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DaemonHN

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    Comment #48888120

    The sad part is that Speed Queen, while absolutely worth it, costs 2-3x the price of the average pile of junk sold in [Home Depot, Lowes, etc]. Buy once, cry once and a legit examp…

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    Comment #47133030

    Terrible article. Broch's story is a tragedy but one that's tenuously linked to that famous painting. I kept reading waiting for the substance promised by "life imitating art" and …

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    Comment #12204197

    In my opinion, replacing ads is worse than simply ad-blocking. Imagine a scenario where a replaced ad actually degraded the website's performance more so than the website's own ads…

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    Comment #9866422

    No, I don't use NoScript, just uBlock. It seems to be sort of intermittent, as when I pulled it up again, I got the title loaded, but still blank page.

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    Comment #9866387

    I think all the HN traffic might have crushed the website - I'm getting a blank page and when I refresh it seems to be stuck. Not very encouraging, assuming they're using it to ser…

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    Comment #9820560

    Yeah, this seemed more like a listing of the operating systems than a comparison.

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    Comment #9468918

    Thank you, that worked great as it had majority of my library saved in JSON format.

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    Comment #7740921

    I was also expecting a new GUI shell and used to run GeoShell and Litestep. I got somewhat excited and hoped that there might be a resurgence in the popularity of Windows shells bu…

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    Comment #7191281

    But this wouldn't affect Apple as much. By destroying the phone, they're effectively reducing the number of users. If they sold it, the number of iPhone users stays the same. Not t…

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    Comment #6890877

    The controls are pretty horrible, especially when using the mouse and the cursor leaves the viewport.

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    Comment #6889969

    I wouldn't be surprised if they try to sneak in a provision in the Terms of Service prohibiting VPN use.

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    Comment #6889705

    What if they made the door-to-door delivery a premium subscription that one could opt-in? That could provide some revenue to offset the losses they are posting. If you decided not …

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    Comment #5864861

    I don't see what this has to do with iOS7 looking similar to Windows. See: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/tu-quoque

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    Comment #4497022

    It was Amazon's existing customers that requested that the book be published according to the article.

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    Comment #1508283

    I used to do that all the time (until I grew a beard), but I would only do it after taking a shower. I found that shaving cream just got in the way.

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    Comment #1361006

    I think it might have been taken down (for whatever reason).

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    Comment #1277507

    What you have is a plan that provides _up_ to 20Mbps. Since you're most likely a residential customer, there are no service level agreements that you can hold your ISP to.