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esurc

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    Comment #6852226

    For the Adobe breach specifically, you might try the site set up by Last Pass, which checks your email against the breached data: https://lastpass.com/adobe/ The added feature is t…

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    Comment #5412548

    Setting aside syncing and caching (which are not trivial with hundreds of feeds), that solution doesn't address the problem of your readers. Google Reader was a social product, con…

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    Comment #5309652

    The devil is in the details (the last bullet point on your first link): > You may have to pay taxes on any loan amount that is forgiven after 20 years. Roughly: the more student lo…

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    Comment #5101394

    Just a comment about "slip opinions" posted on federal court websites and state court websites. Slip opinions are not always identical in text to what is eventually printed in the …

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    Comment #5099076

    I read that to apply to a "fee exempt user" -- one of a very narrow class of persons exempt from fees, no matter how much they download. A regular user who happens to download less…

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    Comment #4766726

    The rationale I've heard is that consumers benefit from having a local service location for the brand. Based on that logic, the state limits the franchises to avoid "ruinous compet…

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    Comment #4765722

    > real differences exist between law and programming, although they are remarkably similar. As someone who (perhaps like you) practices law and does some programming, I wanted to a…

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    Comment #4762682

    Thanks. I've been trying to find a good way to understand the accuracy of Silver's predictions. What's a fair benchmark? This article offers up a "coin flip" for each state, comput…

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    Comment #4719365

    I suppose that, in theory, he could have given away non-voting shares to some of his employees over time. But then I would have expected the press release to specify that he was th…

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    Comment #4719354

    The 100% ownership is literal. From the press release: "The agreement has been approved by the sole shareholder of Lucasfilm."

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    Comment #3450698

    Sounds like the patent examiner was test-driving this invention himself. Would explain quite a bit about PTO.

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    Comment #2855208

    There's a subtle difference between "sharing" (which I was talking about) and "syncing." The examples in the previous comment focused on sharing (music sharing, photo sharing) and …

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    Comment #2853794

    You're describing S3, not their customer Dropbox. Adding a sharing layer on top is something easily replicable.