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australis

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    Comment #9208981

    Ideas are worth $0 Find out why the other apps failed. Firstly just the two of you thinking, then perhaps try contacting the previous builders (though initially, maybe not from the…

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    Comment #8141123

    Single page link: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/08/whats-t...

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    Comment #8135148

    A similar effect can be noticed on sections of roads with dedicated overtaking lanes. Cars that are travelling below the speed limit for long stretches of road (and can't be overta…

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    Comment #8072379

    This is more applicable for a "normal" type of bad day that might occur a bit more frequently, rather than something on a much larger scale like what was experienced above. If you …

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    Comment #8066837

    There's also the chance of it happening when writing a script Such as this classic: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commi...

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    Comment #5899349

    My bank did this to me. Called me to say if you close and re-open your internet based savings account you will get the higher "intro" interest rate for 4 months. I explained that I…

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    Comment #5839510

    I'm trying to figure out if the '1' for the last character of the Google 404 error page is deliberate or accidental... pretty funny!!!!11!!1 (not)

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    Comment #5819530

    Interesting to read of a 'normal' person sustaining an ACL injury and the subsequent fixing thereof (especially detailed costing breakdown - thanks for the detailed analysis). Ther…

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    Comment #5530672

    Great piece of writing, well done. I particularly liked this section: I was tired of thinking about the possibility of skateboarding to Wollongong ... But this was it, this time wa…

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    Comment #5522127

    Interesting, to me it looks like an 's' key from a keyboard. I've always assumed that's what it's supposed to be. I never thought it looked like a disk drive. I guess it looks like…

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    Comment #5311621

    I know one about the GNOME text editor, but it's ok, you might not gedit. This one is obviously better when telling someone in person...

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    Comment #5181798

    I use PlayOnLinux, which works quite seamlessly. http://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps-3-0.html However, an increasing amount of my documents are in Google Docs/Drive these …

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    Comment #5070363

    Can be followed on twitter as well https://twitter.com/bitnk/ also, e-mail sent to Assange informing him of the parcel: http://pastebin.com/44m5UViP

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    Comment #5030163

    Guns, Germs and Steel http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/03... Life of Pi http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 Billions and Billions http:…

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    Comment #4722218

    I have similar experiences with the multi-pane layout - powerful, but cumbersome to micromanage (mainly because the target area for a mouse re-size is so small). For some reason I …

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    Comment #4682909

    http://www.levchin.com/paypal-slideshow/index.html here is the intended splash page, provides a bit of context. interesting photos and commentary - makes it seem like it happened s…

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    Comment #3728074

    Middle-click works as well

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    Comment #3623118

    The clickable area may seem smaller, but the hit box for the button is actually larger than the graphic for the button (presumably to avoid the fiddly issue you were highlighting)