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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.