bgeeek

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by bgeeek 1y ago
I have a few prescription medications that are called different things in the US. I thought it was fairly common knowledge with paracetamol, though. Tylenol being one of the common brands names.
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by bgeeek 3y ago
The demoscene was brilliant. People shared them sneakernet-style like games back then too, which speaks volumes for how good demos were. Very fond memories.
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by bgeeek 3y ago
Lego will always be cool to me. Without wanting to sound like a cliché, the only limit was your imagination when I was a child, before home computing. Forever grateful for those years.
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by bgeeek 3y ago
I almost had an Atari, but ended up with the Amiga back in '88, which I am forever grateful for. I'm not sure that I would say the Atari wasn't ground-breaking, though. Think back to the '90s and you can see how much of
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by bgeeek 3y ago
No, it's a 128. The obvious giveaway being the audio.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
But that name. Ugh.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
As an '80s kid, swedes/turnips were the norm in my hometown in the UK.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I hadn't heard of privacy.com cards, but that thought had crossed my mind. What is to stop organisations simply banning privacy.com cards?
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by bgeeek 5y ago
It would be quite amusing if the final verdict was, amongst other things, "Never mind"
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Many? You sure about that? Also, "opinions about sexuality are being presented as fact in contrary to the principles they want to raise their child with". How do you think things like that help? We want a tolerant and inclusive so
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I take it you saw the photos then?
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by bgeeek 5y ago
https://faq-uk.uniqlo.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/Do-you-offer-al... :)
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I can remember when they were the hot thing in fast fashion, but they were pretty much crushed due to the horrendously bad PR. Grim company.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Almost everything is cyclical in fashion. There was a period not long ago when jeans became unfashionable in the UK because they were associated with middle-age dads. People looked towards chinos (not the type you're talking about) as
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by bgeeek 5y ago
If you live in London, you can/could go into the store, buy the trousers (34" length?) and have them tailored within the day (can't remember if there is a charge for it). If you're outside of London (not sure if the Oxfo
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I don't mind brands/logos but it's a double-edged sword. It's hard to like or want to wear something that's perceived to be in decline if there are logos/branding all over it. Gap, Superdry, Hollister all seem
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Not in the UK - Old Navy is unknown here, Banana Republic pretty much the same (you can buy it online). H&M, Uniqlo, and Zara have certainly affected Gap's standing in the market.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Old Navy doesn't exist in the UK, though. Primark is something else entirely - it beats everyone on price, but attracts a different shopper.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I wondered if they were just looking at how Uniqlo operate. Here in the UK, Uniqlo only have stores in London. You can find one or two other cities - Oxford, Manchester, but that's it. For anywhere else you have to shop online.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
For me that depends on the position in the market. I doubt some of the major clothes designers feel quite the same way.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Not in the UK it doesn't. Old Navy is unknown here.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
I find the rapid store expansion a problem and wouldn't be surprised if they repeat the same mistake, although they haven't plastered their clothes with Zara logos. Uniqlo is the only store that hasn't yet repeated this mista
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Agreed, although they're not at the same price point in the market and haven't run into problems yet, at least not here in the UK. There was a period in time where Gap rapidly expanded and had stores almost everywhere. Once the sh
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Gap's quality is higher than H&M, IMHO. Zara is another of Gap's rivals that seems to be expanding in the UK highstreet, although I rarely find anything worth purchasing.
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Gap's problems for me: 1) Sticking Gap on everything. That kind-of logo/advertisement in huge lettering is great on the way up, but not on the way down. Superdry take note. You could not pay me to wear either. 2) Pricing and price
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by bgeeek 5y ago
Linux was quite beginner friendly twenty plus years ago, IME. Remember Mandrake Linux? Then you had Ubuntu ten years ago! It's had enough time. The one thing that used to repeatedly make me chuckle was the "This will be the year o
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by bgeeek 6y ago
I think I know what you mean - the cross-body bags. Do they run diagonal with the bag somewhere across the chest? They're popular among teenage males in the UK these days.
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by bgeeek 6y ago
Not effeminate at all. Look up reporter bags, smaller than a messenger bag. Classy, not effeminate. Mostly older men wear them in the UK (I’m on my third) whereas the younger men wear cross-body sports-type bags. Most majors make them. I ca
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by bgeeek 6y ago
Woah! I think a lot of people in the free / open source community might have a problem with such a statement. However, I do pay for a password manager because I recognise their importance and view them in a slightly different, almost u
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by bgeeek 6y ago
Slight tangent, but not sure if you ever saw this article about the Cobra: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/the-underground-stor...

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