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ben010783

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About ben010783

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    Comment #21444069

    America's best-selling car in 2018 is the F150 series! American's are going crazy for SUVs and pickups, but the F150 has been the best-selling vehicle for decades. Pickups have out…

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    Comment #20559737

    This argument sounds a lot like the ones I heard about why Instagram would never be as big as Flickr. YouTube needs creators and if other platforms keep attracting them, YouTube co…

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    Comment #20055829

    The map seems like it doesn't specifically stick to municipalities. In New York City it gets granular enough to show that Sylvester Stallone was born in Hell's Kitchen. But for the…

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    Comment #19940342

    I don't think I've ever seen a longbow in person. I love the art on them though.

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    Comment #18341651

    I think you're going to have to wait to get an answer on this. The hope is that you can use a standard USB-C card reader to quickly import directly into a Files directory. I import…

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    Comment #17858827

    That Windows comment didn't make sense to me either. The last few years have been good for Windows.

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    Comment #17657469

    I think the biggest difference is that the disinformation was performed by state actors in Russia while the Steele Dossier was research on the actions and relationships that state …

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    Comment #17603848

    People bought them knowing that they were making tradeoffs in performance, but the real problem was that the computers were not even hitting their advertised specs.

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    Comment #17311670

    >Second, we already have a perfectly fine train to O'Hare! I wouldn't say that it's perfectly fine. The Blue Line to O'Hare has become notorious for it's overcrowding. I think the …

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    Comment #16679851

    If you don't have money you take a deal and plead guilty. If you have money, you can drag things out for years.

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    Comment #16241011

    In the US, those kind of messages are usually more overt and organizations are legally required to disclose some info about the organization that sponsored the ads. You can (could?…

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    Comment #16177977

    I initially skipped the quotes because I'm used to them being repeated.

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    Comment #14603764

    Comments on images, voting on images and comment, stuff like that. Imager went from a simple image host to being it's own image sharing community. example: http://imgur.com/gallery…

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    Comment #14097862

    The United States has federal and state prisons. There are also private companies that run prisons. In the US, there are a mix of prisons that are run by the government and ones th…

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    Comment #14088940

    It is more extreme in the gaming industry because you need so much staff to make a game, and then the needs change drastically after the game is released. From the article: > Layof…

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    Comment #14088010

    Some people make over $100 an hour for this work, and some only do this part time. It's you're a retired programmer that just spends part of your time doing this, it's not a bad de…

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    Comment #13970617

    He certainly does practice a lot. He still talks about bombing on stage in his newest standup. One of my favorite bits is how he talks about Michael Richards imploding on stage: ht…

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    Comment #13765393

    Nintendo also sold consoles at a loss. The Wii U was sold at a loss, but they specifically didn't want to do that with the Switch ( http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/26/nintendo-wont-…

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    Comment #13726411

    Women's jackets tend to have small changes, like shorter length and zippers on the left. The small changes make the jacket fit and look better.

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    Comment #13616450

    We've seen recently that it can be checked. Our hope is that those that with the ability to check him continue to do so.

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    Comment #13554433

    I wouldn't assume that. The Kent State shootings ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings ) and Bloody Sunday ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marche…

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    Comment #13552143

    Can you explain that point on cabinet-level departments? I don't understand where Elizabeth Warren fits into that.

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    Comment #12925202

    What about just keeping out stories that are patently false? If I did an image search for cars, I wouldn't want a boat in there. If I did a search for news, I wouldn't want a fabri…

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    Comment #12923546

    I can see how rural America might not connect with sources like the Washington Post and the New York times, but there were also recommendations from publications like Birmingham Ne…

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    Comment #12921256

    I don't think it is tone deaf. It is a very valid point. People that working politics and research it as their job heavily recommended one candidate over the other. It is getting e…