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GHFigs

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About GHFigs

antisocial media consultant, full-time poor person, allergic to tinfoil

pronouns: z, z, z

Recent public activity

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    Comment #8719337

    I find it difficult to believe that you're truly concerned with 'the value of HN'.

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    Comment #8719014

    While JeorgR's point isn't well articulated There is no point being articulated at all in the above comment. It's an vague insinuation meant to derail. Please don't prop up his shi…

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    Comment #8714928

    "This is the short-term goal to cool the fuel for the F-35; however, the long-term fix is to have parking shades for the refuelers," Resch said. But what color are they going to pa…

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    Comment #8714584

    The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements is a 1951 social psychology book by American writer Eric Hoffer that discusses the psychological causes of fanaticism. T…

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    Comment #8710385

    Change up your metaphor. Sometimes it's best to think of your "stuff" as a stack to go through sequentially, sometimes a library to collect and browse, sometimes transactions to be…

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    Comment #8524040

    Glad to see The Intercept is still bringing those hard-hitting revelatory leaks instead of merely capitalizing on public idolization with hagiographic exclusives.

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    Comment #8474138

    My view of this part of the Constitution is that the person and their device are protected and law enforcement is wrong. You seem to not sharing the Constitution's distinction betw…

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    Comment #8468396

    In the US, major carriers Verizon and Sprint have operated CDMA-based networks whose devices did not use SIM cards. I think it was the iPhone 4 that Apple once shipped 3 different …

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    Comment #8468178

    If you travel to Canada or anywhere else, you take out the Apple SIM and put in your local SIM.

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    Comment #8468144

    You could just take out the Apple SIM.

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    Comment #8466254

    Apple's new campus is powered by the outrage and impatience of people that won't download VLC or ffplay to watch their two-hour commercials before they're available on YouTube.

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    Comment #8429960

    Do you believe that your beliefs are dictated by single "well-timed news articles" directed by "the powers that be"?

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    Comment #8429435

    What happens when they blame strong cryptography for the next gut-wrenching tragedy involving innocent kids and a bombing / school shooting / kidnapping / pedophile? Pedophiles (or…

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    Comment #8424497

    People with ADHD report it significantly improved their lives. The confounding thing with stimulants of all varieties is that even people without any problem tend to report improve…

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    Comment #8398139

    So why not "Windows X"? Oh...

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    Comment #8391631

    I understand where you're coming from. I have an uncle that feels the exact same way about black people and Muslims. Wait, what?

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    Comment #8390734

    They are going straight into "think of the children mode" ... apparently "what about the terrorists?" isn't as effective anymore. "They" in this case is the chief of a metro police…

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    Comment #8390604

    "Instead of criticizing one person based on a picture, I criticize thousands of people based on a picture! That'll show him!"

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    Comment #8390312

    For what it's worth -- and here I have to wonder how much it's worth to criticize someone's point of view based on a photograph of them -- that's a dress uniform . http://en.wikipe…

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    Comment #8178775

    if you already know that you definitely won't be okay This "okayness" is something people determine by looking at their community and peer group, not by looking at statistics. It's…

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    Comment #8178629

    In my experience with a certain retailer, the former is a decision made for you: they'll schedule you for 32-34 hours if they schedule you at all. As soon as you introduce any fric…

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    Comment #8178452

    Give the workers daycare, food, accommodation, training/education and pay them peanuts... In practice, many low-wage workers already get these resources, but via the government (i.…

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    Comment #8153031

    Choose Opera Now, Opt-out of Chrome/Firefox fanboy slapfights.

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    Comment #8116053

    Alternate questions: Why do authors keep using generic and vague titles? Why do submitters keep submitting content with generic and vague titles?