shaurz

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by shaurz 10y ago
Many of these problems you mention are due to empires past imposing borders that don't correspond to natural nations. Most of Europe's borders are pretty natural equilibriums settled after centuries of wars. They are not perfect t
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by shaurz 10y ago
Global city-states need to become independent with open immigration, separate from the Nations which should enforce strong immigration controls to maintain the native population & culture.
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by shaurz 10y ago
Looks more like Facebook than a forum?
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by shaurz 10y ago
I think there was a time when it was once considered a vaguely normal blogging platform.
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by shaurz 10y ago
A spider web, obviously ;-)
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by shaurz 10y ago
You don't need an add-on for that... just right-click, 'Inspect Element'
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by shaurz 10y ago
I would also recommend Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.com/
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by shaurz 11y ago
Moore's law has not been an exponential increase in technological capability in general. It has only been an exponential increase in one particular technology - more of the same. I see no evidence that the development of novel technolo
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by shaurz 11y ago
No technology has ever extended life. The so-called gains in life expectancy have only come about by reducing the causes of early mortality and slowing down the diseases of ageing.
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by shaurz 11y ago
It's funny watching techno-religious belief systems emerge in the West as Christianity recedes. This is literally the replacement of the afterlife. Sorry guys, this ain't gonna happen. One day you will die, get over it and start p
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by shaurz 11y ago
It's not really a laptop, really a portable all-in-one desktop with a battery, unless you're talking about that very expensive wood & cork thing. Nice that it's not Intel but you will take a speed hit for that.
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by shaurz 11y ago
This is why I don't buy laptop computers... they are still overpriced toys. I mean, on a theoretical level, the idea of a mobile computer is appealing, but in practice they all suck very badly.
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by shaurz 11y ago
Last time I checked, the malloc implementation was really bad.
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by shaurz 11y ago
Chinese people have amassed a lot of wealth but their investment options are very limited. Hence the Chinese stock market bubble, property-building bubble and Ponzi schemes.
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by shaurz 11y ago
Anything for more GDP growth! I wonder if the insane over-provisioning is a genius scheme to monopolise worldwide manufacturing for a century (even at massive cost to their population) or just a drive to keep up unsustainable growth statist
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by shaurz 11y ago
Why is that a fantasy world? Most of that has already happened or is in the process of happening.
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by shaurz 11y ago
Nothing to worry about then... I'm still above water and +60m, but the city centre has flooded.
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by shaurz 11y ago
C programs spread like viruses.
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by shaurz 11y ago
What if you're a Google Apps or Drive customer?
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by shaurz 11y ago
The next stage of infantalisation. I never thought it would get this bad!
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by shaurz 11y ago
I would say games are probably where Japan has most excelled in software, at least in the 80s and 90s. But the code is probably very bad practice by modern standards (hand coded assembly hacks, all game state in global variables). When you
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by shaurz 11y ago
I disabled web search history on my account a while ago, but they have re-enabled without notifying me.
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by shaurz 11y ago
I just hope I get a nice badge for it. I missed out on the orangered/periwinkle thing.
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by shaurz 11y ago
LOL really. I've got a few old accounts hanging around I could sell to some suckers.
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by shaurz 11y ago
Linux has an EXTRAVERSION, but no INTROVERSION???
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by shaurz 12y ago
"meat" = vagina
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by shaurz 12y ago
I've thought for a while that the hardware should manage threads and scheduling, not the operating system.
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by shaurz 12y ago
I really dislike the weird narrative style of this radio programme.
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by shaurz 12y ago
And a first class ticket to the nearest prison for an individual.
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by shaurz 12y ago
He sounds like the perfect user for Chrome OS.

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