neetfreek

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by neetfreek 4y ago
Part I of an account of the wild story can be found here; it’s really quite interesting, at the least! https://web.archive.org/web/20220112152207/https://www.wired...
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by neetfreek 4y ago
Perhaps relevant here would be the current approach in South Africa; it’s been decriminalised for use (for adults) in private. One can grow a certain amount at ones private residence, and consume it freely there as well. My understand is th
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by neetfreek 5y ago
Also recently four Russian jets violated Swedish airspace during joint Finnish-Swedish exercises. From the linked article, described by the Swedish airforce as '"particularly serious" given the current situation, [who] called
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by neetfreek 5y ago
Just to comment on your take about the brand itself. Ray-Ban is owned by the Luxottica Group, who are set to merge with Essilor - looking at ~25% global value of eyewear. This means they own enough to possibly a) start normalising this whol
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by neetfreek 5y ago
I believe it relates to any personal rights you may have as an artistic creator. Things like altering any works you produce, removing your name, and so on. I would hope that this waiving extends only to works created on a specific platform
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by neetfreek 6y ago
One fun (free!) resource is DrawABox. Despite the humble name, you'll learn a lot more :) Well structured, exercise-based, it takes you all the way from the absolute fundamentals. https://drawabox.com/lessons
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by neetfreek 6y ago
I don't have any particularly interesting ideas about this, but here's a relevant and fun read; an interview with Simon Pegg: https://kingalfredpress.com/2017/09/20/the-infantalism-of-cu...
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by neetfreek 6y ago
I agree for many many sites, but do sometimes find it useful - specifically when you know exactly what you want from a particular site, but don't know the URL. Example: !deb for debian package information.
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by neetfreek 6y ago
But still: >"The researchers also noted a mild positive effect on employment, particularly in certain categories, such as families with children" at least says something.
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by neetfreek 6y ago
It's dawning on me that it's likely to only become more of a pain with each iteration of upgrades (e.g. install tweaks, synaptic, remove apport... And now remove snaps). Time to check out Debian! *Edited. I can't type on phon
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by neetfreek 6y ago
Point taken on the shoddy behaviour, but if you'd like to try it out there's this helpful post on disabling snap[1] shared here[2] when I installed 20.04. Quick and painless! 1. https://www.kevin-custer.com/blog&#x
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by neetfreek 6y ago
Tangentially related - but for those interested in finding out the ideas behind various Debian package names: https://wiki.debian.org/WhyTheName
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by neetfreek 6y ago
And <c-w> clears the previous word :) Also <c-y> pastes the line/word back in (so you cant think of it like cut-copy).
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by neetfreek 6y ago
Markdown is great! You get just enough formatting with little effort to structure docs well and include URLs and so on as needed. It can be written in any editor. It gets bonus points for being easy to convert to other formats - impress you
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by neetfreek 7y ago
This is what we have in Finland; basically either: 1. Military service ranging from half a year to a year. 2. Civil service for a year. 3. Half a year prison sentence. 4. Exemption for medical reasons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org&
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by neetfreek 7y ago
I prefer take-home assignments. I know that they often get a bad rep and have the potential for abuse; for this reason I'd argue for implementing some or other solution in the field. I recently had one requiring me to develop a native
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by neetfreek 7y ago
The source write-up for those looking to bypass Twitter: https://selectbutton.net/t/i-found-an-easter-egg-from-1977/8...
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by neetfreek 7y ago
https://plato.stanford.edu A great collection of philosophy resources which was indispensable during my undergrad philosophy studies. Search by philosophers, traditions, what have you! [edit: I see I was beaten to the punch by a