I'll bite. I use BTC to rent very cheap shells oversees. I mostly just install squid proxy and then see what it's like to browse ads from that part of the world. It is kind of a cheap vacation surrogate (yes I know I need a girlfriend. Know anyone?). Anyway BTC makes this far easier because I don't have to involve my credit card company who tends to get nervous when small charges from remote companies show up along-side my normal expenses.

What you say is entirely true and I have nothing to add other then "getting it right" also include logistics and the original point still stands. We will happily wait while Valve gets it right.

all of us? not quite. the survivors might get to ponder that

Hmm yeah those are pretty much all the reasons I have for doing it as well. It's not that I have anything to hide but this way if I accidentally click on a NSFW link I can quickly close the window and no harm is done.

I'm curious about your proxy switcher plugin because %100 of the proxy plugins I've tried simply do nothing. I just use firefox for proxied browsing and chrome for browsing my company's domains.

For nearly a decade I've been using ssh tunnel for nearly all my web traffic just as a habit. Does this really defeat most attacks effectively?

*cheers*

Most people in my family tend to agree with you. We are all craftsmen and they scoff at the idea of paying to work out in a gym when it's not unusual to move a ton or so of material during a day on a job AND get paid for it. Unfortunately their bodies are rapidly deteriorating and their mobility impaired due to bone spurs, nerve damage, and other issues associated with repetitive motion.

This is why I exercise. There are muscles I like to use and muscles I need to use. A solid exercise routine ensures that I branch out and use everything my body needs to stay in balance. The first time a doctor told my uncle he needed to exercise to fix his back, he wanted to fight him. Turns out he was only using half his back and the other half was atrophied. He did not listen and now his bone spurs are so bad he cannot wash his own neck. That is what happens when you continue to ignore these symptoms.

I had similar issues and the physical therapist explained it was a few tiny muscles in my back that I didn't even know existed. The rehab was painful at first but now I can do these reps while sitting in an office chair and I have full range of motion in my neck again.

In Seattle the restaurant industry does indeed have to pay minimum wage. It's not even a 'tipped minimum wage' where they can average your tips in. Even the busboys make at least minimum wage + tips in this city. The rest of what you say is generally correct in my opinion as the economy of this city is so wild it's tough to narrow down much causality.

a good reason to be pessimistic.

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What happens when you've got 1000 distinct numbers and a 6 gets OCR'd into an 8 and it's in the ten-thousands column. May as well just type them in if you care about the data. If you don't care and just want to look like you've done the work then this is a great solution.

The whole point of a spreadsheet is to ensure accurate data. If there is just some OCR being done on a lossy image how much faith are you willing to put in the results? The story says you can manually inspect the table to ensure accuracy but is that much better then hand entering data?

I get the old frustrations based on cassettes but they have some notable advantages.

These days when I want some tunes I have to open the interface, wait for it to load, update the software, probably look at an advertisement, then I get to decide what to listen to. Tapes you just push play.

Sure I might not find the exact song you want but usually that isn't important to me. I like the music and so I'll listen to whatever the position is at the moment. It's great for quick background music.

Also the #1 feature everyone in this thread has overlooked is how great they are for audiobooks. You can instantly pause, even lose power and the story will resume exactly where you left off. I can't tell you how many times I've lost my position in a digital story and had to spend 5 minutes trying to get back without spoiling the ending.

As other's have noted they are GREAT for making your own mixes. What is wrong with having another format around?

it was repealed when Amazon's bought-and-paid-for politician (Mayor Jenny Durkan) got her orders. Don't be fooled for a second they will never leave Seattle.

can you support that claim? This is NYC not Fife, AL