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earnestinger

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    Comment #44794940

    It’s unknown. It can equally be possible, impossible or not worth it. Interstellar rocks crashing at you with velocity of 0.1c might hurt a lot. I would not like my government spen…

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    Comment #44791272

    To solve the issue we must answer several questions: What’s the alternative? How much it would cost for whole class and members of classmate families?

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    Comment #44789337

    Yup. Java 1.8 is humongous leap to the right direction.

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    Comment #44779453

    I’m stll waiting for the revival of the cousin, underhanded c contest.

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    Comment #44779438

    Why court system is relevant for the currency? I assume British courts can enforce contracts that deal in dollars.

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    Comment #44637540

    Eg. Some brand used in a movie. Usually brands pay for that screen time, but it’s not very obvious that it’s payed advertising.

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    Comment #44591937

    Real men would dig Route 66 canal instead of Panama.

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    Comment #44575761

    No idea. Read only is good enough.

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    Comment #44519798

    Reasons why: Corporation does not care about life per se, it looks at impact on profit. Corporation has option to sue offender into oblivion (by thoroughly writing contracts)

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    Comment #44514909

    Parent is perfectly right. > cultural shift toward being selfish I enjoy ice cream so damn all other opinions :)

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    Comment #44448258

    Or more education.

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    Comment #44411496

    I think you are missing the forest for the trees.

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    Comment #44411223

    I do understand that it was not the first first salvo. And that blockading policy and financing of anything but fatah and bunch of other stuff influenced today situation. But you m…

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    Comment #44408089

    If there is a lot of malnutrition, population numbers will change without migration.

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    Comment #44408026

    > Once one side of a war becomes dominant, it just ends. Sorry for being pedanto, but other side must stop resisting for war to end. Guerrilla warfare is quite usual when there is …

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    Comment #44407999

    I think the parent meant there were no shooting before the genocide started. Jewish resistances were reactive to nazi actions. I.e. there was not even a possibility that nazis were…

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    Comment #44407905

    Not sure I get your point. Try the same, but opposite argument. Something like: Would you wear a t-shirt saying “Palestine is treated unfairly” to oct7 memorial or airport/border c…

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    Comment #44404757

    > and that many people who express that sentiment wouldn't be expressing it if the powers were flipped That is definitely not true.

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    Comment #44404613

    Are you really of this opinion or are you trying to incite replies? :)

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    Comment #44365983

    Link was used to establish that this concept is usually called “gender”. (I felt there was a dispute on that; might be my projection) Regarding anecdotes: In my native language all…

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    Comment #44365527

    I enjoyed Project Hail Mary a lot. Would you recommend me “the Abyss”?

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    Comment #44325566

    I’m pedantic: s/rational/romantic|idealist|not-cycical-person/

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    Comment #44293637

    Except for all the languages that actually call the grammatical concept: gender Edit: see German example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender_in_German

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    Comment #44291177

    Lot of languages assign gender to objects. One should control for foreign language knowledge.

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    Comment #44285412

    People who hold them, sued Bob Ross’s son for using “Ross” i.e. his last name. Slimy people.