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admiralpumpkin

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    Comment #32041323

    Actually the reverse, we should be skeptical of subgroup analyses, because they are often fishing for results, have issues with multiple comparisons, and are typically underpowered…

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    Comment #31010575

    Clips is tragically underrated and underused.

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    Comment #30964701

    We have told our child that a "Santa" is someone who gives without any expectations, sometimes secretly or anonymously. We empowered them to be a Santa if they want to be one.

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    Comment #30964678

    What's your concern?

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    Comment #20695924

    Sensitive but not specific

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    Comment #19543599

    Cloudflare, are there plans for ad blocking? Currently using AdGuard DNS and it works well. Router-level ad-blocking would be an attractive premium option.

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    Comment #17484331

    Can you reference that timeframe? I can’t find anything from Sonos announcing a specific date. Thanks!

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    Comment #17174918

    https://rsf.org/en/detailed-methodology Two clicks.

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    Comment #16393146

    Perhaps, but OP was referencing actions not views.

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    Comment #15467173

    On macOS coconutBattery ( http://coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/ ) will show your iOS device battery status, including cycle count. (No affiliation.)

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    Comment #15402925

    You're not addressing the poster's point. Does makes sense for Apple to pay a % of total price of phone for one decreasingly relevant part? Apple A series tech is destroying the Qu…

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    Comment #15388671

    I agree, there are always more way to make mistakes, 2nd law and all, but the process of assessing good study design, good protocol, good statistical methods, etc. are all the same…

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    Comment #15356157

    "Digital Color Meter" in my version of macOS.

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    Comment #15351202

    - More secure (Face ID uses more data points) - Less user-interaction to authenticate (though as you point out this is also a negative) - Allows for other UX improvements, e.g., ma…

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    Comment #15326972

    Strange so much arguing with no data presented or sourced. IMF US 18.6 EU 16.4 China 11.2 World Bank US 18.6 EU 16.4 China 11.2 UN US 18.0 EU 16.8 China 11.2 All figures nominal GD…

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    Comment #15295268

    You're the customer, not their product.

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    Comment #15270784

    464 for Safari Tech Preview R39. That said this is the weakest score of the top 4 browsers: 519 Chrome 57 518 Opera 45 474 Firefox 53 473 Edge 15 https://html5test.com/results/desk…

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    Comment #15247898

    Per Apple Face ID doesn't work with photos; TBD in real world.

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    Comment #15087580

    This is a strange (repeated) response. Google set up a web detour without users' consent, and has a flagger waving upset people back to canonical links. Apple _is_ routing people b…

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    Comment #15078951

    Apple's forte, above anyone's, is merging software and hardware. Level 5 autonomous cars align perfectly with their core competency.

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    Comment #15077492

    Or we'll see "gas" stations incrementally change to "gas-n-charge" stations. As society moves from liquid hydrocarbons to electrons for personal transportation I can see no reason …

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    Comment #15059490

    A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... Taking down a Nazi website creates no onerous obligation to police the entirety of the web. Addressing only those sites wh…

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    Comment #15049938

    Agree with the sentiment that better battery life is needed. Disagree with the premise that battery life is suffering due to camera engineering/effort. Battery life could be instan…