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actsof

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    Comment #41289192

    From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-serve... >One of the common misconceptions about UAC and Same-desktop Elevation in particular is: it prevents malware fr…

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    Comment #21899827

    Not that it improves the condition, but psychosis leading to violent outbursts could be used to justify it. Anti-psychotics are also usually sedative in nature, which would explain…

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    Comment #21898939

    >I have to spend hundreds of dollars upfront to buy a phone But the phone doesn't have to be bought from Facebook, whereas with iMessage you have to pay Apple for a phone. >maintai…

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    Comment #21898910

    What you're referring to as Linux is actually... GNU/Linux doesn't automatically choose which program to use for anything (you can't ./file.png like you can in Windows). In my expe…

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    Comment #20667084

    Exactly, it's the same reason most date formats don't start with the year, even though it is the most significant of the numbers. If I write 12-8-2019, the 12 is the most important…

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    Comment #20330784

    I'd argue most of those are necessary for good content (if we don't view content separately from presentation) > Putting important text inside of images I'm sure the reason for thi…

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    Comment #19941836

    But the richer children are inherently privileged, yet you think providing privilege to poorer children is immoral. Why is one acceptable but the other is not?

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    Comment #19830161

    You copied the link incorrectly, it throws a 404. https://cards.c13u.com/browse works instead.

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    Comment #19684700

    Let's say the TSA used names more aggressively, for example checking everyone with the same name as anyone with a criminal record. Now let's also assume African-Americans are dispr…

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    Comment #19378428

    >exactly the same as a verified user on Twitter from: support@apple-support.example.org [This message was signed by apple-support.example.org (Verified by Let's Encrypt)] Please se…