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MagnumPIG

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    Comment #26221035

    I assume they did and figured nobody would mistake a chips brand with an FX service. Legally I'm sure it's not a problem.

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    Comment #26211100

    Neither is making a black box a good use of Apple's talents, yet here we are.

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    Comment #26061303

    Thank you for taking the time to write this very in-depth comment, I can say I understand some of these words now!

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    Comment #25439509

    > Their opaque rules have conditioned their counterparties to punish Google as hard as possible for a screwup. Good for karma, bad for everyone though.

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    Comment #25011331

    A long year really

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    Comment #25011138

    "You put the Dinosaur in Dinosaurs" Get outta here!

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    Comment #24904315

    All these metrics are very short-term and the user dissatisfaction builds up over time. It makes sense for everyone involved (the short term is all that counts for investors and CE…

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    Comment #24806014

    This is not entirely correct for French. Though there is an Académie Française in France, it doesn't directly dictate rules to other French-speaking nations and cultures. This is b…

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    Comment #24774109

    This is not really "huge", sorry. For one thing, it's still an intrusive method which requires brain surgery . I expected something like radioactive isotopes but no, this is easily…

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    Comment #24753848

    Is the point of Wine not to avoid giving Microsoft money?

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    Comment #24205811

    Goes to show how great that comic was.

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    Comment #24102212

    > cultural "requirement": clothing that is required to fit into social circles. The shirt would be a good example of this, aswell as the tie. So... fashion?

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    Comment #23951698

    No wonder science journalism has a hard time keeping to the facts, even with direct access to the paper we're upvoting and misunderstanding a paper of trivial significance...

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    Comment #23889851

    Only if you define intelligence tautologically as "this one innate attribute that makes you smart".

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    Comment #23884160

    It's more like the very least we could collectively achieve while remaining functional.

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    Comment #23814085

    Paper straws were never actually better for the environment.

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    Comment #23798035

    But sadly this is not something Google and Microsoft would collaborate on. I would rather expect them to ready the lawyers.

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    Comment #23776962

    I imagine lack of maintenance is a deliberate choice.

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    Comment #23715965

    Depends which users. A lot of teenagers are "mostly on Instagram" or "only use it for Messenger". And teenagers are apparently an important population to marketers. I know FB owns …

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    Comment #23444571

    Wonder where this title comes from? What makes a sense of achievement "false"? As far as I can tell, this isn't defined in the article. Is climbing mount Everest a "true" achieveme…

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    Comment #23436422

    So just STEM bros talking about humanities without understanding them? Must be a Friday.

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    Comment #23371398

    Not sure what you mean by scientific way, as there's no real way to test this objectively, maybe you've just had crap luck On the subject of social skills, there have been many boo…

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    Comment #23318564

    How could this type of blackmail happen if someone was already reviewing the videos manually? Takedowns being automated is fundamentally at odds with free speech.