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Comment #48309341
It's temporary, yes. If you show up for your court date it's returned to you - it's collateral.
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Comment #44939234
"Advocating" isn't necessarily just praising their team. Managers end up in rooms that their reports don't, so the manager needs to effectively represent the team's interests in th…
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Comment #44930147
I think that's the point. You don't have any agency. There's no way to win.
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Comment #42714853
It didn’t say that it was the same price? Customers want them produced in the US, so will probs pay extra for it. Especially given that politically it’s a good look for them Also, …
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Comment #42105810
Just because you can buy the tools doesn't mean you know how to use them.
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Comment #38919773
I think the concern is more the attitude that allowed this to happen, despite all the issues Boeing has had.
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Comment #35043663
A lot of the resolution issues aren't the camera. The providers (zoom, webex, MS) have lowered the resolution to lower their bandwidth costs.
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Comment #30514703
As much as personality is fun, it's clear and simple - first and foremost it's a reference work?
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Comment #30072889
This is a useful resource, but I'd encourage people to use OpenGL as their default - i.e. use it unless you shouldn't Vulkan is extremely powerful and gives very fine-grained contr…
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Comment #29796513
There's a difference between not being designed for something, and being designed to prevent something. HLS isn't designed to prevent saving, it's just optimised for streaming.
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Comment #28634293
> Today, we extend support to Linux and Mac for developers who maintain full native builds of their games for these platforms. That sounds like Proton is definitely not supported h…
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Comment #25014505
Small hotspots appear where people leave companies, start their own and don't want to move. Guildford is such a place for games in the UK. Yes, it's not too far from London but it'…
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Comment #18844265
I would argue that the change that happened was the realistic rise in price based on: 1) In 2017, the iPhone 8 was the 'standard', and the iPhone X was the 'premium above', adding …
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Comment #18745857
Whilst a free press is important, I would argue that 'a man and a woman have been held in connection with the Gatwick Airport drone incident' would suffice. Kudos to the BBC for re…
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Comment #18272696
Given the latest update is "We are currently in the later stages of a restore operation, with the aim of serving fully consistent data within the next 2 hours", I can only assume s…
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Comment #17901694
I feel I'm the only person in the universe that's never had an issue with the keyboard, and actively likes it (I don't like much key travel, but I do like clicky keyboards)
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Comment #17540828
Much faster. A cricket bat is much heavier and less aerodynamic than a baseball bat, meaning they can't swing them as fast. Also the batsman in cricket has to try to do it wearing …
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Comment #17540810
Final rule: write a whole article bragging about it! :P
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Comment #16619141
> Facebook is going to get done in by the fact that the younger generation doesn't like it All the younger generation I know are big users of Instagram and WhatsApp - both FB prope…
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Comment #16414297
It's not micromanagement. It's planning. There's nothing wrong with those tasks having no-user facing changes, or giving all the tasks to acheive a higher-level goal to one develop…
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Comment #16245958
HTTPie is awesome, the only thing to watch out for is if you use it for large JSON responses, it can take a while to parse, process and display the response. In that case cURL is s…
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Comment #16185602
This is fantastic. Especially the line-by-line explanations on separate pages. Thank you @jsandler18!
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Comment #16176375
To an extent though, is that something that you're born with, or something you can be taught? I think a lot of people attribute something to 'genetics' just because their parents h…