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alternative use for GoogleTranslate: use it as a reverse-proxy to access web-pages which are blocked for you #security #hackoftheday # @The_Real_Schiff only for your cholesterol in reply to The_Real_Schiff #

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Watching #bbcrevolution episode 4 and it really gets on my tits http://is.gd/90BMK – premise so far is "OMG THE WEB IS WEIRD" Sociology 1.0 # #bbcrevolution as @adriana872 says, it's like a 19th century blacksmith looking at the automobile: "our children won't value horseshoes!" # #bbcrevolution "is it bad that you'd drop 10 FB friends…

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@altepper I don't. I don't like beliefs you have to pay for when you could get the same benefit for free… in reply to altepper # @altepper …and if you only can believe by paying the money then it's a Gödelian version of "a fool and his money…" in reply to altepper # @altepper A…

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must-read for programmers: http://www.cenqua.com/commentator/ # There was a time Gerry Adams could not be broadcast on TV; now he's presenting Bible History documentary on Channel4 #worldchangedwordsfail # All the "Three Strikes And You're Out" makes me think: wouldn't the world be better if the USA had adopted Cricket? http://bit.ly/bJcTfo # Experimenting with Skype Beta 2.1.0.81…

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must-read for programmers: http://www.cenqua.com/commentator/ # There was a time Gerry Adams could not be broadcast on TV; now he's presenting Bible History documentary on Channel4 #worldchangedwordsfail # All the "Three Strikes And You're Out" makes me think: wouldn't the world be better if the USA had adopted Cricket? http://bit.ly/bJcTfo # Experimenting with Skype Beta 2.1.0.81…

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Dear LazyWeb: How do REST APIs generally deal with HEAD requests, if at all? (joke answers also welcome) # @beng so just treat HEAD as a truncated synonym for GET and ignore the POST, DELETE and PUT URLs? Sounds doable… in reply to beng # #themineproject – "if you wanna be social, go somewhere else".…

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BWAHAHAHA! "ShadyURL: Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening" RT @nmeth: http://bit.ly/acfy6S #stopshortening # Sample #ShadyURL – http://5z8.info/trojan_w3x7s_super-nsfw # ALERT: FACEBOOK VIRUS – There's an "X likes your photo" app which you join and which spreads itself virally to your contacts. I just got hit # FB VIRUS: symptom is you receive…

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We Am French Connection. We you grammar LOLcat are. Originally uploaded by alecmuffett it’s not even ironic.

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Is it me, or does #googleGroups not send you back your own copy of anything you send out to a maillist? # Must be one hell of a view from the Sculptor dwarf galaxy: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/sattelit.html # @darrenmoffat damn – that's… basically it. I wonder if it has a software keyboard? in reply to darrenmoffat #…

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One can only wonder what would have happened to international politics of the past decade, if #4chan had been the UN weapons inspectors # @ikawnoclast funny how little that list changes, innit? 🙂 in reply to ikawnoclast # …and I'm amazed few people wonder why I tend to be reticent about my location : RT…

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Some guy on the train tried pitching me a scientology course last night, and this morning someone at home offering bible-study classes. Odd # @garethr obliged! although data-portability is really kinda the opposite end of the spectrum from what i'll be talking about at #djugl in reply to garethr #

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