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"Consider that we are dealing not so much with the acts themselves but the fantasy of the acts and it becomes possible to discern a line between them. While, in real life, we are unlikely to condone theft and murder, understanding the reality of them,..." [
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"Is there any cultural differences between US and UK dating and sleeping together?
My British and German friends say it's different over there, no one really confirms you're in a "committed" relation.. you just hang out.
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"You heard the phrase "its only takes one rotten apple to spoil the barrel", right? Well it's literally true, and it would be foolish to risk spoilage mix in windfalls in with picked apples if they are not going to be used right away for..." [
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"7 Tips for Climbing to the Top, this is a training regime aimed at racing cyclists but it has something useful takeaway lessons that you can use. Specifically cadence (the speed the pedals turn at). Beginners often make the mistake of using too low a..." [
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"I did a very long distance relationship for the first year with my partner (opposite sides of the Atlantic) and I think the key to it was making sure that we had some sense of connection and involvement with each others lives in between the times we..." [
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"When I write I use the simplest word processor I can in full screen mode, with as many distractions as possible. A typewriter with a spell checker and cut, copy and paste would be adequate. I think it could be improved on however.
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"Self help, mutual aid and the creation of alternatives. All those things that aim to tackle a problem directly rather that bringing about a change in political direction, or relying on the decisions of politicians and/or other people.
After 25..." [
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"It goes wider than just denial, as mitzyjalapeno points out, and covers more than just the (ex-)partners of abusers, who might be seen to have a strong interest in this.
I was abused by a friend of my fathers, something that he (my father) learnt..." [
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"I don't know that it's fair to say that there is more violence committed against women.
I don't think the poster is saying there is more violence against women. Men are a more frequently victims of all categories of violent crime except..." [
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2 months ago
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"Its worth knowing that performance art often occurs under different categories these days. Such as Live Art, Interdisciplinary Arts, or even Media Art. This might help you in finding resources. For instance this page on Career development for..." [
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2 months ago
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"the man is currently not responsible for the decision to have a child, but is equally on the hook for supporting the child.
This simply isn't true. If the man does want to have a child, and the woman does, the man will bear a financial burden he..." [
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2 months ago
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"Add another one here. I have always associated it with a kind of 'projective identity' -- not just remembering something form the outside, but reliving it form the inside as it were. Aside from this I sometimes have only semi-voluntary reactions to..." [
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2 months ago
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"You could sue a PGP based trusted time stamping service such as Stamper which is a kind of electronic equvalent of the sealed envelop method." [
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2 months ago
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"My partner's mother brought me something called TableTopics for xmas in a not so subtle hint. Its basically a perspex cube full of cards with questions on them intended as question starters, so you can pull one out at random. I was a little..." [
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2 months ago
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"Consider the following use cases1:
x27;Women who smoke are no more likely than men to get lung cancer...Our findings suggest that women are not more susceptible than men to the carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoking in the lung"...." [
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3 months ago
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"Erm back to steampunk dildo's.
q.v.Artw. There actually were Victorian steam powered vibrators. Patents were granted to George Taylor, from 1869 to 1882 for various kinds of massage and vibrartory equipment.Taylor is described as having attached..." [
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3 months ago
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"Why am I still doing laundry like it's 1840?
In 1840 you would have been doing your washing by hand, unless you were wealthy enough to be able to pay someone else to do it. The few machines around at the time were hand operated and operated in the..." [
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3 months ago
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"To add to Azlondon's post, its really easy to mirror Debian installs using dpkg --get-selections[>dpkg.out] on the box you want to back up, then [cat dpkg.out] | sudo dpkg --set-selections followed by deselect install on the target box. Here's a..." [
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3 months ago
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"I think Wayward Vagabond and cachondeo45 are onto something. For me right timing is not about the externals of life, but having arrived at the right point in some internal process that bears fruit. So that people develop an attraction to you..." [
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4 months ago
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"Two things that really give the wow factor are combining unusual flavours, and presentation. Here is a recipe that you should be able to cook with average cooking skills and plating instructions.
Salmon with Strawberry Salsa on a bed of Coconut..." [
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4 months ago
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"I recently got a copy of Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects. by Tom Igoe (from Make/O'Reilly) which has some cool projects in the computing/electronics crossover (who doesn't want a networked cat). A lot of them..." [
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6 months ago
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"I can sympathize with this -- I have occasional problems with similar things. A couple of years ago, I faced a situation of a new girl friend who took my aside one day and confessed she didn't think she could have sex with me. As I said I'd had..." [
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6 months ago
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"Radiation is not going to be a problem with wifi, its much less intense than your mobile phone. Remember the Inverse Square Law applies so radiation decreases in proportion to the square of the distance from the aerial. Wifi routers won't fry your..." [
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6 months ago
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"How about a modern version of Charles Booth's poverty maps? While you are here you could take photos from a sample of surviving buildings (and their replacements) to provide a visual reference then combine that with material from the UK census and..." [
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7 months ago
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"Because U2 have have such a Great Record of smart thinking on copyright issues." [
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8 months ago
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"Get thrown out of home, lose your job, get thrown out of your house, get ill, get a mental illness, be an ex-soldier (bonus points for PTSD), be a schizophrenic, become an alcoholic, come from an abusive violent family, become a chronic drug user,..." [
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8 months ago
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"I used to do something very similar by using X-headers to send seemingly innocuous messages with secret messages in them. Basically the email RFC's allow you to set arbitrarily defined headers (similar to To: Subject:) in the format X-Whatever. These..." [
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9 months ago
