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Glanford

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    Comment #25957404

    One of the problems with treating terminals like other text input contexts is that they're inherently different and you're going to constantly run into issues when the context swit…

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    Comment #25623798

    In this particular case 'it's' can also be possessive although it's considered non-standard, so to be correct you can always treat it like a contraction of 'it is'.

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    Comment #25610732

    That's what I was thinking as well, it's not uncommon to find translations of the Icelandic sagas along side original manuscripts or even Beowulf for that matter, but it's understa…

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    Comment #25607615

    It's important to remember that modern translations exist because language and cultural contexts change over time, this is true for both classical and more recent texts. A classic …

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    Comment #25294689

    Nobody is asking that warehouse workers or store clerks be paid ridiculous amounts like $120k/yr, a fair liveable wage will do, failing that a lot of the problems would be resolved…

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    Comment #25180775

    Full quote for context: >Plenty of companies, indeed entire industries, base their business model on being evil. The insurance business, for instance, depends on the fact that insu…

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    Comment #25028730

    While that is a problem it's a fairly harmless one to have, the company can't profit any more off of your work than anybody else can and you're not really losing anything by the co…

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    Comment #24889320

    >Is GCHQ having such difficulty finding staff? They're trying but apparently there's not enough ballet dancers to fill all the roles.

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    Comment #24824438

    Both are due to the same photoelectric effect according to Wikpedia, however it doesn't seem like xenon flashes are the most suitable thing to erase those chips and I don't think u…

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    Comment #24813319

    In general try to stick to the larger distributors or suppliers like Mouser, Farnell (or CPC in the UK), RS Components, Digi-Key, etc, or your countries closest equivalent assuming…

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    Comment #24759757

    A considerable controversy exists over the fact that the IPs were allocated to the global amateur radio community to be self-administered, but due to the sale the 044/8 block is no…

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