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cail
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Comment #8068359
I agree, this would most likely only pose much of a thread to people like celebrities, where the potential gain is very high. For the average person it's much more likely that the …
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Comment #7916258
I doubt I would use it personally. It's not something I would use often enough to justify adding another icon on my phone. Especially when I can just look on google for movie quote…
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Comment #7745707
I don't know that lazy is the right word. If he moves to a more modern system and then turns off all of the modern automatic features and has no use for anything his current setup …
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Comment #7704218
My guess (with nothing to back it up) is people will start moving into paterns of 963 852 741 or the reverse since they're easy to type on the numpad without really remembering the…
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Comment #7566427
You seem to be making the erroneous assumption that everyone is motivated in the same way as you. Personally, if someone embarrasses me in a conversation in this way I'm going to f…
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Comment #5573362
I see what you're getting at and agree it could be offensive but it could also be Charles Spears. At the same time someone could name an account CharlesSpears and probably no one w…
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Comment #5490990
Agreed. Personally, whenever I study or do work in a coffee shop I try to regularly make purchases. I usually end up averaging between $1 and $2 per hour which I think is completel…
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Comment #5345188
Is there a way to filter Amazon reviews by Verified Purchase? I'd love to see these stats with only people that we know have bought the game. I'm just curious of a way to eliminate…
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Ask HN: How should I list skills on my resume?
I hope I've posted this correctly. I am currently in the process of applying for jobs for the first time after finishing up my Master's degree and am unsure on how to list out my s…
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Comment #5094890
Technical issues aside, the way AOL implemented poses some issues from SPAM I think. With AOL I could check and if I can't unsend I know they opened the email. If this worked acros…
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Comment #5093591
In general, I agree with this. I speak to someone that's younger in a different manner than I do someone who is an adult. Not only that, I feel like someone starting out stands to …
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Comment #5093554
I'm sort of torn on this issue. In a lot of ways I really agree with this article. On the other hand, with my experience helping with a first-year college programming course I care…
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Comment #5077171
I agree with this but it shows an even bigger problem in my mind. It seems to me that the author has decided that employees attempting to automate bureaucratic tasks is worse than …
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Comment #4871069
I agree on the marketing point. They could have one magazine with everything in it. It seems like, and forgive me if I inferred the wrong thing from your comment, that you are impl…
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Comment #4797198
I totally agree with these points. Especially regarding unsubscribe. For whatever reason a LOT of online business seem to think, "Hey if we make it a pain in the ass to unsubscribe…
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Comment #4792649
This could come with the same concern. If a lot of these Windows 8 installs are new machines or clean installs there may not be as much third-party software installed so crashes th…
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Comment #4792611
This looks really interesting to me. Fascinating to see more augmented reality concepts being pushed out. I am interested to see if this will eventually be tied in with glass. Goog…