spiek

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by spiek 4y ago
I quit Twitter when Elon took it over. It provided me with: Easy access to information and articles about breaking news events. Community. A feed of interesting articles and discussions. Enjoyment gained from following quickly evolving meme
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French watchdog pressures Google on right 'to be forgotten'(reuters.com)
1 points by spiek 11y ago|0 comments
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by spiek 11y ago
That's fine, then reinforce it with a comment that is interesting, and not a useless cliche. It's everybody's responsibility to ensure the quality of the discussion remains high.
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by spiek 11y ago
This is such an annoying and useless comment. This same comment is parroted EVERY time there's an article about robots anywhere on the Internet. How are you adding anything to the discussion at all?
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by spiek 11y ago
One unique advantage seems to be that it can jump over obstacles. Something that rotates/rolls (presumably) is more difficult to get over obstacles.
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by spiek 11y ago
I always thought that Kim Stanley Robinson's "meta nationals" from the Red Mars series seemed too probable to really be science fiction.
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by spiek 11y ago
I played WoW for a few years, from vanilla to the level 80 cap days (pugging Naxx was an interesting experience). I used to love wandering around the world, finding hidden spots, and exploring the different pieces of Azeroth. Now I'm o
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by spiek 12y ago
They raised ~1 mil in 2 weeks. So they thought they could then raise 5x that amount in 2x the time? How is that a rational conclusion?
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by spiek 12y ago
It's funny that you say that 2048 "gets really boring" after a while, but that it is "more fun to play than Threes". It's interesting that the balance and effort that went into Threes resulted in a game that (t
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by spiek 13y ago
Al Jazeera wants you to move to St. Louis. As someone living in New York, my most common response to these sorts of article is: 1: Okay, but I can't just pick up and go to some artist's utopia. I have a job and (hopefully) a caree
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by spiek 13y ago
What is "hipsterism"?
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by spiek 13y ago
You realize you can do all of those things and still make not very much money, right? You also realize that people in different economic situations aren't privileged to receive all of the institutional knowledge about the job market th
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by spiek 13y ago
Eh? Torrez says "@edcasey If last week taught us anything it is that everything on the internet is fake. So I am covering my bases." Doesn't seem like he is seriously alleging that this guy is a plant.
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by spiek 13y ago
Which point is that?
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by spiek 13y ago
Having a drone drop my package on my fire escape would be far better than dropping it on the street. Lots of New Yorkers have trouble getting packages (well, those not rich enough for doormen). Being able to specify a dropoff point would be
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by spiek 13y ago
What do you mean? You're saying that because it was published by Bloomberg?
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by spiek 13y ago
I'll add a +1 for HelpX. I worked for an English couple in Normandy, and an Irish woman in New Ross, Ireland in the summer of 2009. It was a fantastic way to see a different side of the country you're traveling to, as well as a gr
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by spiek 13y ago
Well yeah, but in places like SF and NYC, supply is limited by available space. We could house people in 6x6 cubes in giant rectangular buildings to be really efficient, but nobody wants that. So what do you do when your supply is limited,
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by spiek 13y ago
Arguably, SomethingAwful (founded in 1999).
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by spiek 13y ago
Are there any articles in the New York Post that aren't likely to be low quality?
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by spiek 13y ago
He himself acknowledges that it has been done before, but he wanted to explore it further. I don't think claimed anywhere that this was somehow revolutionary or ground breaking. Why does it have to be so? Is there anything wrong with a
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by spiek 13y ago
This is basically link bait dressed up in medium clothes (spammy title and "in your face" bro attitude and all). It presupposes that the end goal is MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE. It views school as an end to the goal, not as a w
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by spiek 13y ago
You can configure adblock to block it. It does leave a weird gap between the flickr nav and your bookmarks bar, but that weird gap is better than the god awful yahoo nav. On any flickr page with the nav open adblock and select "block a
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by spiek 13y ago
For context on this, Gothamist recently posted this article about a company that "pre-books" reservations at hard to get restaurants. Customers pay $1,000/year for the privilege and then $45/$90 on top for especially har
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by spiek 13y ago
Well, they smelled like something (the article references men thinking that their smell was "manly" - I admit I still secretly think that), it's just that whatever they smelled like didn't have a negative connotation. Ma
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by spiek 13y ago
Yeah there was no mention of any sort of search warrant.
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by spiek 13y ago
Socrates drank the hemlock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Socrates
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by spiek 13y ago
Well, the main thing here is that this is happening in England...
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by spiek 13y ago
FSOG (nice acronym, it's a pain in the ass to type out) demonstrates that there a wide segment of the population that is willing and interested in reading material which the government is attempting to criminalize. I misspoke when I sa
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by spiek 13y ago
I think you are missing the point. It seems that the author used 50 Shades of Grey to illustrate his "If everyone is a criminal, no one is" point. Literary merit aside, 50 Shades of Grey was a massive hit, and also pornographic, m

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