bluepaper

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by bluepaper 5y ago
Finished reading Ubik just the other night - the paying for every little thing was haunting, almost claustrophobic with this passage about the door (amongst other things - fantastic book though)
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by bluepaper 5y ago
I find myself purposefully diving through Tidal's playlists and genres, like I used to flick through CDs in HMV. The auto-discovery can be really hit or miss (mostly miss) - but so was picking CDs without listening to them. But the nat
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by bluepaper 14y ago
In the 'other media' category I can highly recommend 'Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea' by Guy Delisle[1] which is a graphic novel detailing his few months working in North Korea for a more serious look and into the lives of those who ac
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by bluepaper 14y ago
Just to note, UK VAT has been at 17.5% previously but is now at 20%.
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by bluepaper 14y ago
Absolutely, I live quite near by to and highly recommend it to anyone interested, I've been a few times now, and would quite like to go again. For those who are interested: http://www.fhc.co.uk/ There's Ffestinog further south too, but th
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by bluepaper 14y ago
That seems like a rather small sample size, both in number of people involved and the fact that it the results seem to be based on only a couple of points. (what's the variation in the sleep patterns normally? What about other factors that
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by bluepaper 14y ago
Okay, I'll trust you on this one! It's looking promising, Although I was a little stumped when it stuck me on a "We're learning your interests" page with no indication of...anything, really. Also, maybe going to the 'landing' page when alre
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by bluepaper 14y ago
I'd quite like to sign-up to this actually, I'm all for specific websites using my tastes to deliver to me what they think I'd like. Saying that, I'd like to sign up using my Google account, why must you be able to 'manage [my] contacts'. I
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by bluepaper 14y ago
Forgive me, after a brief look over the Wikipedia article surely it's the opposite of that? "unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average" - so they think they're better th
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by bluepaper 14y ago
Depends on which English degree you study. I know those who've studied the literature and cultural impact side of things and those who've studied the language with a linguistics spin on it.