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HedgeSparrow

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    Comment #18850729

    Ah, so you're asking what race analyst74 is.

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    Comment #18797265

    Why is it people think being "honest and transparent" means being rude and mean? Tact is also a useful skill.

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    Comment #17734584

    I also suspect fatigue. For a lot of US citizens, the war has taken place a for a majority of their (our) life.

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    Comment #17312511

    I am pretty sure this acquisition would just make Comcast a bigger "near monopoly" in both industries of "things," but I see where you're coming from.

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    Comment #17294253

    I agree with you for the first two points, but Supersize Me is a sham of science.

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    Comment #17175256

    Exactly. > No, common sense says people and companies will chose providers with best coverage at lowest price. This is basically the argument Comcast uses to justify their de facto…

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    Comment #16572860

    I think you can just escape contrivance if you make the success come at great personal cost. Of course, if the cost is too great it becomes a tragedy.

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    Comment #16572238

    I've got a question: to what extent can they dish up the "Terms of Service" argument? That is, can they refuse to fly you (domestic) if you refuse to comply because it's a "term of…

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    Comment #16475282

    That's interesting to read in conjunction with the article. I wonder if it's a similar scenario in a lot of gender-skewed mental disorders. Perhaps many of them only appear to be m…

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    Comment #16398061

    It's more an issue of producers trying to control User Experience right down to the nitty gritty of what stays up-to-date on a device they've already purchased and are trying to us…

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    Comment #16397978

    This makes sense to me as a Venmo equivalent, but doesn't Chase have a QuickPay feature that uses Zelle? Is it more secure from there or corner-cutting?

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    Comment #16396539

    A facet of their character, expressed in a specific environment, is still a part of their character. Your behavior, wherever you are, is who you are.

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    Comment #16388930

    That's a good approach. I suspect, for others (and in my experience) when one consistently comes to The Difficult Card, they might have spent more time remembering that it was hard…

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    Comment #16388678

    Yeah, absolutely don't buy from your college bookstore. Hell, just purchasing the book from Amazon cut the cost by at least a third for just about every item.

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    Comment #16369539

    These are good points. I think the reason this kind of conflict really rubs the wrong way is because these kinds of things tend to have sour legacy effects at inopportune moments.