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frittig

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    Comment #21389706

    I have a user agent switcher add-on and many times I just have it spoof my user agent to be Google bot. the internet suddenly works as it is supposed to

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    Comment #21389685

    FYI, you can only have 5 accounts per IP, so don't lose them (or just use a proxy to make a new account)

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    Comment #21370709

    I just get a 502 error

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    Comment #21346854

    it's a shame that there is not a transcript. with regard to her questions about if Facebook would remove false ads from politicians, I wonder why she has no problem with phone comp…

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    Comment #21341875

    are quotes around the search term not the command for verbose mode?

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    Comment #21338096

    I'll copy a response that I wrote elsewhere. One issue that a lot of trans supporters don't realize is that similarly to how trans people could be offended when they are referred t…

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    Comment #21331528

    this is just a summary of the article here https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-a-milli... you might as well read the original article as this one adds no value.

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    Comment #21296618

    Greta is fine at preaching to the choir. I highly doubt that there were people who did not agree with her, but then after listening to her speech, agreed with her.

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    Comment #21292510

    I tried to subscribe for updates but it required me to "prove that I am a human". I could not see any captcha or any other similar thing and it would not allow me to submit the for…

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    Comment #21278730

    many times CEOs cannot sell stock because doing so might signal to others that something bad is going to happen at that company. I recall a story of a company that was doing well, …

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    Comment #21258455

    that's actually really interesting, I never thought of that. do you know if any languages have something like that?

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    Comment #21258273

    One issue that a lot of trans supporters don't realize is that similarly to how trans people could be offended when they are referred to by a gender not of their choice, so to coul…

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    Comment #21216750

    There are a lot of logic in the article that I think are completely absurd. However, it doesn't sound any odder than changing your gender.

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    Comment #21188514

    Thank you for your insight. One thing that I've wondered for a while is, what do you do about captchas? The whole point of them is to prevent access to the webpage unless a person …

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    Comment #21179593

    Currently not much. But maybe in the future if someone mentions a man page they will be banned for not calling it a people page https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/justin…

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    Comment #21177036

    one thing that I love about SE is that everyone is very professional. almost all answers are either sourced or can easily be seen to be correct. what I am worried is that if a lot …

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    Comment #21105250

    > the legislation would prohibit hotels and other lodging providers from advertising room rates that do not include all mandatory charges other than government taxes and fees so cl…

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    Comment #21088155

    I hear a lot about the prisoner organ harvesting in China, but something seems off. There are more that 1m prisoners in China. About 7,000 people on the organ donor list die each y…

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    Comment #21083866

    Then the business could say that they don't serve people who advocate for illegal activity. If they also don't want to serve dinner people who advocate for legal activity, then the…

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    Comment #21067240

    With regard to elevators on Shabbat, you have to understand what the prohibition is in order to understand the workaround. There is no prohibition towards using elevators on Shabba…

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    Comment #21045610

    I'm waiting for you to write what the alternative is? Make a law stating that if you cross the boarder illegally, or for that matter, commit any crime, but are a child, then you do…

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    Comment #21043464

    Do you think that there is a point in having boarders between countries? If so how should they be enforced? If a 17 year "child" crosses the boarder should they be detained (ie. ke…

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    Comment #21039616

    Just to clarify, the phone was on and submerged in near boiling water for 3 hours? If so, that's amazing. Most "waterproof" phones say in small print that they shouldn't even be us…

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    Comment #21039572

    I'm pretty sure that you need an ID in order to buy a gun.

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    Comment #20975906

    Original email from Stallman The announcement of the Friday event does an injustice to Marvin Minsky: “deceased AI ‘pioneer’ Marvin Minsky (who is accused of assaulting one of Epst…