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    Comment #22971209

    What kind of pizza stone do you use? I have a green egg, but have never made pizza in it.

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    Comment #20990379

    I don't think the article is claiming kite boarders = computer hackers, but instead is saying that the innovators in the kite boarding community hacked together better kites and ri…

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    Comment #20730194

    There is a certain amount of absurdism that you need to buy into, but once you do there is so much to the book (it's also quite funny). DFW dives into themes of addiction, mental h…

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    Comment #20069020

    I was hoping these would be wind powered like his larger sculptures, but I guess it makes sense that it wouldn't be possible with paper

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    Comment #19731428

    Ezra Klein recently interviewed Anne Helen Petersen (Buzzfeed) and Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) about this topic. I think they hit on a lot of the things I've been feeling and som…

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    Comment #19493862

    And a US carrier group in the region

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    Comment #18923473

    Perhaps he could be reminded. Car just won an award, which would direct him to look up more info about the car and why it's considered good. Maybe they just made an update to the c…

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    Comment #18067375

    I generally agree with this, but it really depends on the consumer not being lazy. We all have the friend that scours the forums, but 10x more friends that just buy the highest rat…

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    Comment #17349262

    Seconding both of these. However, I might suggest re-ordering and give therapy a shot before you go down the psychiatrist/prescription route.

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    Comment #16987031

    I just got the new touchbar MacBook — making DND a primary shortcut was an easy way of making this completely frictionless.

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    Comment #16909261

    For those of you in the Philly area, they are doing a nice exhibit on Bernstein at the American Jewish Museum.

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    Comment #16813901

    How does an article about slime not mention Nickelodeon?

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    Comment #16773984

    Having a page that describes the freemium vs pro features would be great. Maybe a simple table with checkboxes

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    Comment #16538276

    The NYT has a newspaper option: https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper Not perfect, but it can definitely help eliminate some of the noise.

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    Comment #16487844

    You should check out Saavn for more Indian music. I worked at their parent company as an intern back in the day.

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    Comment #16463308

    This was a great rundown of what happened https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-t... And unfortunately, it did not go well.

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    Comment #16454021

    Does anyone know why Hawaii doesn't utilize more geothermal energy? There are a few hits for geothermal projects, but I would have expected these to be much more popular.

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    Comment #14499031

    I know a few people that even take a ferry every morning into NYC as their commute.

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    Comment #14446642

    I never would have made it through IJ without my book club. That was our inaugural book and now we're around 15 books deep. One thing that was particularly effective for us was to …

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    Comment #14404079

    I wash my jeans every 6-12 months, with occasional febreezing after I wear them. This is way more convenient than having to wash and iron my other pants. My other alternative are m…

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    Comment #14250512

    Is the problem you are describing that CRISPR antiviral therapies aren't effective because you don't usually know that you've been infected until, well, after you've been infected?…

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    Comment #14004692

    Unfortunately, most people read the headline and then decide whether or not they agree with the article. My girlfriend works at a major online media publication and a lot of their …

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    Comment #13745731

    And they promptly fired Mahbod: http://www.recode.net/2014/5/26/11627246/rap-genius-co-found... Things at Genius have been pretty controversy-free since 2014.

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    Comment #13579572

    Countable is a pretty good app for tracking votes and making it easy to contact your representatives. There are also more straightforward sites that track this information, like go…