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Varcht

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About Varcht

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    Comment #22571376

    I was initially impressed that Google was stepping up to get this up for the good of the country. I'm not the best estimator (a good manager will double what I tell them) but I thi…

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    Comment #20782690

    https://dnyuz.com/2019/08/20/now-bigger-than-ebay-shopify-se...

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    Comment #20781079

    Somehow, comrade porcupine, I feel we could save some time if we just agree to disagree. https://qz.com/1691785/chinas-paying-to-build-its-influence-...

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    Comment #20780071

    No argument on that. I just don't quite believe that the "west created it", I guess it's possible that it was willful and meant to prove the communist utopian ideal...

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    Comment #20779203

    I think there was some hope that capitalism would bring about democracy. It hasn't quite worked out (yet?).

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    Comment #20779166

    This type of argument always kind of bothers me as well, be nice to state it as "helped create" or something but then there is a lot to say for the old saying "If you are not part …

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    Comment #20778968

    This should be called what it was originally "spooky action at a distance". Calling it teleportation is marketing.

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    Comment #19639849

    I am not an attorney but this guy is https://attorney-myers.com/2013/11/surveillance_cameras_reas...

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    Comment #19635148

    In the US there is the concept of "Expectation of Privacy" [0] so it depends. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy

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    Comment #19586858

    Counting by those apprehended is a pretty poor metric. Correlation, blah, blah, blah

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    Comment #19586767

    I've been on sabbatical for a while but a while back it was pretty much C, C or C.

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    Comment #19565414

    Are you stalking me?

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    Comment #19565304

    Why do you think this is an attempt at humor? I would say this is what is often referred to as a thought exercise.

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    Comment #19564579

    I think it got a valid thought across. It works as a sort of shorthand. Would have been 3x longer in essay form.

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    Comment #19467482

    Cars don't poop.

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    Comment #19467451

    What would it cost to make this happen?

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    Comment #19404786

    Anyways, Beto will always be a wizard in my book.

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    Comment #19404526

    To be fair, we had not and have not stipulated what we mean when we say "floppy". Maybe you were a rich kid but a lot of us were still on some pretty low density stuff into the lat…

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