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MrFoof
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Comment #44980818
Based on what's still around, likely the one (now rebranded a Star Market, same holding company) in Porter Square, right by Porter Square station. Based on what I recall, I believe…
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Comment #44628460
Possible outcome: Gray goo scenario ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo ) A recent "popular culture" reference to the scenario mentioned in the article is the video game, "Hor…
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Comment #44527838
Agreed. For anyone thinking the above comment might be mean spirited, here's why it's not: * In 2017, there were ~1,108,400 US high school football players. * In 2017, there were ~…
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Comment #44025269
Not California, but recently I had "SIXSPD" denied by a state after putting the first known 6-speed manual (all were sold as dual-clutch automatics) in an enthusiast car. I was tol…
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Comment #42658635
I was past edit window.
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Comment #42658245
I got that wrong. “You know what they call the Hunger Games in France? Battle Royale with Cheese.” Too many things going on, typed it in backwards!
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Comment #42657774
Big money! Big prizes! … IIIII LOVE IT!
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Comment #42657765
You know what they call Battle Royale in France? Hunger Games with Cheese. I saw Battle Royale as a subbed bootleg around 20 years ago. Fantastic B-movie, and I understand some of …
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Comment #41260261
mspt was consistently ~20msec. It’s why the rubber banding surprised me: everything was great until it wasn’t. Realm of the Mad God will make your game seem “comfy speed” by compar…
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Comment #41258238
Simple and fun. In my very first game I got to Rank 6 with 24K points. However, there's some cases where the client and server get out of sync (despite only supposed 10-20ms latenc…
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Comment #41180596
Yes, Boston is considered the educational capital of the planet. Boston itself is about 700,000 people, but if you extend things to a 20 mile radius from Boston (say from DTX), in …
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Comment #40890164
>Potentially it's items that move very very low volume but provide significant value by being available? That doesn't matter, and exactly why corporate brought it up. Again, opport…
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Comment #40887284
What was more surprising to me is the realization by corporate that 40% of the in-store SKUs in their US stores (in a given location) only sold through 1 or fewer units per month. …
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Comment #40569235
It appears that today Coffeezilla has put his first investigative video out on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUkajbg688
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Comment #40423352
30+ year old established case precedent disagrees with you: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/communications... https://casetext.com/case/waits-v-frito-lay-inc
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Comment #40125175
Would love to see a postmortem once it's dealt with.
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Comment #40111415
Not where I am. At my local Home Depot, all the staffed registers are long unavailable, with the exception of one in the "pro" section. There are self-checkout registers... but the…
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Comment #39911971
This is like learning that there actually 1000 tiny elves inside of your television drawing the pictures. This a real-life, genuine Flintstones-esque cartoon gag.
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Comment #39462000
I agree the math is a bit off, so let's look at the percentages. The current Toyota Corolla, in 3-box sedan form, starts at 119,800 RMB in China. The BYD Qin is also a 3-box sedan,…
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Comment #38982342
The most expensive ($8.09) in Lee, MA is in a highway rest stop plaza about 110 miles west of Boston near the state’s western border (just outside the Berkshires) that is well know…
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Comment #38962497
"UniversalHub" is a play on the old shtick that Boston is the "Hub of the Universe." As a Bostonian, it's a reasonably well known local news blog run primarily by one individual (A…
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Comment #38958298
Ubiquiti's U7-Pro has not only already launched, but mine was delivered a few hours ago. There's already reviews up (including YouTube) as well. If you want MU-MIMO (so 4x4 or more…