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XalvinX
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About XalvinX
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Comment #20430683
maybe the fact that he hold a computer science degree figures into his involvement on some level? regarding his terrible history, was that ever really proven or admitted to? and if…
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Comment #20183732
How much does use of Facebook cause worldwide? I'd bet it is more.
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Comment #20183720
I'm getting really tired of these kind of non-news stories. This is a drop in the bucket. How about this instead: "Suburban Moms generate XXX Gigatons in CO2 emissions annually by …
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Comment #19876521
you know that you can get the spores easily in the mail, right? and you can get grow kits. you could grow your own and enough for all your friends too. another option is to find ou…
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Comment #19876510
This is a great day for the human race. Psychedelics are the most important tools we have. As someone who did time for acid during the height of the drug war madness, which I admit…
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Comment #19573742
Led Zeppelin's label! I always loved that graphic they used.
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Comment #19573720
fuckerberg is up to his old tricks again...won't people ever get tired of this?
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Comment #19264130
ya think?
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Comment #18729229
They simply fake something "reasonable" to get a warrant, or more likely search without one at all...cops have a lot of latitude in the field. Even easier is pulling over people in…
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Comment #18499447
i think people are just losing interest since nothing has happened in the crypto space in ages....yawwnnnn
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Comment #18499413
In other news, bears shit in the woods.
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Comment #18304167
is that what produces the citrusy and/or piney scents? god i love that smell, when you open up the jar...i literally salivate from it.....sooooo good.
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Comment #18302071
my mom used to use a type of fish sauce as fertilizer for her house plants. i think it was called "emulsion" but probably about the same stuff. smelled horrible but the plants enjo…
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Comment #18302034
here's another idea...why not just hook someone up to some electrodes and put them in a place with some lavendar and see how their blood pressure, brain activity, respiration, etc.…
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Comment #18254040
In about 1980 or so i got a TI 99/4A (I was about 12) and figured out how to do high-res graphics within the limitations of what was essentially a text-only machine. By redefining …
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Comment #18226783
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-paul-allens-yacht-... Scroll down to see some of the talent he invited.... ....and Paul jamming the mighty Zeppelin out on the guitar... t…
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Comment #18226733
Kind of feel likes a member of the family died, almost. Having literally grown up with personal computers, my third computer was a first generation PC clone with DOS 2.11 and I thi…
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Comment #18048580
Well, at least they had the decency to scrap the "do no evil" clause from their mission statement first... I knew that was an omen for sure...also note that one of founders has mor…
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Comment #18047554
Absolutely true. Dvorak should start his own venture...a lot of fans would jump (the sinking) ship in an instant.
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Comment #18047546
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Comment #18007713
some stunningly bad advice in this thread....if you followed all this shit you wouldn't even apply for a job until about 2030 or so...you have a fucking B.S. in Comp Sci, you have …
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Comment #18006022
this is huge for the typically introvert, nerdy, and socially awkward (and probably sexually frustrated...) computer guy. i lost more than one job because i didn't understand just …
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Comment #18005940
If you have a degree in Computer Science, that should be good enough. Every job is going to use different languages and platforms but for someone with 4+ years of the fundamentals …
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Comment #18004565
yeah but addiction isn't a disease. if it is, we all are diseased because everyone is addicted to something. it is just a fundamental human tendency to grasp at things to define th…
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Comment #18004527
Isn't there some kind of browser plug-in to block this ridiculous, made-up, just another bullshit mass-media distraction, term "Opioid Epidemic"? The real "epidemic" is fake memes …