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egiboy

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    Comment #48910450

    Two phases of Bigelowii. Deuce Bigelowii. Huh.

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    Comment #48910097

    “Move your mouse without rhythm to avoid the worm”

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    Comment #47574127

    Brings up a ‘Do you want to download “sync” on “lithub.com” and “dsp-service.admatic.de”?’ dialog on my iPad. Hard pass.

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    Comment #47044939

    Don’t get hung up on “hung up”. Time goes by so slowly.

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    Comment #46761783

    The question that flew under the radar ;)

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    Comment #46649555

    I’ll give this app a try later.

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    Comment #46452426

    “Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?” This belongs in a sitcom, and it actually did until now.

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    Comment #45720747

    I thought this was about Sand Hill Road funded startups welcoming University of Waterloo interns. Oh well.

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    Comment #45177906

    Does it talk?

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    Comment #38420245

    As a newly-minted Canadian I've noticed that as well. I moved to Toronto from Istanbul five years ago and while I was away, Istanbul added 75 kilometers to its metro. That's longer…

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    Comment #33650647

    The author, by making this claim, lays bare the fact that they do not know about Eurovision. Key changes are so common in Eurovision songs that it is mentioned in the ultimate Euro…

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    Comment #32926329

    Melkon is the Armenian form of the name "Melchior", so yes.

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    Comment #32611197

    Because it's a bug, not a feature.

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    Comment #31155160

    +1 for Brother laser printers. I have the MFC-L3710CW model and cannot recommend it enough.

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    Comment #29737788

    It's not Trablusşark but rather Trablusşam , Tripoli of the Levant: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trablus%C5%9Fam

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    Comment #28687226

    Why do I need a NYT account? Yeah, that's why.

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    Comment #27474979

    I wouldn't go to Webster's for definitive information about hydrography. The definitive source is "Limits of Oceans and Seas" by the International Hydrology Organization. The 3rd e…

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    Comment #25837816

    Judging from past donations, this anonymous donor is most probably Mackenzie Scott. Pure speculation, no actual data to back it up, so don't shoot me.

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    Comment #24247436

    It looks like they are working on #4: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/lq3CH2Qcqc8 All points listed are very valid BTW.

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    Comment #18468264

    It is virtually impossible to agree on a set of fields - there is always an exception: https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...

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    Comment #17758424

    English is not immune to ambiguities and thus not superior to Turkish in this regard: https://translate.google.com/#en/tr/fruit%20flies%20like%20a...

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    Comment #9413063

    Even the simplest, most -seemingly- feature-complete software can and will need fixes. The best example comes from the Big Iron world, where a program which does nothing was needed…

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    Comment #5831356

    I don't think IQ tests are immune to grade inflation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_inflation ), so I am inclined to think of Flynn effect as a special case of it.

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    Comment #4193431

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement