octopusRex

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by octopusRex 1y ago
They haven't said anything. But I realized that quite a few submissions in a short amount of time were posted. AI bot scraping sounds like a good explanation. Funny, we take it for granted that sites will stay up - I'm old enough
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Hacker News brought down Atlas Obscura site(atlasobscura.com)
1 points by octopusRex 1y ago|3 comments
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by octopusRex 1y ago
So many posts today referring to articles on the site brought it down. I suppose we should keep this in mind when posting. I assume it wasn't intentional. :-)
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by octopusRex 2y ago
The US chooses not to end homelessness. We have the highest GDP in the world. We could end it if we wanted to. I was in Japan recently. A choice was made there as well.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
wlonkly on Oct 24, 2023 | root | parent | next [–] The article talks about the specification and it's more... specific than that: > “In 1973, the government mandated through a cabinet order that traffic lights use the bluest shade o
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by octopusRex 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37982495#:~:text=%3E%20... .
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I was thinking of the patriarchy and oppression.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
It's a place where there's no good guys to root for. I fear for its citizens, and especially for women.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Reading through comments on living paycheck to paycheck was brutal as it sounds like many people here have no clue what really living paycheck to paycheck is like. No, it doesn't mean you can still go out to eat and have a club members
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by octopusRex 2y ago
It definitely does not mean lotto tickets and restaurants. People living paycheck to paycheck do not go to restaurants. If you are going to restaurants it means you have funds AFTER bare expenses. Paycheck to paycheck means just enough to
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by octopusRex 2y ago
You were absolutely experiencing privilege. I know you recognize it now, but hearing this is scary. This is why folks often vote Republican - they have no idea what life is like for very hard working actual poor people who would need servi
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Does anyone else cringe at the grifter vibes?
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by octopusRex 2y ago
So much for people who voted for Trump because he would let RFK clean up the environment. Such naivete.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Grifters who get to have their names on a lot of papers in order to fool an Oprah audience.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Editable Tibetan Language Dictionary which will retrieve definition on search and on copy . created 2011 https://github.com/nekogaijin/DagYigTibetanDictionary
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I'm disappointed. I was actually expecting lovely ascii art pictures of mermaids.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Sorry for your loss. Not that saying it makes it better, but I am. Financially, you can retire. one less thing to add to the destruction.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Lynx browser. Text only. Them as images were added, you'd see the word image in brackets.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I think I created the first digital shop and download site. Ez-legal software ( be your own lawyer, do your own divorce!) did not want to spend money mailing out disks. I looked around and could not find any other site that had pulled this
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I remember an awards occasion where the employees who received the recognition for actually heroically fixing a mess could not make it to the stage because they had been laid off. Awkward silence ensued. ...
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I'm waiting for folks to implement a Reverse Google Search.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
We need a Reverse Google search that will weed out the garbage.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Would like to see responses from the Alzheimer's years. He got pretty bad towards the end. Biden sounds like a 20 year old in comparison. Trump is still off in cofeve land.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Kudos to you. But I don't think it was open mindedness. I think he wanted you on his show so he could use you as a foil. Took a lot of bravery for you to do that.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Top for me as well. It may have to do with what Google has learned from observing your search history?
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by octopusRex 2y ago
But there was more to it than simply printing. There was the marketing to get it into bookstores, the hobnobbing, the ads, the shipping and returns. I suppose they could form a co-op and hire the talent. "When bookstores, libraries, a
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by octopusRex 2y ago
I remember when they taught mcLuhan in highschool - 1970s - in order to make us more aware of media manipulation. I wonder if they still do. Ironically, this was in Florida - probably be considered too woke by Desantis.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Kudos for creating the game. Reading upside down is difficult. In Scrabble you could turn the board around to face you when it was your turn. Why did my opponent place qxa to begin with? I tried to get through the tutorial , but could not.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
It is bizarre.
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by octopusRex 2y ago
Bless this guy's parents.

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