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Willwhatley

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About Willwhatley

Computer Science Student

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    Comment #38050003

    I request you post your "To-read," "Reading now," and "Have read" lists.

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    Comment #37226519

    ; I call this "Tilde opens Notepad" after yours, devindotcom. ; It is made in Autohotkey2. `:: ; Tilde key { If WinActive("Untitled - Notepad") or WinActive("*Untitled - Notepad") …

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    Comment #17848988

    I am able to navigate to the page just now. In case there is still a problem: https://web.archive.org/web/20180827010038/https://www.comst...

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    Comment #17153793

    Ok, thanks. I do not get over the pond much.

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    Comment #17153784

    NIH doesn't seem to make sense as "next of hop" or "not in here", and search for this initialism is obfuscated by the National Institute of Health. Mind expanding NIH?

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    Comment #17144833

    Are their only sites in Hong Kong and Macau? This is the site linked from the only location I could find in Google Maps. http://global.marksandspencer.com/hk/store-locator/

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    Comment #6476170

    How do interns work? (In the general sense of compliance with the minimum wage statute.)

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    Comment #5961608

    I detect a nod here to Dwarf Fortress.

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    Comment #4608358

    Shaving soap. Also see double edged razors.

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    Comment #4327360

    It must surely happen coincidentally sometimes. Nevertheless, your choice of adjectives made me think you might have had this in mind: 'big, fat, slobbering pig' http://www.youtube…

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    Comment #4252662

    I don't do this based on specific people; it's more, "I'm having some friends for supper this Wednesday. You coming?" K.I.S.S.-- this admit's of a binary argument only.

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    Comment #3859047

    Without meaning to be tedious, Daniel do you mind explaining what a metric (a measurement?) is, what a structured observation is, and (if not immediately clear) add a sentence or t…

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    Comment #3729022

    What would you call the primary property(/ies) of democracy?

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    Comment #3707419

    The States are not a democracy. They are a democratic (all citizens) republic (government by proxy vote). See nitrogen''s reply. A democracy would indeed find it easy to change suc…

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    Comment #3661720

    It's a point on a subjective continuum of how responsive the car ui is. If cars are not your preferred tool, you likely don't care and won't notice differences that would stand out…

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    Comment #3659572

    An alternative reading: 'in this day and age' might refer to some future of extravagant wealth only surpassed by the generosity and grace with which the inhabitants thereof adorn t…

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    Comment #3592727

    What I take to be your mistake ('fax' for 'wax poetic') is an intriguing Freudian slip in this context.

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    Comment #3415748

    Human trafficking is the new drugs. Apparently it's enormously more profitable to import sex workers and keep them in a kind of narcotic/whatever assisted slavery, because of the r…

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    Comment #3415742

    My understanding is World War I. Apparently passports and visas were an innovation inspired by the militarism and nationalism that swept Europe at the beginning of the twentieth ce…

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    Comment #3310255

    What a pity (well, not really) that race, whatever that is, is a false proxy for the diversity of outlook desired. What a shame it is far more likely to be shown by e.g.: personali…

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    Comment #3257413

    For the same reason that pizza delivery drivers (ahem) do. The Internet is wide open, and even aspirational hackers and wantrapreneurs can benefit from lessons learned. I read pg's…