This is a very sinister move in my opinion, as the only way we used to get to know about posts being censored in foreign countries is when they disappear from our radars in more free countries. Now the only way we'll know is by running some sort of massively networked diff program, comparing views originating in censored countries with ours.
"where BMW was forced to recall a female-voiced navigation system on its 5 Series cars in the late 1990s after being flooded with calls from German men saying they refused to take directions from a woman"
Urban myth that dovetails nocely with american stereotypical views of foreigners, Germans in particular.
Next July 4th when you're drunk on patriotism and shedding tears while looking at old glory remember that we, the US, are one of the worlds biggest exporters of oppression. Disgusting.
This is exactly how I like to learn, a dew lines about the code, the code, and expected output. Its concise, no crud in there. Its a format i'd like to see more of. I remember reading a C++ book, one of those monster ones from the late 90s that used up about 50 pages printing out encoded resource files, pages and pages of non-human readable crap. (Being a nub at the time I actually typed a lot of it out)
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Us westerners and our silly misunderstanding of the "religion of peace"tm.
...therefore I am a scumbag and should be ashamed of myself?
S&M? lol what is it with microsoft and their naming schemes. Turtle phone anyone?
Damn straight. Catholics don't have the right to say anything about anything!!!! Light your pitchforks brethren!!!!!
Greate excuse for some defensible religion hate..... Almost therapeutic.
From Soviet puppet state to sole voice of freedom and reason in Europe in the space of 20 years. Wow.
This is an investment in whats keeps them alive.
You really think people are going to /NCR? Good for you sparky.
This is a very sinister move in my opinion, as the only way we used to get to know about posts being censored in foreign countries is when they disappear from our radars in more free countries. Now the only way we'll know is by running some sort of massively networked diff program, comparing views originating in censored countries with ours.
Some idiots are always English.
In some varieties of Physics god created the world in 7 days.
www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/abject+lesson.html
US protectionism = patriotism
Foreign country protectionism = communism
now that's meta
Just how are the EU going to enforce that, when they don't have any money?
Enforce what exactly?
Why don't you register it and find out?
Sometimes you just gotta hand it to 'em
Americans fear their government more now than at any time in history. Kind of funny if your from foreignland.
"Repairs to Android smartphones cost wireless carriers $2 billion per year"
many iPhone repairs are paid for by the User. Brittle screen, battery replacements etc.
"where BMW was forced to recall a female-voiced navigation system on its 5 Series cars in the late 1990s after being flooded with calls from German men saying they refused to take directions from a woman"
Urban myth that dovetails nocely with american stereotypical views of foreigners, Germans in particular.
Really? How so? Merely because you were born in it?
Next July 4th when you're drunk on patriotism and shedding tears while looking at old glory remember that we, the US, are one of the worlds biggest exporters of oppression. Disgusting.
I can too but I never knew it was a rare/unusual thing, it just never came up in conversation or ophthalmologist visits. This is strange news indeed.
The Joy of C, 3rd Edition by Lawrence H. Miller and Alexander E. Quilici (Jan 16, 1997)
This is exactly how I like to learn, a dew lines about the code, the code, and expected output. Its concise, no crud in there. Its a format i'd like to see more of. I remember reading a C++ book, one of those monster ones from the late 90s that used up about 50 pages printing out encoded resource files, pages and pages of non-human readable crap. (Being a nub at the time I actually typed a lot of it out)