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To make us feel better about collaborating with authoritarians

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/business/banks-to-make-cus... Because fuck you, that's why.

The processing fee is if you don't get a gift certificate. I usually get an Amazon gift certificate for 100% of my coins value.

It can be all that bad, many rivers are basically sewers.

Hahahaha

The feed isn't even full text.

On a mac, you can use :r !pbpaste If you're ssh'd somewhere it's a different story. I've seen some things about sharing clipboards across shells, but I've never bothered to set it …

Welcome to the internet.

Filter? See also: You Are Not a Curator http://newcurator.com/2010/03/you-are-not-a-curator/

Not just a drug dealer, but Freeway Ricky Ross, who arguably helped invent crack whose cocaine supplier was the Nicarguan Contras, the CIA-funded army of Iran-Contra fame. I love P…

I love getting articles like this in my RSS feed. I agree that RSS hit a wall in terms of adoption, but it's still the most efficient way to read.

I've used both, and I found that Pentadactyl was MUCH faster. In addition, it handles passthrough keys more sensibly. Vimperator required a plugin, pentadactyl uses the passkeys se…

My advice: don't get a degree in web design. DO go to college and learn about something you're interested in (or just go to figure out what you're interested in!). College should n…

Quick ssh and and start screen: function s() { ssh $1 -t screen -dRR }

And how would you suggest printing the calendar for the year 8?

I wouldn't brag about a simple import breaking your site.

What is the correct terminology?

Identi.ca: http://identi.ca Status.net: http://status.net

I think that in some ways the general trend has been toward you working for your computer instead of your computer working for you. Personally, I get a lot done during the day that…

Unix pipelines are currently in decline Citation needed

I thought they were referencing the ability to find MDMA by searching for 'vice'. You know...they are on a 'roll'.

The airplane, the machine gun, dynamite, radio, lasers, the telephone and cable television have all had similar claims made about them. I would copy and paste it if I could, but th…

Eternal September: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

You don't have to buy the $60 popcorn.

Neat hack, but here is a timer for hot water heaters on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Intermatic-WH21-Electric-Water-Heater/... Anyone considering this should also invest in some i…