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dunco
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Comment #38471923
They're (were?) a popular choice in very poor countries due to their reliability. They did used to be built to a higher standard. The story I heard which I have no idea about the t…
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Comment #38467516
Tell that to the all the ~80s w118's etc. around the world still working as taxis and running off vegetable oil
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Comment #36665724
I don't have a problem with how its written now, their statements on privacy seem to conflict with other statements they make about the future of the product. They seem very ambiti…
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Comment #36665671
Thanks! I'll start using this for sure. Shame that it may not be integrated any time soon, but this separation looks basically good enough.
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Comment #36665654
Multiple profiles is a great addition, but obviously would be even better if the app did not need to close and re-open. The risk for me is that a thought disappears in the time it …
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Comment #36613967
just jumping on this to say I'm a Joplin user and I love it, thank you for building an awesome app. I currently also use notion because of Joplin's lack of note sharing on mobile; …
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Comment #36613851
I looked at logseq as an alternative to joplin but there were too many little flags that suggested to me that privacy and being free might not be forever. I don't have a problem wi…
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Comment #34092242
they mean these: https://www.knipex.com/products/pipe-wrenches-and-water-pump...
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Comment #34092241
there are many knipex pliers which is why the other poster is confused. I presume the ones you refer to are the "pliers wrench" that someone had linked to above: https://www.knipex…
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Comment #31902757
I see this argument all the time, and while it is not wrong, for most people I think it is bad advice in the context of carbs because people don't understand it properly and even i…
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Comment #31820722
totally agree. In fact the consumer advocacy is probably more of why I stay subscribed than the reviews :)
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Comment #31818864
The sites I've found to be at least making an honest evaluation are: choice.com.au (Australian context, Aus version of consumer reports) Their reviews just seem to miss the mark so…
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Comment #31066132
I was a TPG refugee who switched to Aussie. TPG had the same setup and it always showed me that I was getting the full speed I payed for, but whenever my traffic went overseas, mea…
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Comment #30381019
I'm told there is a lot that is good about teams for collaboration, but our company does not use exchange, so despite paying for teams I am unable to schedule meetings. Do they rea…
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Comment #29868917
I think you're taking a definition of 'worked on' that I did not intend. I meant it in a general sense intending to include large or disruptive changes where necessary.
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Comment #29832828
the craziest thing about this whole saga is that a skilled politician might have been able to nip this in the bud and improve america by guiding people on both sides to a solution …
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Comment #29503090
They are worse than they used to be, but the bar is so low in the market that they are still among the best. My gripes are entirely with reliability. I have had many issues with mi…
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Comment #29480863
cheers
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Comment #29479631
I'm curious: what was the previous workplace?
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Comment #29374621
Define "work". Countries that pursued zero covid largely avoided hospital overcrowding and massive amounts of preventable death. It might never have been possible to actually zero …
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Comment #29338043
Japan is a net importer of food and probably could not feed its population if it had to. We can't all be net importers of food. Australia's problem is water. Our rivers are already…
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Comment #29304857
land mass =/= habitable land mass. Help me understand your view because I simply cannot fathom how you must think to want 500M people in Australia. Have you traveled? Do you want t…
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Comment #29019879
Maybe my position can be clarified a bit better: We both want to minimize this problem and stop it from happening. My argument is not that we should ignore the problem, my argument…
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Comment #28995667
They might be voting you down because it looks like you may not have read my entire reply. I specifically noted the caveat of endangered species and a Dr. Title being used by peopl…
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Comment #28983987
yes this is true and a good point. It is hard to account for active disinformation campaigns. I think it is generally safe to assume they won't be as extreme as those for ivermecti…