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akrito

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    Comment #29634211

    It's because many more people are vaccinated. Assume 100,000 people are vaccinated and 10,000 aren't. If the infection rate in vaccinated population is 5%, and in the unvaccinated …

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    Comment #20955604

    It's a gated community - if you place the Streetview pointer on Lake Worth Rd, you can even see the gates.

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    Comment #4586630

    Just like bash.

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    Comment #3491316

    zavulon was joking. It's an old Slashdot meme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#Culture

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    Comment #1320243

    Since they're both AOL properties, I bet something's wonky with their reverse proxy/load balancer.

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    Comment #1267172

    He claims to have written much of the firmware in the TRS-80 Model 100, released in 1983: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/gates.htm...

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    Comment #1255449

    I'm fine with this being reposted every month or so. In fact, I wouldn't mind if it were pinned to the top of the page.

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    Comment #1140083

    > If I'm not allowed to make a derivative of the LICENSE DOCUMENT, how am I able to create a parody interpretation? I think you've got it right there. A cursory search of Wikipedia…

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    Comment #914571

    > I tried it in Emacs. Your definition of correct does not agree with mine. Yes it does. In Emacs, with a proportional font, if I'm on the 10th character of a line and press "up", …

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    Comment #914537

    Scintilla-based editors, GTKsourceview-based editors (I just tried with Scite and Gedit) and Emacs all correctly position the cursor when using the arrow keys and proportional font…

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    Comment #914522

    When I hit "Return", it duplicates the current line's leading whitespace on the next line. That will still work perfectly with a proportional font. When I hit "cursor-down", most t…

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    Comment #914514

    I really tried to use proportional fonts for coding, but the kicker for me was selecting text with the mouse (or trackpad). I find it easier to position the pointer when all the le…

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    Comment #776293

    If only. He's like this all the time. And he tied scarves around his monitor stand. And he brought in a fog machine.

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    Comment #258718

    So, if the number modulo 13 is 0, a taunt, "Maybe you could try drawing something," shows up. Any other easter eggs?