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Simon_ORourke

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    Comment #48972628

    Congratulations, the better team on the day won!

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    Comment #47989410

    Would it be a fair analogy that the president is in a constant state of Zugzwang - ever subsequent move he makes only ends up making things worse.

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    Comment #47193145

    I think just forego the hypocrisy and have the Israeli's move the White House over there and put one of their own in it instead of pulling the strings.

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    Comment #47193127

    Are all our foreign policy decisions now made in Tel Aviv to suit Israel?

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    Comment #46474292

    What's the desired strategic outcome here - to remove the incumbent president and his political party from power and replace it with one more favorable to US oil interests? And to …

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    Comment #45880364

    I'm 100% certain the douche who runs Ryanair is extremely concerned about paper waste.

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    Comment #45869335

    Building a tourist app for my local city here upstate New York, since nobody in the local government office can be bothered.

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    Comment #45235189

    The guy made an honest mistake - like that time I mistakenly stayed in the bar across the street from one wedding venue (that I had been invited to) and then tried to mingle with t…

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    Comment #42422584

    How come I've got to this years old and only learned today that there's a "school for poetic computation" that's mentioned in the article.

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    Comment #42422545

    The only thing he's missing is that he did this "for charity".

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    Comment #42417308

    Good God, the absolute stench out of those capsules in Tokyo would not be the first thing a weary traveler would want.

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    Comment #42360817

    It's f*cking hard work, for those in any doubt. It's the most difficult web server config file you've ever to edit at 4am to resolve some production outage, for years, without any …

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    Comment #42360762

    > is a literal terrorist group Some guys doing bad stuff, say other guys doing bad stuff are really bad - trust us - and thus have them added to the definitive naughty list. In cas…

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    Comment #42359180

    But if you remove all the AI nonsense from corporate websites, how will the clueless bozos in charge make kissy faces to investors using "AI" anymore?

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    Comment #42358449

    Neither, just enjoying myself either way.

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    Comment #42355944

    At that age, it's rather simple. Do whatever it takes to get the foot in the door at a FAANG company. Take whatever RSUs they award you and put them in the bank for 10 years. Get p…

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    Comment #42355926

    > * how will Turkey negotiate with this facing the pkk and Kurdish nationalism? Hopefully Turkey does the honorable thing, recognizes an independent Kurdish state and apologizes fo…

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    Comment #42352359

    https://archive.is/XbB0J

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    Comment #42352244

    Nonsense, he'll just pull those forces back to Russia and point them at Ukraine.

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    Comment #42348307

    > We were recently in Portugal. There's a ton of trendy food spots with prices near what we'd pay in HCOL U.S., but there's a ton of really local, mom 'n pop places, with absolutel…

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    Comment #42334101

    As in creating a fake wall next to Gap and living in some ceiling crevice?

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    Comment #42298662

    It's all well and good to be buried on the moon, but hopefully the author's descendants are not left with the tab for the funeral.

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    Comment #42294300

    I would defund many police forces belonging to "constitutional sheriffs" just to put together a fund to translate a few of these scrolls. Granted, it's probably "just" an Epicurean…

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    Comment #42290130

    > If "technical stuff" is your primary interest, you should probably consider changing jobs. This 100%. It seems that you're doing things proficiently enough to keep your job, but …