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Commented on National Talk About Something Else Day
Rather than modern politics I am working on a paper about Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and it's reception at the time. Somewhat curious if there were people back then who were as bad at differentiating between satire and actual serious...
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paws4thot commented on
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It is from the Electoral Commission now. When I looked at it earlier, it was a circular reference to this thread. Hence my reaction. Whilst I've normally only acted effectively as a teller (as defined by the EC), I've always been formally registered as a Polling Agent, as has everyone I've known act in either role....
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david.dgreaves.com commented on
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Back to not-politics... So I'm busy working at the Mer Project getting ready for Jolla to launch the UI for their new phone \o/ So what? Well, Mer is a properly open source evolution of MeeGo and many of the guys at Jolla were involved in the Nokia N9 project. It's scary, risky and immensely satisfying ... really looking forward to delivering some answers to Q&A at Slush.fi - btw will someone please ask about the phone's DRM capabilities :D...
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Jim commented on
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My oldest has a learner's permit, which means I sit in the passenger seat with what looks like a nearly constant combination of an asthma attack, Tourette's and arrhythmia....
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Charlie Stross commented on
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American or British? (I'm guessing the former, or you'd have said "a provisional license", but ...)...
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the other rob commented on
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Thanks Charlie, that's reassuring. Now I just have to find a cheap seat and I'll be sorted....
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