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dmtroyer

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    Comment #47576479

    they spend almost a whole page addressing this. ... Alzheimer’s disease symptoms typically develop after patients’ working years, with only 5-10% of cases occurring in people young…

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    Comment #47526071

    sounds like they need a better instructions.md

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    Comment #47238581

    also, I'm not sure retailers are necessarily to blame. some use pretty simple math in calculating the retail price based on cost and don't necessarily have visibility into the tari…

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    Comment #47238501

    agreed, it is a net benefit, but maybe not the intention. I drop off books in these regularly that probably have decent resale value (relatively speaking) but very rarely find anyt…

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    Comment #47238477

    any idea what app they were using? I want an app to scan a bookshelf for books I want or may want to read.

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    Comment #47238410

    Based on the graph, the increase in cost to the retailer was $0.49 and they marked up $1.10. I imagine this is pretty standard markup but multiplies the effect of the tariff and pa…

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    Comment #47213393

    I’m convinced people pick these over to resell the books in some cities.

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    Comment #46985915

    Is the RAV4 PHEV still seeing huge markups in the US?

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    Comment #46916241

    oh, yeah, I dont' use it very seriously. mostly a secondary personal address.

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    Comment #46916234

    that's fair. I was thinking more of an easy way to use a custom domain for email.

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    Comment #46755495

    iCloud is also a decent option. Works well for me.

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    Comment #46755482

    It's unfortunate many people will be hauling around all of that battery for no reason.

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    Comment #46755457

    also happened to me.

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    Comment #43804669

    I would have appreciated seeing this at the top of the article.

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    Comment #43804368

    agreed. don't be afraid to use the mark all as read button!

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    Comment #43804361

    funny, I am revisiting rss as a means to escape social media algorithms and doomscrolling. there are lots of good resources in the comments to even further fine tune RSS beyond jus…

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    Comment #42875548

    Are pilots landing at DCA conditioned to ignore TCAS warnings on approach? Would there have been one?

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    Comment #42642443

    are you able to post salaries?

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    Comment #41979148

    I always thought my calculus 1 & 2 courses focused too much on writing solutions without really understanding concepts. I was pretty lost in calculus 3 and 4.

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    Comment #35890778

    Never? Really? There’s plenty of complaints of the 1% and their excess.

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    Comment #35533962

    Funny, I'm right at 8000Hz like the peak of their distribution. I've had tinnitus for years but never knew the frequency until now.

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    Comment #35533892

    smells funny to me.

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    Comment #35533882

    > took half a day to implement + test anyone else have trouble completely disregarding the whole of the article when they see things like this?