2. the .co.uk/.de etc, should only get a bonus in their own countries. A flawed rule. I deal with websites based in other countries and written in other languages. I also access websites from my home country when overseas.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
I would argue that it was industrialisation, not transport, that led to home/workplace segregation. Large mills, running on water or steam power, could not exist on a small scale or too near to residences.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
But if they had nurtured their talent so that they didn't have to re-train testers, programmers and designers every 12 months, they might have finished it in three-quarters of the time.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
I would also like to request one for [REDACTED] Many thanks in advance. [edit] Thanks to my sponsor!
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
The only word-processed files that might be non-confidential I can think of are contracts made in the past couple of decades between companies that have both declared bankruptcy. Either that or public EULAs.
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by Zumzoa 15y ago
It becomes unethical when someone who doesn't know about Ponzi schemes are gets involved. If someone has to tick a box saying that they read the wikipedia (for example) page on Ponzi schemes, they assume responsibility for any loss... assum