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Phobophobia

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    Comment #27962753

    Corporate socialism. What a loaded phrase. I can't wait to use it in different connotations to bring more attention to the flip flopping of perspectives on fiscal policy between in…

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    Comment #26716753

    I wish. Status has even less adoption and dev support. If I have bugs on signal for MMS with my carrier, I presume any smaller niche messenger will be tougher to have loved ones ad…

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    Comment #25672038

    You used to be able to use WhatsApp and not have a Facebook account (for the obvious reasons).

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    Comment #25672029

    Can't use SMS/MMS with people internationally who do not have an international mobile plan. If they also do not have a then WhatsApp is the next option short of email.

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    Comment #25419736

    Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but I feel this could be a major privacy negative if this means all platforms require identification verification (i.e all sites with an acco…

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    Comment #25366262

    Mind posting a zillow link or similar? I'm evaluating moving to different metro areas, and my research for Minnesota yielded higher costs.

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    Comment #24723895

    Honeywell divested from the defense sector a couple decades ago, spinning off "Alliant Techsystems" and sending debt along with the new company. ATK went on to be successful, merge…

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    Comment #24624345

    There are a lot of great counter arguments to what you said, but as someone who is from the Twin Cities and studied in Chicago, I'd recheck each trip and always go car or plane. Of…

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    Comment #24267302

    I actually recommend Gitlab pages. I prefer their allowance of private repos. I made a guide [1] on how to switch from Github to Gitlab pages. I use Gitlab for my static sites and …

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    Comment #21906920

    Don't most people within the HN demographic mouse over to see the link in emails?

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    Comment #20863200

    Can confirm

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    Comment #20517092

    I generally concur. Living in Japan for a month, attending budget and 5-star accommodations and dining, it was very streamlined to have minimal tipping expected [or unexpected].

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    Comment #19908895

    The University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies, Accessibility Observatory has been working on such tools to provide a connection between studies and analysis and ap…

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    Comment #19826445

    Between the several HN threads on this, this is just what I was missing. Thanks for clarifying it is the defaults which change. That is completely acceptable. It's like any other f…

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    Comment #19690403

    Just to be devil's advocate: Google is notorious for having separate siloed teams that do not share efficiencies or updates (eg. Hangouts and other messengers). A company like Goog…

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    Comment #19396444

    He's also not the founder of Tesla :P