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Spare_account

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    Comment #49255193

    Here is another way of looking at the same question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49252106

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    Comment #49107491

    >Logically, no, as they all neighbour non-pub locations. I don't understand this response, so I am wondering if I phrased my question badly. The linked article established that the…

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    Comment #49107043

    Is there any (non-pub) location in London that could satisfy the 60 minute requirement?

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    Comment #48368587

    I have about a dozen email aliases associated with my Microsoft account. On the "Your info" page, under "Account info", one of them is described as "The email address you use to si…

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    Comment #47764724

    >it completely solves the issue on any site It doesn't solve the problem with Instagram links, which in my experience do the following: 1) Open a new browser tab, with no history. …

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    Comment #47715085

    As an additional data point, in the UK I can just login to my banking app and remove the authorisation for a particular vendor (or, for people who don't use online banking, I could…

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    Comment #46613897

    From the link I shared: " Today, the USPS receives no direct government or taxpayer funding. "

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    Comment #46600786

    https://www.britannica.com/question/How-is-the-USPS-funded > the USPS faced financial difficulties, posting losses of $6.5 billion in fiscal 2023 and $8 billion in fiscal 2024, lea…

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    Comment #46383546

    You're not expected to know the answers without doing research. https://britbrief.co.uk/education/schools/king-williams-coll... > The paper carries a telling Latin motto: "Scire ub…

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    Comment #46310679

    The mods are active (and have even commented in this thread) and have a clearly stated set of objectives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309399 https://hn.algolia.com/?date…

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    Comment #46202656

    Sorry, I should have said, I'm on Android 16, Firefox 145.0.2 (Build #2016128151)

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    Comment #46202346

    For some reason I can't paste my email address into the email address field when I try to sign up

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    Comment #46202283

    Thank you. I already had that setting enabled, but your comment inspired me to review all the settings again and I have been successful in hiding Shorts from view (for now, until G…

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    Comment #46191604

    To be clear, I have revanced and use it daily. I'm just too stupid to be able to figure out how to hide Shorts

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    Comment #46191205

    How do you hide Shorts? I can't figure out how to do it.

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    Comment #46073933

    I have installation media for MS Office 2010 in my desk drawer. If I lose the disc, I wouldn't expect Microsoft to replace it for me. I'm afraid I don't really understand what the …

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    Comment #46068908

    Yes, my understanding is that the 600 year figure was arrived at assuming that there is iterative progress in propulsion technology throughout the intervening years. But at the end…

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    Comment #46068104

    For anyone interested, this is approximately the wait/walk dilemma, specifically the interstellar travel subset: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait/walk_dilemma#Interstellar... I w…

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    Comment #45833790

    I'm fascinated at the number of people on an ostensibly techincal website who don't learn how their equipment works. You've summed up in a few sentences exactly how mine works, but…

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    Comment #45833659

    Does the Samsung use the same drying method as the LG did? Older dryers (that needed a vent) were inefficient, but faster at drying. They constantly pumped damp, heated air out of …

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    Comment #45653419

    It was implicit, at least to my eye, that other explanation which was being offered a counterpoint was the grandfather comment. For clarity, I will include both here: The two expla…

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    Comment #45619843

    How can we discuss if we are talking about different things?

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    Comment #45540458

    Were these pilots undertrained?