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defap

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    Comment #23037541

    I’d be interested to know from someone knowledgeable whether Apple can recognize the revenue from a sale before the product has been delivered to the customer. It’s not clear to me…

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    Comment #22040679

    FWIW I see the corollary of this fairly often in commit messages, where the author "teaches" the code how to do something.

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    Comment #21673553

    I just needed one peek at that crazy diagram to agree with your point.

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    Comment #21668203

    Entrapment by what, reverse psychology? He didn’t walk into a sting set up by FBI agents; he went to a real conference in the real North Korea despite official warnings not to do s…

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    Comment #21581225

    Not really too bizarre. Header files should include or declare everything they need; they should not introduce include-order dependencies. Listing your includes in lexicographic or…

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    Comment #21524275

    He doesn’t know, hence the “probably”. It’s a good guess though, based on the known reliability of the wireless Magic Keyboard.

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    Comment #21085299

    I believe it's controlled by a sort of dead man's switch, i.e. you must continuously hold down a button for the car to move.

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    Comment #21066440

    Via an optical sensor that can perform photoplethysmography.

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    Comment #21044965

    It's alleged that they made misleading claims, but it's not like the whole operation was a complete fabrication. There were plants and machines and whatnot, as can be seen in sever…

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    Comment #20036862

    According to Snopes [1], Belgium did eventually offer him residency — which he declined — after a ridiculous 7-year impasse where Belgium said he could only retrieve his lost refug…

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    Comment #18936951

    Wow. The walker kicks and whips the dog until it vomits blood and Wag offers a refund and a $100 credit as settlement. Who in the world wants Wag credits after an experience like t…

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    Comment #18869830

    Yes for ESPP but no for RSUs, which is what folks are talking about here. Selling RSUs when they vest incurs $0 capital gains.

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    Comment #18143069

    But in both Apple's and Amazon's denials they claim to have already done extensive investigations. There's a cost to damaging your credibility.

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    Comment #17789520

    >It’s kind of like deleting a Facebook account then logging back in. It’s not like that, though. You pay for MoviePass up front each month. Cancelling means you don’t want to pay f…

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    Comment #17005161

    But not necessarily as a sequential read.

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    Comment #16499051

    What product do they have on the market?

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    Comment #16409557

    So many features are broken in this orientation that I doubt anyone would be surprised by this.

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    Comment #16300946

    Overall the file does appear to contain various autofill quirks, but the expanded dictionary in the screenshot is literally named “PasswordGenerationRequirements”. It’s definitely …

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    Comment #16261039

    >If you backup your iPhone, apps and their data don't actually get backed up. Instead, your computer just stores a list of the apps installed and where the icons were, and app data…

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    Comment #15305648

    They have FDA approval. It’s stated in the first paragraph of the article.

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    Comment #14257551

    How do you install a third-party browser in ChromeOS?

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    Comment #12897967

    Pretty sure the parent was talking about USS Zumwalt specifically, not the Zumwalt class as a whole. It's not unreasonable to consider the first hull a demonstrator at this point. …

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    Comment #12213331

    > Does Safari utilize XPC for rendering? Web content and plug-in processes are XPC services, yes.

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    Comment #12212249

    > Safari just sandboxes plugins That hasn't been true for at least 5 years. Safari has used a sandboxed, multi-process architecture for Web content since version 5.1.