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datpiff

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    Comment #45105052

    that was somethingawful

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    Comment #44809148

    We're not likely to see the footage where someone destroys the drone

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    Comment #43050272

    I think you've missed out a crucial detail of the joke...

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    Comment #42495508

    The History of Wordstar is there for the second year in a row :)

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    Comment #42304817

    The article is about the aesthetics of old cameras but doesn't include a single image.

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    Comment #41599958

    > Jamie Oliver started promoting first themselves and then others on Youtube He had multiple TV cooking shows before Youtube even launched

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    Comment #40667743

    > A smart speaker is almost an essential device among my group of friends. You live in a bubble

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    Comment #40645974

    Look Mum No Computer already has: https://www.lookmumnocomputer.com/flamethrower-organ/

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    Comment #40583379

    aka "I read it online"?

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    Comment #40561075

    Also because a "marathon" format is more compatible with student lifestyle, and a bit alien to anyone working a job.

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    Comment #40533097

    It's almost as if they're speaking a different language

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    Comment #40532988

    The movies were much less successful than the TV series. The series was definitely hugely popular in Western Europe at least, I can't speak for the whole continent. Yep, the PDF/st…

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    Comment #40532890

    I was hoping someone would make this point. A lot of digital archiving is just delaying tossing things - a hard drive is easier to deal with than boxes of paper. The contents can s…

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    Comment #40510183

    > Not to mention, it probably takes a couple of years to get the certification for a device. So, any device to market is easily 2-3 years old tech by definition. Approval can be qu…

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    Comment #40501500

    > Are essentially all albums perfectly in tune with A 440 hZ? For example with classical music, I understand that 442 is also used, baroque is sometimes at 415, and 432 has been co…

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    Comment #40501336

    Older recordings on analog media also can have timing error at the recording stage or duplication stages.

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    Comment #40501282

    Models targeted at DJs will have variable speed adjustment on the front panel to allow beat-matching. Some turntables for home listening will have 2 or 3 speeds with a fine adjustm…

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    Comment #40499152

    > A CR2032 is surprising for a computer from 1987, given that AFAIK PC mobos didn't have them until the 90s at the earliest. Nintendo Famicom cartridges started using them the same…

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    Comment #40440383

    Isn't Starbucks business very heavily biased towards takeout orders? They have higher through-put on coffee sales if all the seats are full - how many people leave without ordering…

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    Comment #40413779

    “Forget the fake IDs adolescents used to get into bars,” says Georgia State’s David Maimon, who is also head of fraud insights at SentiLink, a company that works with institutions …

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    Comment #40318493

    Those two scenarios are not mutually exclusive

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    Comment #40234146

    > If you praise te, I think it is unfair to other people who are obsessed with technological innovation. Lol this is music hardware. It's value is the joy people get from using it.…

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    Comment #40234091

    The Deluge came out a decade after the OP-1

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    Comment #40223868

    I don't like most of TE's output but the OP-1 is definitely innovative.

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    Comment #40064615

    That's not the point - "they're wearing a black t-shirt, therefore they are a business genius" is the dangerous assumption.