pjriot

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by pjriot 6mo ago
I guess that the legal framework that enables the orders was inherited by the Irish state. (according to wikipedia the orders can be made in Canada and Australia too)
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by pjriot 3y ago
Had to jump on to my desktop and log in to hn to say thanks for this comment! Its (very subjectively) one of the coolest comments I've ever read on this site. I've often fantasized about doing something very similar. Spending tons
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by pjriot 6y ago
The Economist does a good job of judging each case on its merits. A socially liberal, pro free-trade publication taking issue with Brexit or the actions of Donald Trump seems perfectly consistent. Fully in keeping with its heavily “partisa
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by pjriot 10y ago
Without these arrangements it could be (convincingly) argued that Ireland would be down 5000 jobs. (and iirc an estimated 18000 jobs created indirectly) I think I'd rather see lower unemployment than higher corporation tax take if that
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by pjriot 10y ago
I don't think its being particularly cynical to say if the industries supported by slavery had not been supplanted somewhat (reducing their political power) then slavery would have continued apace. Politicians have proven adept at taki
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by pjriot 10y ago
Fair point. We need a better word to describe mass murder by coincidence. I would note however, that the goal of wiping out a people (in this case it could be argued that "a people" could just as easily refer to "poor people&
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by pjriot 10y ago
No, it seems like the action of a government attempting to appear concerned when quite clearly humanitarian issues were a tertiary concern. If a genocide occurs as a result of a commitment to a political or economic ideology, does intention
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by pjriot 10y ago
Coca cola wasn't created for the purpose of providing a refreshing beverage.
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by pjriot 10y ago
Once the economic advantages were outweighed by the political disadvantages. "while nearly all other countries in the world at the time were totally fine with it". I guess this depends on how you define "country", but le
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by pjriot 11y ago
I keep seeing this in a lot of places, but Oracle are still releasing JDK6 and JDK7 updates every quarter. AFAIK TLSv1.2 is not supported on 6. Edit: ah, but only to customers paying for support.
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by pjriot 13y ago
Not that this should be considered proof, but I just compared nightly and 22 side by side on Ubuntu 12.10 (Unity) and I can certainly perceive an appreciable difference. Great stuff.
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by pjriot 14y ago
I highly recommend: http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Thing-Called-Science-Third/dp/0... You'd be surprised how difficult it is to nail down what constitutes a science.
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by pjriot 14y ago
Brian Lenihan converted the "bank debt" to sovereign debt when he guaranteed it. That never should have happened. To renege on that debt is a default now whatever way you slice it.
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by pjriot 14y ago
I don't see any mention of the fact that I'm buying a license on the page. Whatever about the hacker news set, but you can't honestly expect average consumers to pick up on this distinction without a very clear and obvious "DRM for dummies"
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by pjriot 14y ago
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fatal-fruitcake-mary-kay-and... Funny, the button clearly says "Buy now". Not "License now" or anything else. If retailers want to make that distinction clear thats fair enough, otherwise I'm perfectly happ
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by pjriot 14y ago
"The internet will provide the alternative to the government/media complex that controls the news and most political propaganda. This is why it’s essential that the internet remains free of government regulation." What bothers me about this
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by pjriot 14y ago
Fair enough. I must just be grumpy this morning.
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by pjriot 14y ago
That's a disturbing sense of entitlement. The creators spent 100+ hours on this work and you're asking them to cover the bandwidth costs of hosting it for you?
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by pjriot 15y ago
Should a teacher friend a student though? I'm not completely sure that's appropriate.
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by pjriot 15y ago
I think they mean in the context of his lifetime. My brain appended a suffix of "so far" to that first sentence.
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by pjriot 15y ago
Holy crap, its $25 a year. That is a bargain.
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by pjriot 15y ago
Jeez, did not know that. I was thinking of writing something like that myself with version control for page updates just to be safe.
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by pjriot 15y ago
I'd say I do too, even for stuff I have bookmarked. In fact 80% of my bookmarks provide nothing other than peace of mind for a person with a terrible memory. :)
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by pjriot 15y ago
I use them pretty heavily for reference/todo/toread type of stuff. And I have a terrible memory.
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by pjriot 15y ago
Looks great, but I'm happy with what I have now so I'm not too pushed about spending money on a service. I'm also old enough to worry about trusting a site to hang around for 10 years with my data. (and by old enough, read: stuck in my ways
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by pjriot 15y ago
Do people not use bookmarks? I have thousands of them. What are the alternatives that I'm missing out on? (big xmarks user too so sync is a must)
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by pjriot 15y ago
You've piqued my curiosity. (and exposed my seemingly limited imagination) What are you using a text editor like sublime for other than coding?
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by pjriot 15y ago
This is all desktop hardware. Its not the same thing.
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by pjriot 15y ago
If you're referring to GWT, you're absolutely right, but thats more Google's stake than Java's.
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by pjriot 15y ago
I'd agree w.r.t. Go in a sense, but Java doesn't have much of a stake in front end web development.

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