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ajackfox

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    This is awesome, and I'm really happy that someone is trying this. Recreational spaces are severely lacking in so many places now: while I love digital things, it can't fully repla…

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    Comment #48745689

    This resonates: the Internet was such an interesting place to grow up in, though my experience may be a little before the author’s. I miss the niche bespoke websites and forum comm…

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    Comment #45684991

    Found this installed automatically on my Windows system with no notice with the screenshot stuff automatically enabled: guess they’re taking an opt-out vs opt-in approach here. Can…

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    Comment #42630470

    This is bang on. I am shocked by how poor UX really is these days in most modern applications. I worked at an old grocery store running the front office as a teenager through colle…

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    No disagreements there: I was just lamenting the short term negative impacts it will have. Further concentration of capital’s power in the tech space is a significant issue, IMO, a…

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    Comment #32971787

    For basically my entire adult life, at the macro level capital investments have basically been free for corporations. While I have an idea of will happen based on historical data, …

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    Comment #32610294

    I knew this was going to be Explosions & Fire before I clicked. This guy is completely insane and I love it.

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    Comment #28048373

    Sales taxes are regressive and affect the poorest the most. Income taxes (can be) progressive. Progressive taxation benefits society at large.

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    Comment #19572173

    Probably a stupid question, but are the version #'s mentioned here ( "From version 2.4.17 (Oct 9, 2015) to version 2.4.38 (Apr 1, 2019), Apache HTTP suffers from a local root privi…

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    Comment #17011908

    This contest is basically the equivalent of software development masturbation, but the things people create are incredible none the less! The 'sound based cat' is one of my favorit…

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    Comment #16954186

    Unfortunately I think these types of restrictions are fairly common in large organizations, even non-financial. Speaking as someone in a Fortune 500, sometimes the bureaucratic hoo…

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    Comment #11510489

    I've been looking for something like this--podcast discovery is severely lacking right now(or I don't know where to look!). Excited to try this out--thanks! I'll be sure to get to …

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    I'm pretty surprised by the long wait times between "updates" from support... that's pretty rough. I understand it can be hard to get a good signal to noise ratio with support, but…

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    Comment #8200224

    The grenade launchers are M79's, and can be used for tear gas and other non-lethal rounds. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher#Ammunition Now about the quantity s…