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RubberBallsAndLiquor · 25 days

They look more like trash cans to me. Compare: http://www.flickr.com/photos/frau-g/4592466397/

_repost_ · 27 days

That's why he's investing in space now!

jrv · 1 month

Oops, I should've linked to the unpaginated version: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/going-with-the-flow-google/all/1

DoctorTurkleton · 1 month

It's not: http://zero1magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Caput_HarmonyKorine2.jpg

maxwellhill · 1 month

It is true that they have a lot of similarities in their programs when it comes to civil liberties. Indeed, FDP member Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger achieved some victories on this front (internet censorship, data retention, ...). However, I got the impression that recently the rest of the FDP has focussed more on serving the rich and being dishonest than really caring all that much for civil liberties anymore.

maxwellhill · 1 month

Indeed. Should the Pirate Party be able to hold its third place in the German party system, it will be quite an influential opposition in parlament. If it gained even more points, it might even become part of a governmnet colation, though this would probably be too early for this young party during their first appearance in national parlament. In fact, you can already observe all of our established parties panicking and trying to do good "internet stuff" now (establishing working groups that should deal with internet rights, etc.).

maxwellhill · 1 month

This list is what they say they stand for (well, approximately). In reality, many of them throw their positions out the window whenever it is politically opportune.

maxwellhill · 1 month

Only that this one is going in the direction of more democracy, civil liberties and tolerance. So no need to feel edgy this time around...

maxwellhill · 1 month

7.4% or even 9% are completely astounding numbers for a very new party in Germany. The German media is pretty much only reporting about the Pirate Party every other day now since months.

maxwellhill · 1 month

Very roughly:

Greens = environmental protection

Social democrats (SPD) = workers' rights (well, a long time ago...)

CDU = general conservative party

liberals (FDP) = less taxes and more freedoms for companies and the rich

Lefts (Linke) = social justice, more money for the poor, etc.

maxwellhill · 1 month

Here's a Google translation of the main points:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.piratenpartei.de%2FParteiprogramm

However, agreements on further topics are under heavy development and the party expects to have full coverage of a much broader spectrum political issues soon[TM].

maxwellhill · 1 month

Google Translation of the German Pirate Party's main agenda:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.piratenpartei.de%2FParteiprogramm

RoCon52 · 2 months

I guess the subreddit is just really empty?

RoCon52 · 2 months

See http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/rcctl/today_i_was_banned_from_ruglypeople_this_was_is/c44pr87

You'd have to disable their custom stylesheet, I guess.

RoCon52 · 2 months

I guess most people will know how this works and how it gets your username, but if anyone is wondering: r/uglypeoplealliance is a "normal" subreddit, but with a custom CSS stylesheet: http://www.reddit.com/r/uglypeoplealliance/stylesheet.css?v=b9e5bc6b28ee4404a013db473d2e0b4a

This stylesheet contains sections like:

span.user a.login-required:after {
    content: "You are beautiful.";
    font-size: 48pt
}

which puts the "You are beautiful" text right after your login name (which is always somewhere on the page anyways). And of course it formats your login name to look like this text and hides all the regular stuff you would see on a subreddit normally.

oh-matthew · 2 months

G+ doesn't even have a "wall", so you'd have to make a normal post shared explicitly with the birthday person, which is awkward.

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