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axomhacker

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    Comment #7622172

    Thanks for checking in and the quick responses! Yeah, I selected the 'show past courses' checkbox and selected a course that was over a year ago. If you are looking for specific da…

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    Comment #7622019

    Love it. However, is there a way to add past courses to my "records"? When I try to add the past iteration of a course to my wall, it adds the next iteration.

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    Comment #6088808

    > they're profitable, unlike Amazon Amazon has been profitable for many years now. YCharts showing profitability by quarter: http://j.mp/13zx97Z for the last 5 years. Also, note th…

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    Comment #5978757

    Sublime Text 3 is still lightweight, fast and has awesome "jump to definition".

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    Comment #5824102

    Mostly everything from Flipkart (and for that matter, it appears, from Amazon) can be bought cash-on-delivery.

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    Comment #5814230

    I have ABP installed (Chrome + Mac). Still getting the login/signup/paywall. This is what I did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5814168

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    Comment #5814168

    + Go to the single page URL: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/29/the_bomb_di... + Open up the JS console + $("#TB_window").remove() + $("#TB_overlay").remove() Done!

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    Comment #5711444

    From http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/faq/ > How will you guarantee academic honesty? > All exams are proctored using national proctoring standards. We have access to 4,500 physical pro…

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    Comment #5182539

    The OP's output looked more like rbenv's output though, right? How did you figure that to be debian's message?

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    Comment #5180832

    Don't know if you are trolling. But if this is genuine: this is rbenv telling you that you have multiple rubies installed. 1. Pick one (just for this session): $ rbenv shell ruby1.…

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    Comment #4920752

    Also, if you like the "Introduction to Astronomy" course, there's a follow-up (although from a different university, Caltech) coming up: "Galaxies and Cosmology": https://www.cours…

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    Comment #4919894

    I love these kind of stories. Such stories fills me up with an immense sense of appreciation for scientists/philosophers/thinkers from the post-middle-ages. Also, why I'm absolutel…

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    Comment #4487787

    Get her one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Kindle-Lighted-Leather-Paperwhi... .

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    Comment #4487782

    Does Kobo have a similar collection of books? Allows you to purchase from Amazon? Otherwise the difference (and a huge one at that) is the collection of books available on Kindle.

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    Comment #4187484

    > we, almost successfully, taught them to speak English Ummm, no you did not teach them to speak English. Rather, "you" eradicated the parts of the population that did not speak En…

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    Comment #2915393

    Interesting. For a key-value store what could be another abstraction though?

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    Comment #2876341

    What problems did you see using rvm with screen? I use that daily and haven't seen any problems so far.

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    Comment #2865424

    Or... The user usually uses the same password, but seeing this warning and gets alarmed, making him use a different password or not use the service. I love this idea!

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    Comment #2745771

    Part of why Amazon is great is it being a place where you go to research things. I'd hate it if they close reviews to only people who have bought stuff at Amazon - it'll take away …

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    Comment #2505413

    It is very likely that there will be retaliation (or at least some forms of trying to retaliate) in the immediate aftermath. So increased alert levels are more likely.