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by iiv 1y ago
How is downloading a movie copyright infringement?
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by iiv 3y ago
The silicon valley/startups/VC tribe, and they favour Twitter because 1. that's what their friends use and 2. they like Elon Musk, they want to be like him.
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by iiv 4y ago
> The content is an overt attempt to convince you to start a blog. That's a bit of a useless comment, isn't it?
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by iiv 4y ago
The bookstore I like to visit doesn't sell the books I want to read.
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Salman Rushdie attacked onstage at New York event(theguardian.com)
47 points by iiv 4y ago|8 comments
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by iiv 4y ago
There have been huge improvements since the first petrol engine, and huge improvements in the last 20 years as well. Petrol engines are some of the most studied and meticulously engineered things ever created.
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by iiv 4y ago
The resulting "dish" is a png that you can open in a new tab, or just download straight away.
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by iiv 5y ago
Have you read anything by McCarthy? His writing style is as far from "Said Bookism" as you can come.
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by iiv 5y ago
Yes, that is the definition (I am Swedish and I've endured many people asking me my "colour".) It's absurd, isn't it? Especially using so many emotive words.
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by iiv 5y ago
Not for me, I'm in Europe. (and it's big enough to not suffer from a HN-of-Death.)
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by iiv 5y ago
Yes, no one focuses on or is sad that Tupac, John Lennon, Kafka, Percy Bysshe Shelley or John Keats died young...
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by iiv 6y ago
I know /r/CompLing on Reddit is quite popular.
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by iiv 6y ago
Definitely not. Very few people die of traffic accidents, and that number has been sinking steadily since 1970. (1950: 595, 1960: 1036, 1970: 1307, 1980: 848, 1990: 772, 2000: 591, 2010: 266)
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by iiv 6y ago
0, if we're talking natural numbers or integers. There isn't one if we're talking real numbers. Simple proof: Assume x is the largest number smaller than 1. (x + 1)/2 is a number larger than x but smaller than 1. Our ass
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by iiv 6y ago
I mean, not really. 1. There is one substance that rewrites your mind. 2. There is more than one substance that rewrites your mind. Are very different postulates.
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by iiv 7y ago
Yes, you are correct. The direct translation is "urskulda" which is a Swedish word meaning "justify" or "excuse".
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by iiv 7y ago
>Is it okay what he did? Of course.
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by iiv 7y ago
There is no inherent value in having a different view. There's value in having a different view that has some value.
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by iiv 7y ago
Well, that is literally how to convert between them. It's not an approximation.
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by iiv 7y ago
Interesting. I found one problem, though. (Or is it a feature?) All examples I listened to of "coup de grâce" pronounced it /ku də ɡrɑː/, while the "correct" way (if there is such a thing)is /ku də ɡrɑs&#x
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by iiv 7y ago
Even with inflation, they'll be worth 50 AUD. But you won't be able to buy as much with it.
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by iiv 7y ago
You didn't answer the question: what is so horrible about trying to help oneself by tempering one's emotions and seeking happiness within?
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by iiv 7y ago
The original title is "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote": http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/borges-quixote.html
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by iiv 8y ago
Critical thinking?
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by iiv 8y ago
In which way is his essay infamous?
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by iiv 8y ago
More like "First the Chinese government came, and I did not speak out, because they don't care about anyone other than the Chinese."
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by iiv 8y ago
Revenue and profit are two entirely different things. If it says profit, I feel like it's more likely it's profit rather than revenue.
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by iiv 8y ago
>I guess "just Google for Mu" won't work any more Has it so far? Did you say "Mu"? In that case people could have googled for all kinds of things: Mew or moo or me or something else. And even if they knew how it
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by iiv 8y ago
Just a nitpick: open source does not mean free to use.
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by iiv 8y ago
What are your thoughts on [Vipps]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipps )?

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