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dredwerker

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    Comment #37412612

    I loved Fravias pages and searchlores. Is there anything else like it?

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    Comment #21405066

    That's funny but no, like this: https://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/ not satire :)

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    Comment #12229396

    Thanks for these. I have realised that I am perfectly average at recognising faces getting 79% on the bbk test and 10 out of 14 on greenwich, however I don't recognise people that …

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    Comment #11419740

    Possibly because it was a sysadmin that leaked it. It has to be decrypted at some point for people to see it.

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    Comment #11206799

    I was at a junction in Spain and I had no idea what to do. It was the most hectic thing in the world, you just sort of went and hoped. I guess its simialr to some roundabouts in Lo…

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    Comment #10927480

    Yeah my Hisense smarttv is android 4.2 and it will never get upgraded. I am pi$$ed - mainly because it didnt occur to me, I had it in my head that I could upgrade it or their might…

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    Comment #10846698

    Obviously I do too. That was funny :). I am not in the states and I can't get most of the services. I wish they would at least do regional podcasting advertising. A startup opportu…

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    Comment #10846478

    Masters is for when Bunnings is too busy.

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    Comment #10619087

    How about balloon boy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax I am a parent and I wouldn't do this but it doesn't mean others wouldn't.

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    Comment #10550921

    Is it dark intentions when the nature of a company is to make as much money as possible? The banks want house/land prices to go up so that they can charge one as much in interest a…

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    Comment #10448868

    Abstruse - Big in the early 1800s according to the Google Ngram Viewer. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_e...

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    Comment #9900473

    The potential for having a go in someone elses professional/semi pro space sounds wonderful. I can imagine 3d printers,photo and video editing, well tooled workshops etc..

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    Ask HN: What are your favourite Management and Time Management techniques?

    A while back I downloaded a pomodoro app and I have been trying to focus for the 25 mins and its really difficult in the world of emails/hangouts/facebook/linkedin and the phone bu…

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    Comment #9649641

    You have to read the island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_%28Huxley_novel%29 The utopian version.

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    Comment #9496187

    ". And it's really hard to find good hired workers to help out, because nowadays no one wants to do strenuous physical labor for relatively low pay" I wonder why :)

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    Comment #8348842

    There was a professor who lost weight on the twinkie diet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie#Twinkie_diet . He just ate less calories than he needed.

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    Comment #8288720

    Apparently we know who Jack the ripper is now. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/was-it-aaron-kos... He is Aaron Kosminski according to DNA probably.

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    Comment #8288706

    I believe all you need is several mini coopers.

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    Comment #8266117

    Calibre converts mobi to epub for nothing. http://calibre-ebook.com/ Disclaimer: I love calibre :)

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    Comment #8261417

    I don't think it will necessarily work because some cracker has just probably added that to their personal dictionary(if they didn't before). It might work if you add 3.14159627 to…

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    Comment #8240571

    What is Provigil? (I am in Australia) Is it like dexedrine or something?

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    Comment #8219987

    how sad - he handed me my degree when I graduated. A friend of mine felt his beard on stage :)

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    Comment #8201030

    give me your pocket money ;)

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    Comment #8195657

    Not in my experience with Melbourne. Glen Waverley, Box Hill, Springvale and then the spillover. I can't get a look in. One house went for $200k over the asking price. Glen Waverle…