powellzer

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by powellzer 3y ago
Not to be pedantic but the iPhone 8 came out in late 2017. Still a good lifespan!
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by powellzer 4y ago
I think a lot of people here are missing the point that you can buy these and give them to friends and family members that might otherwise never try a VPN. It’s a great usability and marketing move.
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by powellzer 4y ago
Which is an incentive to not sell and instead take out a low interest loan using the properties as collateral. Many cities do have a Homestead exemption which reduces the real estate tax for primary residences.
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by powellzer 5y ago
Seems as though Argument in the alternative focusses on eliminating possible explanations. Kettle Logic involves claiming 2 or more explanations to be true while being incompatible with each other, making it a logical fallacy.
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by powellzer 5y ago
As does poverty, poor education, pollution, and mass incarceration. These are all cyclical problems.
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by powellzer 5y ago
Oh I totally do this with Hacker News too, which is why I typically block access during work hours. I feel better about it if I'm consciously giving myself a break to read HN. Right now I'm using the LeechBlock Extension which all
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by powellzer 5y ago
I recently deactivated Facebook (which I only ever used via web browser) and since then I’ve been counting the number of times I unconsciously end up on the Facebook login page when I’m bored/killing time. I’ve noticed that faced with
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by powellzer 6y ago
Just chiming in here, but I would say the high mining hash rate makes it the most secure chain (secure like people can't go back in time and change the chain's history because it would be prohibitively expensive to do so). Ultimat
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by powellzer 6y ago
Ross Ulbricht, it was at a public library, and it was a darknet marketplace not a drug empire but they sure did make an example out of him. Free Ross.
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by powellzer 6y ago
Oh I see! Thank you. I wasn't expecting that to trigger a 'drop-down' for some reason.
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by powellzer 6y ago
After playing around with it for a bit, I really love it! One thing I found myself needing: Is there a way to manage the z-index of your layers? (e.g. send layer to back, etc)
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by powellzer 6y ago
yes! there's something refreshing about the true variety they offer.
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by powellzer 7y ago
The modern clothespin wasn’t invented until 1887. It was then that the coiled fulcrum came into play.
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by powellzer 8y ago
This and the Google GDPR story. Google is having a rough morning.
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by powellzer 8y ago
From clicking around this site, it looks like their image dithering technique has taken away the color quality required to properly view the graphs on this article: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/the-4g-
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by powellzer 8y ago
Your analogy makes more sense (to me) if Lazy rich child B was left original recordings of their father's music. This, like a house, would be something material that they could sell one time. Conversely, if child A was left the rights
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by powellzer 10y ago
Right? Was that a trump quote? I couldn't find the citation anywhere.
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by powellzer 10y ago
Or jonstokes works for a paid, members-only site that provides owner-verified reviews, making his post a subtle advertisement.
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by powellzer 11y ago
who's talking now?