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cobrabyte

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    Comment #44733808

    That's modern politics.

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    Comment #44596106

    Many 9mm self-defense rounds are subsonic (e.g., 147-grain), so the practicality depends on the bullet design for the application.

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    Comment #42148212

    I am eternally grateful to Dr. Kurtz for his work on BASIC. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that BASIC was my first foray into programming as a young teen, and it sparked my love …

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    Comment #41673677

    I'd love a tool like this for PCB design/layout

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    Comment #40671214

    Because they like to sow division.

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    Comment #40293470

    I watched the demo for a comment made above, and it looks like the gem can do what you're talking about: > Slightly different approach, but appears to have the same overarching goa…

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    Comment #40164408

    +1 for Uptime Kuma

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    Comment #40007576

    > Driver was previously cited 5 times for speeding in a school zone but was allowed to keep his license? We have a lot of dumb laws on the books, but somehow we allow demonstrably …

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    Comment #39157444

    That's what you'd say to discredit people when you don't want the truth to be revealed. Whatever the truth may be.

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    Comment #39129907

    The magazine chugged along for decades before changing its identity and recipe to appease a small group of non-customers. It's no surprise it's going away.

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    Comment #39120536

    Yeah, I've used this for the past couple of years and will do so again this year. It's solid.

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    Comment #39075488

    Yeah, strange behavior in Firefox on Mac.

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    Comment #38657965

    Roe v. Wade is an emotional sticking point for people on both sides of the issue, but Congress had decades to codify it into law. Instead, lawmakers chose not to do that so they co…

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    Comment #38465289

    It's sort of still being defined. There's a rush to develop a universal SAF, but companies can develop blends of alternative fuel sources and get money back from the US government …

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    Comment #37946205

    They didn't open source Swift out of the gate because they wanted to guide its development according to the features and plans they had for the language. Wanting to have a firm gra…

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    Comment #37944358

    So, it's basically the same approach they took with Swift. It makes sense.

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    Comment #37769208

    Forgive my ignorance, but is it common for there to be a 30-year delay in awarding Nobel Prizes after discoveries are made by scientists?

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    Comment #37743368

    > Leave it to amerikans Did you miss that this article is about the UK?

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    Comment #37704212

    > I thought that was common practice. It is.

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    Comment #37649379

    Comparative facts don't bleed—journalism's broken.

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    Comment #37500171

    If this were true, you'd have hoped the whistleblower would not have been anonymous. There are whistleblower protections, aren't there?

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    Comment #37224385

    It was fun to watch the livestreams showing the development of these drivers. Amazing work.

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    Comment #37212092

    Damn, I need to start shopping for a new registrar.

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    Comment #37210777

    Same. Though, I can't even get it to work.

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    Comment #36944359

    > taxpayers holding 30% of its outstanding stock. It's always amusing that they frame this as the lowly taxpayer holding stock in a company after the government bails a company out…