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cynicalbastard
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Comment #14552537
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day_Foundation check out tree city usa.
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Comment #14544623
at 18 months, you are either a rocket ship, or should be financially and mentally equipped for the long haul of a 10+ year bootstrapped business. but it sounds like you are neither…
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Comment #14543001
> I was told once by a proficient pistol shooter that he ignored where the front sight was on the target, and paid attention only to the alignment of the two sights relative to eac…
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Comment #14542214
it's relevant because the people who write the billion dollar checks don't want to bother with the risk.
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Comment #14540270
i have a suspicion that this is why women can do very very well in corporate sales without overworking. the output is precisely quantifiable.
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Comment #14535070
i recently bought an ipad pro, and the new was announced a couple weeks later. in the past, this would have bothered me, and i surely would have found out some roundabout way to sw…
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Comment #14534937
in the US, this is normal for business accounts, but not for personal. i believe you can get it if you request it though. in either case, i keep as little cash in my personal bank …
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Comment #14532061
> That's not the case with encryption. sure it isn't.
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Comment #14532028
yeah, we're in agreement. there will be no overthrow, instead the government (and all governments) will simply take away more and more of your rights, until they're all gone. both …
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Comment #14531858
> If we could restrict the use of encryption by the bad guys without compromising it's use by the good guys oh, don't you worry, the politicians will do it anyway, with much public…
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Comment #14531807
> So if I go crazy armed with military grade encryption, how many school kids can I kill before the cops get me? don't worry, i suspect your government will be ramming this answer …
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Comment #14531691
freedom-loving internet users will soon know how gun owners feel. every single bogus argument for gun control or "assault weapons" bans can, and will be, used against internet spee…
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Comment #14527081
building the actual application is like 10% of starting a business, and businesses that need applications built are probably only 10% of businesses in general. let's be generous, a…
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Comment #14526107
it isn't that. my dad worked in biochemistry and that's what i'm talking about. my shitty screwdrivers have the smell you're talking about.
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Comment #14525713
is that the nasty sour smelling chemical? sort of like sulfur, vinegar, burnt gunpowder, and vodka, mixed together? i used to get a whiff of it at my dad's bench at his workplace.
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Comment #14523063
it runs the local contents of ./my-setup-script.sh on the remote server in a way that escapes all the special characters so they don't do unexpected things.
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Comment #14521782
i learned this the hard way, after doing what the coin said, and having to reverse course a couple of times. on minor stuff only, of course. on anything important i'll sleep on it …
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Comment #14521687
for many, the san jose part comes on monday morning.
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Comment #14521610
don't forget about the irish coffees and overpriced mediocre croissants. or pretending not to be alcoholics at brunch the next morning, with 5 of your closest enablers, slamming bo…
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Comment #14507955
he was tolerable even five years ago!
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Comment #14506404
> That means everybody gets diluted including the founders, the angels, the VCs, and yes the employees too. founders, angels, and early round VCs can simply issue themselves more s…