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Cowicide

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    Comment #17922434

    The only thing that breaks my heart with Facebook going wayside is I know of many people with illnesses who use Facebook as one of their only outreaches for family and friends. Rea…

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    Comment #17921809

    Did this also affect the Mac Chrome version of this extension? I just checked a few minutes ago and I'm on version 3.39.5. I was never asked to escalate privileges when I assume it…

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    Comment #17831085

    That's a great way to quit a lot of bad habits including smoking. When you feel the urge to smoke or vape, take that energy and use your hand on something positive such as a quick …

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    Comment #17831030

    I see, thank you for the clarification.

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    Comment #17830978

    I was thinking the exact, same thing as I read that. Burning Man has become what every human endeavor does once it gets "popular". Exploited. Seeing this in city after city across …

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    Comment #17830818

    Up to 4%? Wouldn't that simply be considered cost of business for some corporations? Pay less in security, etc. and just consider the 4% a smaller tax of sorts?

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    Comment #17051143

    Yep, a picture of SpongeBob made me vote for Bernie instead of Hillary. Had nothing to do with her record or anything.

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    Comment #15407466

    For those wondering what this is, I grabbed this from the zip file: = Cowboy Cowboy is a small, fast and modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP. == Goals Cowboy aims to provide a comple…

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    Comment #13805778

    Apple Safari support in the future? Also, if I'm using a self-updating malware blocklist within extensions such as Ablock Plus, how would Apozy do better than that to prevent phish…

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    Comment #13805020

    >the core OS is strong. It works, it doesn't crash, Windows almost never crashes for me, but I haven't had a system crash on my Macs in close to a decade even after updating the OS…

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    Comment #13804707

    >On the opposite side, most of the people who prefers Windows complains that OS X lacks support (ie. a huge library of software, backwards compatibility, etc.). I've been very impr…

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    Comment #13797574

    What's faster, specifically? I'm running both and they're both equally snappy even though the macOS has superior functionality with Mission Control, etc. compared to Windows half-b…

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    Comment #13797466

    What makes Windows 10 better than macOS Sierra, in your opinion? I use both every day for similar projects and find that Windows 10 is lacking compared to Sierra overall.

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    Comment #13777617

    What's your practical alternative for WiFi security than WPA2-AES?

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    Comment #13690765

    It's not strange to see downvotes, IMO. Industry spends a tremendous amount of money and resources attacking our more sustainable energy future with rampant FUD. They want to milk …

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    Comment #13653702

    Some of the wording seems a bit too advanced to throw on a newbie right away. I would massage the content with a more relatable, visual representation: >HTML is for adding meaning …

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    Comment #9828817

    Well, the fired worker who has cancer made a post where he thanked Ellen Pao and Reddit for paying for his COBRA insurance for up to a year after his firing. So, I'm not sure he wa…

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    Comment #9610664

    Obama needs to issue Snowden a pardon of some sort and allow this whistleblower to come home without fear of retribution for helping to defend our U.S. Constitution.

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    Comment #9379260

    That's a nice, oversimplified, right-wing talking point, but there also happens to be a huge disparity in per-pupil spending in Washington-area schools: [1] http://blogs.edweek.org…

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    Comment #9379235

    >People keep saying that, but they leave out the fact that the worst school districts--but urban ones--also have the highest per student spending. It's hard to follow your jumbled …

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    Comment #9353425

    >the USA is one of the top spenders per student in the world. People keep saying this, but they leave out the fact that it's not spent equally in all places. In poor neighborhoods,…

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    Comment #9323528

    Could this be done with jpeg and gif compression? For example, could Adobe's apps export jpegs laced with patterns within the compressed pixels that could be traced back to the own…

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    Comment #9323508

    I'll be impressed when Netflix finally opens up enough to allow it to work with Kodi without having to jump through mindless Chrome hoops to make Netflix (barely) work with it. The…

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    Comment #9279907

    >The attitude of the managers involved was wrong. That's a very corporate shill way of putting it. Their actions were murderous. They let people DIE. Do you not GET THIS somehow or…