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brassattax

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    Comment #49216486

    F BMW and F what this website does to stop you from clicking the back button.

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    Comment #45901959

    Exactly. I did the same with my wrist remote in class. After the second time the TV turned off, without saying anything the teacher went to his desk, picked up a notecard, and prop…

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    Comment #44423029

    Also not to be confused with Enso Analytics https://ensoanalytics.com/ which is also software for Mac (and Windows and Linux)

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    Comment #43614046

    It would be interesting to know if your Excel correctly interprets 1/2 as 1st February based on your international settings.

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    Comment #42021127

    My favorite feature is when I try to save something in an admin restricted folder and I hadn't started it as admin. It seamlessly restarts itself as admin and restores the file I w…

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    Comment #41629524

    Why not GPT in Brainfuck?

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    Comment #40468033

    I believe you're right on this. The original ICQ number accounts got merged into AOL Instant Messenger, and for a while you could log into AIM with your ICQ number. I think the ori…

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    Comment #39059490

    I like https://oldweb.today ... actually emulates old OS/browser combinations and proxies stuff from archive.org

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    Comment #34760417

    [flagged]

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    Comment #34228998

    Love this. I have often thought about doing the same thing, but using the audio feeds from broadcastify perhaps.

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    Comment #34157818

    And no modern OS does those two things consistently or correctly.

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    Comment #33649910

    same, and I think the same. how did you go about getting diagnosed?

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    Comment #33204651

    I prefer `sl-h`

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    Comment #32897958

    https://0x1000001

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    Comment #32882654

    At my university in the late 90s, I was required to take calculus for my CS curriculum, but no statistics courses, which I always found funny because our department was "Computer S…

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    Comment #32805918

    http://microsoft.com./ has an interesting 404 page

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    Comment #32129658

    Says a website with 20 ads on it

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    Comment #31476654

    I have an HP m377dw laser and this exact thing was happening when I printed on card stock. TIL via the comments of this video that there should be a paper thickness setting in the …

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    Comment #31333440

    Where I live this is the way we give directions (e.g. 2 blocks past McDonald's take a right), so to me it feels more natural than looking for a street name.

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    Comment #31296031

    I thought it was going to be built on Salesforce

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    Comment #30814479

    Possibly true when the programmers are building the company's product. I happen to work for a company where all of IT is a cost center.

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    Comment #30812179

    The moment you realize HR is there to serve the company's interests, not the employee's, your expectation of them changes.

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    Comment #30636476

    Where I am, Cumberland Farms and Seasons are pretty good.

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    Comment #30132669

    It's not just ridiculously-sized power bricks designed this way... do a Google image search for wifi extender and be amazed! Had trouble finding one with a cord.