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Zircom

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Zircom··on Should Prostitution Be a Crime?
>You can see it on TV. Take DareDevils TVSeries, but I'm sure you'll find many examples, there are countless raw violence scenes for free, but 3 seasons in and DareDevil hasn't been with a woman with the exception of a kiss.

Or perhaps that has more to do with the fact that Catholicism is central to Mathew Murdock as a character, so it makes sense he isn't sleeping around given that premarital sex is a big no-no for Catholics. Also, we're only two seasons in, not three.

Zircom··on Let’s ban elementary homework
Typically failing the course, homework was 30% of your entire grade at my middle and high school.
Zircom··on Google Voice Search Attack on Android [pdf]
Reminds me of the way some friends and I came up with a way to trick people into logging out in WoW. There's the /logout command, which initiates the logging out sequence. However, there's also the /camp command, which does the same thing, but a fair amount of people don't know about it. Now, logging out normally takes 20 seconds, but if you're in one of the capitals, it's instant. So we would say in trade chat(a chat channel that's only visible to people in a capital) about how /camp sets down a campfire, unwitting players would try it out, and find themselves back on the character select screen. Just a bit of harmless fun, but you would not believe how upset people would get.
Zircom··on Show HN: Car Cost Calculator – my weekend project
Texas, probably. It's been hovering between 3.40-3.60 the past couple months.
Zircom··on Door to Hell
I imagine it'd be fairly hot actually.
Zircom··on Stem cell 'major discovery' claimed
>red blood cells are erythrocytes

>red blood cells are red blood cells

Why yes they are, astute observation...

Zircom··on Take Buffett's Billion
>This term is also applied, often pejoratively, to anyone who switches loyalty to another religion, sports team, political party, or other rival faction(themself). In that sense, the defector is often considered a traitor by their original side.
Zircom··on Bitcoin approaching $1000
Different exchanges trade at different rates.
Zircom··on Primer on Bitcoin Taxation
>Evidently he's been downvoted trying to point this out.

That shouldn't really come as a surprise, given the way he went about it. Making an entire post using caps lock is usually frowned upon, to say the least, and, as has been pointed out, no such claims were ever made in the first place, it's perfectly clear that grandparent is referring to a completely separate article that's yet to even be published.

Zircom··on Center of the universe
He means that out off all people, you would think the author of the article in question would know best what to title his submission.
Zircom··on What is algebra?
This is funny, because the text you quoted wasn't referring to the construction of the aqueducts, only the fabrication of the bricks used in the construction.
Zircom··on Magic Does Exist With “Uber-For-Flowers” Startup Bloomthat (YC S13)
"They promise to deliver flowers to anywhere in San Francisco in less than 90 minutes."
Zircom··on Hacker News Web App for Mobile
For the default browser on the S3 (on mine at least), the settings menu only shows up if you click it, go to an article/comments, and then back to the main screen.
Zircom··on Hacker News Web App for Mobile
Speaking of their error page, they have a typo on there. "...to many requests" instead of "...too many".
Zircom··on Amash’s Amendment To Defund NSA Program Fails 205-217
From what Wikipedia can tell me, the two most relevant terms those acronyms refer too are "High-performance computing" and "Information retrieval".
Zircom··on Fake Signs On Bay Area Highways Say Drones Looking For Speeders
He meant lift as in get rid of, I'm assuming, unless you're saying they're going to drive 10 over the speed of light.
Zircom··on Lincoln’s Surveillance State
>at the behest of the president that, assuming you are a US Citizen of voting age, you had a part in electing...

Fixed that for you.

Zircom··on Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweatshop?
I think he's referring to how mturk and other things like it don't allow the use of AIs, it has to be an actual person.
Zircom··on 4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
>much of what goes on there is illegal, and a substantial portion is immoral or malicious.

Most, if not all, of your so called "illegal", "immoral or malicious" behavior comes from a certain handful of boards, of which there are over fifty. For most, the only illegal/immoral stuff they engage in is piracy and just generally being assholes, both of which can be found on almost any online congregation.

In short, lel.

Zircom··on 4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
This should be fun. Might take one out asking Yellow if he wants to smash...
Zircom··on Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks
Actually, judging from his comment history, I'm just thinking English may not be his first language.
Zircom··on Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks
Al-Qaida is not a person. Either you accidentally used the wrong pronoun, or perhaps you're confused as to what Al-Qaida refers to.
Zircom··on The most telling part of “1984″ is the appendix
>Richard Stallman and the whole idea of copyleft, is borrowed from the works of Hakim Bey (which is where I read about it first).

>Richard Stallman...is borrowed from the works of Hakim Bey.

I find it somewhat funny that Richard Stallman stole the idea of himself from someone else.

(Also, who you're referring to as Hakim Bey, is in fact, Peter Lamborn Wilson, or as I've recently taken to calling him, Peter Lamborn Wilson plus anonymity.)

Zircom··on Surprising magnetic effect of light discovered at University of Michigan (2011)
Thank you for helping those of us unable to do basic arithmetic.
Zircom··on Jordanian citizen was denied re-entry to the US on eve of his PhD defense at JHU
>the ANC (and Mandela) haven't exactly been angles, either.

On the contrary, one could say they were a bit... acute.

Zircom··on Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59
>a Scottish bank holiday

I see what you did there.

Zircom··on Show HN: Remove backgrounds from images online
It's doing the weirdest thing for me, I get this[1] for the preview, but I get this[2] when I download it. Other than that it works better than I expected for non-real life stuff.

[1] http://i5.minus.com/i49HmJ8HXW90P.png

[2]http://i4.minus.com/ipofptgUlIIlj.png

closer inspection on the preview reveals this

http://i1.minus.com/iTe6ZEeS9Xv1k.png

It's playing nice with all the other screenshots I've thrown at it so far, though.

here's the original I guess if anyone wants to see if it happens with them too

http://i5.minus.com/iC7VIeASPpmHi.jpg

Zircom··on 10 years later, ‘Star Wars Kid’ speaks out
>They say it because in their circles, that's a perfectly acceptable thing to say, and no one would interpret it as anything more than an expression of disapproval. (think 4chan, many subreddits, etc.).

I like how you qualify your statement in regards to reddit by saying "subreddits", which implies that it's only a portion of reddit that demonstrates such behavior, but make no such distinction about 4chan, which, contrary to popular belief, does not solely consist of /b/, and in fact has a number of boards that are actually quite civil.

That said, your point is valid, and, as a regular of one of the more vitriolic boards, I sometimes forget to "switch modes" so to speak, and find myself acting in the manner you describe. My anecdote, for what it's worth.

Zircom··on Petition to drop charges against Kiera Wilmot
>That's what killed Socrates.

I was always assumed it was the hemlock, personally.

Zircom··on New Samsung Security Flaw - Disable Lockscreen, Total Control
I've actually had this happen sporadically just unlocking my SIII. Whatever app or homescreen had been on before locking it would flash in for a second or two before going to the lockscreen. Never paid it much attention.
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