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butwhywhyoh

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    Comment #33028279

    > If trees did not shed their leaves, their soft vegetation would certainly freeze during winter time, damaging and, no doubt, killing the tree. This is just plain wrong, and makes…

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    Comment #32977033

    It would be exactly as funny and exactly as interesting, which is to say: not very. This is right up there with noticing that sometimes the "b" in certain English words is complete…

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    Comment #32959251

    > I just don't get it. Governments around the world and spending trillions on this stuff so why is there no clear answer on this? Why would there need to be a "clear answer" on som…

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    Comment #32787190

    It sounds like you _literally have a choice_.

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    Comment #32786982

    In other words, an elaborate justification for him joining the other YouTube clickbait clowns. Been watching him from basically when his channel started many, many years ago. Was r…

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    Comment #32783402

    For every story like this, I imagine there's (at least) one other where some green engineer set up a simulation with garbage assumptions, and argued that since the calculation was …

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    Comment #32670749

    You used the word literally four times in your post, and even twice in one sentence. What's the fascination with this word? It seems to be used to add completely unneeded emphasis,…

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    Comment #32654552

    But you just said "no degradation".

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    Comment #32654290

    You're right. I guess if you can't tell the difference, that means everyone who claims to be able to tell the difference is lying! I'm not particularly familiar with squirrels and …

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    Comment #32600622

    I guess because you're happy with the Amazon Prime service, it's OK for them to use scummy business practices to sign up the OP? I'm genuinely confused by your take here.

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    Comment #32393670

    Wait a minute. If this site is true, then everyone doesn't get everything they want out of life 100% of the time? This is fascinating!

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    Comment #32288620

    Could you explain why those are things you "shouldn't have to do"? Who owes you this functionality?

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    Comment #32270958

    How exactly would you expect someone to ask questions when you don't include a way for them to see what you're talking about? My first question to your original post would be: "whe…

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    Comment #32270890

    Exactly. I have never met anyone in my life with the fear they are describing in learning to cook. Is there a person on earth actually afraid of the "literal fire on their stove"? …

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    Comment #32168056

    Would you give this same critique to someone who was building a go-kart in their backyard for fun? "Car companies like Honda and Ford have been around for decades, and those vehicl…

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    Comment #32159479

    I mean, this is generally good advice, but this reads like an infomercial where they show someone struggling REALLY hard to boil water to make a pot of spaghetti, when we all know …

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    Comment #32109883

    You just restated what the OP said, but tried to paint it somehow in a more positive light. You yourself stated you are "eating fewer ... highly rewarding foods". So what exactly a…

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    Comment #31804981

    Since all of the other comments are just people pasting links to their personal favorite thing that is tangentially related, let me be the first to say that this looks fantastic. I…

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    Comment #31791508

    But you guys, this software isn't practicing good Design. None of those UI elements provide me with any _satisfaction_. I don't care how efficient it is if it doesn't follow solid …

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    Comment #31791446

    What if the things that were built were built right the first time and take a long time to decay? If you walk around a correctly built city where nothing is falling apart, by this …

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    Comment #31786774

    This kind of evangelizing sounds terrifying to me. I'm expecting more of these "whimsical" "fun" UI elements all done in the service of some poorly defined ideal of capital-D Desig…

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    Comment #31786759

    Multiple times a day sure sounds like the opposite of the definition of "rare"

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    Comment #31625074

    > A neighbor complained, and the city cited him, claiming all the vehicles appeared to be inoperable. It also issued violations for other backyard items — car parts, generators, pr…

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    Comment #31621225

    Absolutely. Came here to say exactly the same thing. The first couple of steps were clear and informative. The last step was almost a joke.

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    Comment #31621117

    I suppose then you're a proponent of photographing all famous works of art and displaying them on a webpage somewhere, because if the painting is worth looking at, the medium shoul…