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deadlydose
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Comment #48036829
We should shut yours down since your comment reads like nothing more than a veiled ad hominem attack. If you disagree with this person, fine, but at the very least try to have a co…
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Comment #45868593
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Comment #45301838
Couldn't you just fly low so that you'd be within the energy weapon's dead zone? I mean it doesn't look as if it can target anything flying at a depression less than 0°. Seems a fe…
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Comment #44954302
No it's not, it's never been about hackers except in name. It's about startups and venture capital. Always has been. Doesn't invalidate the point you are trying to make, though.
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Comment #44111854
Should they not be lighthearted and optimistic? Or did you leave a comment just to vent some of your personal grievances with a dash of JAQing off?
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Comment #44087396
> i wouldn’t visit the US even if i though i was perfectly safe That's certainly your right and I get where you are coming from but > our enemy. Calling the US your "enemy" is a pr…
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Comment #44082605
> You would blame the hammer or at least the manufacturer if they claimed the hammer can do it al by itself. I wouldn't because I'm not stupid and I know what a hammer is and isn't…
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Comment #43491996
I'm rather anti-Apple but even I enjoy John's site from time to time. Hell, I had to vouch for this post just to see it. I can't think of any legitimate reason for his content to g…
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Comment #43459758
I don't usually reply to replies but I was asking because I'm not sure. About a decade ago I was looking into the 'Chicken tax' and went down a tariff rabbit hole. A cursory search…
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Comment #43459459
> initiated by the US While I don't approve, didn't the EU charge the US tariffs that were twice as high as what the US charged the EU?
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Comment #43433630
> For the average European Depends how old you are, I guess: - The Palmer Raids (1919-20) - WW2 internment and deportation (1942-45) - McCarthy era (all of the 50s) - Present day E…
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Comment #43416788
> Why do you speak for them? Why do you?
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Comment #43397966
They were never stranded, that's why anyone with half a brain isn't outraged. Or maybe the astronauts, who themselves stated they weren't stranded, are big fat liars. Personally, I…
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Comment #43201565
You could try reading the linked paper. If I am reading it correctly, basically, we have atmospheric models for brown dwarfs and the presence of C2H2 and compounds cannot be explai…
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Comment #43138149
It's still an additional 'tax' on individuals.
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Comment #43070156
You can use anything you want as long as you are consistent and don't mix units.
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Comment #42961667
You really should be encrypting things before uploading to a cloud provider.
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Comment #42807433
It's slightly annoying that they placed it in my sidebar since I'm unable to use it with my Plus account. Can't even remove it.
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Comment #42173982
Who's "us?" Personally I noticed a _dramatic_ decrease in spam calls. In 2019 and 2020 I was seeing, at times, three per hour (damn that extended warranty!). Now I might get one ev…
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Comment #42169522
Mirrors won't save you. A high powered laser will burn through a mirror as if it wasn't even there.
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Comment #42165834
> Nonviolent methods often require the possibility of violence as a backdrop to be effective. You and I have a different interpretation of the parent's comment.
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Comment #41980954
Sorta like what they did to one another prior to Europeans arriving.
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Comment #41611170
> cast one magic 100 times for an achievement I was playing Bioshock Infinite recently and it had an achievement along the lines of "Loot 200 Containers." Not a huge deal except it…
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Comment #41583254
Include me in that minority as well. I grew up in a small rural town and the massacre was covered in our history books. This was in HS in the mid 90s.
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Comment #41564180
They'll probably switch to gait detection and identification. So 'sand walk' incoming.