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din-9

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    Comment #30319473

    Given the effort required to put cabling in e.g. mine is underneath plaster, future proofing it as best you can could save aggravation in the kind of timeframe that people live in …

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    Comment #27808374

    It would be fairer to compare by wealth, where the USA is at 30.2% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wea...

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    Comment #27470604

    Half Life 2 was a big one https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-st...

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    Comment #26446583

    I found https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths an interesting take on this.

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    Comment #25743958

    It does not have to be taken daily - https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/how-to-take-prep/

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    Comment #24275439

    I've been happy with my Kobo.

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    Comment #24257637

    Modern homes are built with it, but we have a lot of old houses here too.

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    Comment #23648804

    They were referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle I assume.

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    Comment #21267780

    The linked page has four steps, the last of which is "make requests".

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    Comment #21099013

    I think the greater reactions are due to the targetting of individuals rather than the entity acting.

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    Comment #20794502

    The #MeToo movement covers a lot of people. Any mass movement will include some more extreme than others. I don't believe your characterisaton of the movemnt is a fair description …

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    Comment #20203948

    Gmail alone is easy - use POP in a mail client, set it to mark stuff read, leave it on the server etc https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en

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    Comment #19989160

    Is point 5 true for the newest tunnels like the Jubilee Line Extension? I think the DLR has an emergency walkway in the tunnels to Bank. I am expecting Crossrail will too.

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    Comment #19745620

    Understanding that we all have different mental models, and that affects how we learn. Understanding my own vs my students' helped me to get them to understand what I was trying to…

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    Comment #19643354

    Superheroes and fantasy have become mainstream over the last few decades. Things do change.

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    Comment #18380405

    I would be very surprised to see them take that reimplementation path as their backwards compatibility has been so important for decades (yes I know not everything runs still; but …

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    Comment #18380351

    The Docker images are smaller for Linux for one. Our team use the Linux version in tests during builds just for that. We are relying that Microsoft manage to keep the two versions …

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    Comment #15109380

    As much as I love Ricciardo, the share of bad luck has been most unequal and it's not Max's fault he is so far behind.

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    Comment #14885205

    Android was bought in though.

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    Comment #14391487

    The Mail article of course ripped off as usual; check the timestamps against the Guardian article posted earlier that same day. edit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-b…

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    Comment #13137100

    It is a good thing for the driver writer as they have less difference between their targets. It is a bad thing for the targets as they implement both the driver functionality and t…

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    Comment #9633795

    Subway lines need stations, ventilation and often big shafts to build the tunnels from.

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    Comment #9246058

    Reasons for not wanting to fire people also include: basic humanity.

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    Comment #9092971

    The following lines appear to still be creating a string starting "2.6.".