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emondi

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    We had foreign banks who advertised that as a strength and sent their profits to their countries. But when there was a crisis they said we are just a local bank with the same brand…

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    Comment #34183498

    Maradona was anti-establishment. Compare Pelé with Sócrates for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3crates

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    Comment #29737818

    On debian you can install it with the package dict-gcide https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/dict-gcide

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    Comment #27362188

    What do you mean with "push it hard"? Maybe try a manual next time. Half of the fun of driving for me is switching gears.

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    Comment #26984949

    Wouldn't modifying some GNU emacs shortcuts to his liking be easier than mantaining that editor?

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    I don't know about orbiter but FlightGear uses JSBsim for flight dynamics modeling which can be very accurate and was even used at NASA. You are correct that as space is not the pr…

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    Comment #26933909

    This FlightGear's shuttle is the most accurate version. I think the choice of shuttle mission was because of the unusual transpolar trajectory.

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    Comment #26274253

    Where it says FileName.Extension[,Version] MONITR.EXE,4 What was the version used for? Did it track the changes?

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    Comment #19414559

    Sure, also it works for me because it is on a system that is frequently turned off. If it would have to stay on for a long time it would fill /tmp with garbage.

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    Comment #19413878

    I move to /tmp and it gets deleted on next reboot.

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    Comment #18075190

    I do the same but sometimes I get email from google telling that I should disable access to those unsafe apps.

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    Comment #17214159

    But then NYC would not be LGA but JFK.

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    Comment #17209436

    Interesting that they group the machines by IATA airport codes. I guess that's the nearest airport for that datacenter.

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    Comment #16510895

    People just don't update windows. That made me remember having to update the BIOS firmware and doing it at 3AM and on a night without wind when there was almost no chance of power …

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    Comment #16510313

    You don't need batteries, you just learn to save your files often. I live in the third world too and can say that even with crappy power supplies computers resist quite well blacko…

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    Comment #15527069

    Maybe an incorrectly maintained car is less safe.