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Jim_Heckler

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    Comment #36024106

    That's a very odd way to transliterate, especially considering the shch in Khrushchev is the latinization of the letter щ

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    Comment #34162025

    this sounds very much like the keepassxc browser integration

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    Comment #33477715

    an array is used for the last 1-32 elements of the vector (the "tail") so there would be no trie at all, just the tail

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    Comment #33371803

    for paradox fans I highly recommend the author's series analyzing EU4's perspective of history[1]. the role of the player is peculiar in EU4 (and Victoria I believe) in that you pl…

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    Comment #33358032

    from what i can tell, the only things here not supported by CL's LOOP is "continue", and there being named exit points with parameters, though I fail to see the usefulness of that …

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    Comment #32873440

    I'm guessing you use a corporate account and ship international regularly. those discounts can really rack up. try creating a shipment without the account, I doubt its lower than 8…

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    Comment #32866748

    for an envelope its usually between 90 and 120 USD to ship international. not sure if that's what you mean exactly by small parcel.

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    Comment #32251134

    What are you using now? been aching to get off gmail for a while, just haven't found the right alternative that supports IMAP.

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    Comment #32001318

    My biggest problem with most of these libraries is the complete lack of care for efficiency, and some packages use more of these functions than builtins. eg. -map is identical to m…

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    Comment #31492930

    they meant "Logitech MX" not "Cherry MX"

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    Comment #31436313

    I don't see why one would jump to methamphetamine as a prescription when dextroamphetamine is usually at least as effective with fewer adverse effects

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    Comment #31436241

    > Many people experience some of the side effects of ADHD may be a true statement. I think that's exactly what they meant, since they put it in quotes and then go on to say that AD…

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    Comment #30933030

    Not sure if it's included in 28.1, but its been overhauled on master. https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNK1DnPOqms

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    Comment #30803865

    > The rates of middle school girls identifying as something other than CIS are reaching levels as high as 40% in some school districts. > Maybe that is not a problem for some but t…

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    Comment #30651723

    Also try Lispy (only for lisps). Works just like SP and Paredit except most commands require a single unmodified key press, but can only be used when point precedes or follows a de…

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    Comment #30029667

    To be fair, the closest "competitor" is Xournal++, named such in part because its a c++ remake of Xournal, so there's sort of a precedent I guess.

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    Comment #29737657

    Note that these are still stimulants tho. Vyvanse is unique in that its a slightly modified dextroamphetamine (adderall) molecule that gradually gets metabolized by the liver into …

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    Comment #29684921

    Deliriants are fascinating, and the experience sounds absolutely nightmarish. The most interesting thing to me is how the most common feature of every trip of some of the drugs (I …

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    Comment #29633702

    Because dysfunctional thought when alone cannot be challenged, and becomes self reinforcing. A therapist helps a patient examine the ways in which their thinking is detrimental to …

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    Comment #29171563

    Actually I saw a ddg ad on TV. I started rolling my eyes thinking it was a Google ad lying about privacy but was pleasantly surprised by the duck logo.

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    Comment #22156134

    > Additionally, Ray Blanchard, an academic who believes transgenderism is caused by "autogynephilia"/"autoandrophilia" (i.e. a sexual fetish caused by attraction to oneself as the …

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    Comment #20716094

    Ok, here's some https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/2015 - Police departments disproportionately killed black people, who were 41% of victims despite being only 20% of the population…

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    Comment #20314153

    Yes, M-x prettify-symbols-mode, it's very cool. For parens, there's the built-in electric-pair-mode, paredit, smartparens, and lispy.

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    Comment #19311335

    Could you explain what you mean by closures being classes? My only familiarity is from Emacs/Common Lisp and Clojure.

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    Comment #19136160

    And perhaps we could repurpose those semicolons for comment syntax ;-)