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atticmanatee

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    Comment #29150640

    Yes, hence why a redundant law was rejected.

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    Comment #28926608

    In 1884, at the International Meridian Conference in Washington DC

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    Comment #26589710

    I think the idea of gathering these stories and sharing them is a good one, and certainly of value. That said, asking for 10$ per ebook may be a bit too much. Best of luck to them.…

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    Comment #23627644

    They might have the same name, might even turn into the same thing, but right now, they’re Live Tiles. The only action taken when you tap in one is open the app. Android widgets ha…

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    Comment #22605401

    You think that's bad? A cruise with 200 people was denied port in Portugal, so the ship went to Spain, dropped all the passengers and they took busses to enter Portugal. One of the…

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    Comment #22516884

    Here's the thing: most companies in Europe also provide private health insurance, almost double of those 15 days and more or less the same holidays (which are state defined and if …

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    Comment #22403428

    So? Decisions and policies change. Just because someone decided something a few months ago doesn't mean they can't make a new decision now.

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    Comment #22289776

    So much this. I started a new job in a company that is redesigning the product, but instead of a complete rewrite, managers decided it was best to keep as much as possible from the…

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    Comment #22039908

    There is an Always option. It just doesn’t show on the pop up. But if you go to settings -> privacy -> location services you see a list of apps, and if the app registers for always…

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    Comment #21654972

    It never ceases to amaze me how Twitter is so unprepared for anything they do. This was something Facebook did a few years ago Even Google+ (rest in peace) had a similar feature. H…

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    Comment #20093480

    That was a hack, not them selling your info for the highest bidder.

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    Comment #20090420

    On the presentation they said it would be available on web and android.

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    Comment #19700536

    It irks me to no end when publications refer to a star system as a solar system. There are many star systems, but only one solar system, that which orbits the Sun/Sol.

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    Comment #19622201

    In Portugal, of all places, it’s just a web form. This year it took me a grand total of 3 minutes to review all info and less than 10 clicks after logging in.

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    Comment #19587074

    How can Safari 12.1 impact mobile apps?

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    Comment #19084184

    Trap, reading the title that was not what I was expecting. But my guess is that it was intended.

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    Comment #18745457

    These companies should already have that info. Just filter the apps for underage users, that simple.

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    Comment #18405198

    THANK YOU! My Google-Fu was failing on me!

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    Comment #18206856

    About that: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/518211...

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    Comment #18038341

    Shortcuts/Workflow is just a out systems-like programming tool to interact with the web. That just like saying "how can Apple allow Xcode to download link from the internet."

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    Comment #17990941

    The launcher!

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    Comment #17866822

    you can always get www.google.com/ncr

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    Comment #17660632

    That is just bad design. You would have the exact same problem with CLI if a command was contextual sensitive.

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    Comment #17565599

    Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

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    Comment #17423155

    Portugal did receive help from the Marshall Plan. Not much (70 million, only Iceland received less at 43 million), but it got it