mitchellhislop

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Geek | Marketer | Developer | Gamer mitch (at) mph.io

Blog at mph.io

Work: broadhead

twitter: @mitchellhislop

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Comment · 9 years ago
It's at the bottom of the settings menu - click the little Overcast logo in the top left and scroll down.

(Just went through this exercise to find it last week)

Comment · 10 years ago
Freedom (TM) is the sequel, and the author (Daniel Suarez) has a few other near-term what-if-this-all-goes-skynet books which are equally good.
Comment · 12 years ago
You can setup custom emojis in Slack!
Comment · 12 years ago
Rackspace has been a publicly traded company for a while now, and launched in 1998. They are way bigger than Digital Ocean.
Comment · 13 years ago
I read (I can't remember where) that Fairfax was $250 million of that $1bn new convertible debt
Comment · 13 years ago
Not to mention that she paid for it herself.
Comment · 13 years ago
> I only read this news because it was posed here -- no email notification

There was an email notification a few days ago.

Comment · 13 years ago
Uneditreddit?
Comment · 13 years ago
Rackspace's goal is to kill the patents. The people can move on, but the would need new IP.
Comment · 13 years ago
Could I talk you into sharing that list?

I have been thinking I should be more proactive with my congresscritters. It seems I am always sending reactive messages.

Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
You are right on that citation. Awesome, awesome book that really opened my eyes (as a 24 year old) as to just how far things had come.
Comment · 13 years ago
I have seen a few knife groups using this exact same reasoning - I think it just gets heard less because the firearm part of the "arms" is the hot national topic, and Congress has made very few laws that limit knives/other arms - most of those are state laws.
Comment · 13 years ago
>I fail to see the non-weapon use for a knife that is small (and therefore concealable) and also opens quickly

I am an Eagle scout. Being able to quickly pull a knife out and open it one handed, due to it being assisted opening and small enough to clip into my pocket, has been beneficial more time than I can count.

I have had a knife in my pocket nearly every day since high school. I have used it thousands of times in that time period. I never once used it as a weapon.

Comment · 13 years ago
> clearly intended to be used as weapons

Knives are horrible, horrible weapons.

These are clearly NOT intended to be used as weapons, as they are normal, everyday lock-back knives. Knives intended to be weapons, such as those modeled after the Krambit design, are fairly rare in public, especially among people who use knives (their shape and features make them much less useful). Your outrage is misplaced - we are not having a weapon talk.

Google not allowing ads for something that is legal is bullshit. Them not allowing ads for some people, but allowing them for others, over the same product, is evil.

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