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alastair

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    Comment #46818288

    Also check out The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman

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    Comment #34952855

    "Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to ____ in _____"

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    Comment #14496129

    08CB2993E1B8234AAC23C25B5EEF666EABCE712A thanks :)

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    Comment #14496127

    08CB2993E1B8234AAC23C25B5EEF666EABCE712A - Thank you!

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    Comment #12412248

    expandable memory

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    Comment #10834842

    This seems like one of those comments people will link to in a few years when VR is ubiquitous and its success obvious.

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    Comment #10551958

    FYI the Australian Payments Clearing Association is building a new payments platform to enable instant transfers and is expected to be operational by the second half of 2017: http:…

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    Comment #10544250

    Zoho Mail also attacked recently: https://www.zoho.com/service-updates/blog/zoho-services-unde...

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    Comment #7395193

    > As far as I know Google has no desktop client https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive/?hl=en

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    Comment #5066751

    What you just described is basically why the patent system sucks - if your idea is so obvious that other people will think of it, it's not worthy of one. Your motive for getting th…

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    Comment #4927987

    Article is here if anyone is interested (saves you a google) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1336571/Terr...

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    Comment #4360355

    Correct - remember relay teams are allowed 5 members.

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    Comment #4349246

    Make sure you're using an application-specific password for any application that doesn't support two factor authentication - eg, Mail.app on Lion. Thats what they're for.

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    Comment #4349229

    FB doesn't use Google Authenticator.

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    Comment #4125319

    Your version plays so much better, that was really not a good way to save 2 bytes.

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    Comment #4011210

    Do you have an example of this already happening?

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    Comment #3981266

    It's interesting to note that 27% of Google's revenue comes from partner sites [1], aka Adsense on 3rd party sites, where the "purchasing intent" is not so clear. I personally thin…

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    Comment #3887389

    It seems along with this announcement google have revised their storage pricing. On the old scheme I could get 20GB for $5/year, now 25GB is ~$30/year (600% increase) - http://supp…

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    Comment #3856193

    I think this article represents a great starting point when brainstorming, but obviously it should be only one of many tools in your toolbox. Some of the more critical posts here a…

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    Comment #3846335

    I find this funny considering you need to login with a google account to view public Google+ posts (even though they appear in the SERPs).

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    Comment #3831674

    It's worth noting that Mark Zuckerberg has already pledged to donate more than half of his wealth to charity, in addition to +$100 million he has already given away.

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    Comment #3831666

    This isn't spare cash, its equity. I agree with your sentiment, eg. some company giving 10% of your salary to charity on your behalf - thats obviously not a good idea, thats your m…

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    Comment #3541225

    "We define a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through our website or a mobile device, or took an action to share content or acti…