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Comment #38285021
> First, a lot of English-speaking countries place lower importance on veggies. Which ones? In the US, we are told to eat our veggies because they are good for you. The problem in …
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Comment #38284971
> What supernatural being descended on earth and gave governments the supreme right to own the path from earth into space. 'Listen. Strange supernatural beings descending on earth …
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Comment #38284918
Because of microsoft office ( particularly excel ). It's just as simple as that. I remember years ago people thought that google's free office/spreadsheet offering was going to be …
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Comment #38284817
> It takes billions and billions of dollars Apple and Microsoft are trillion dollar companies ( both nearing $3 trillion market caps ). They can afford it. Heck they have the balan…
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Comment #38284754
And we want all the names of the people who own you. It's always the hysterically pro-israel ( and anti-american ) politicians who behave this way. Funny how she says it will preve…
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Comment #38272509
> OK, I don't think so. Doesn't matter what you think. It's a fact. No revolution swept the old guard from power. The system didn't change. I explained this to you. > When the Berl…
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Comment #38272392
> Miami is a 2.5 hour flight direct from almost every major airport on the east coast. It is beautiful year round. Yes. You just described a wonderful vacation destination. Not a f…
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Comment #38272358
> But in the 60s Detroit was the tech capital of America and California was for movie stars, beatniks, and farmers. By the 60s, northern california was already a tech hub. Stanford…
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Comment #38272329
Mr Griffin should learn about 'geography is destiny' and take a look at a map. Manhattan is situated smack in the middle of the population center that is the ny metro area and more…
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Comment #38164711
More like scoundrels paid to push an agenda. How do these types of garbage hit the front page so often one wonders.
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Comment #38164527
> how would we ever hear about it? Why wouldn't we? What are we going to do about it? Nothing. It's just like youtube platforms videos discussing how bad social media is for your m…
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Comment #38164003
> At the end of the Cold War, I enlisted in the Navy because it was a good opportunity; there was no ambiguity regarding the bad guys; the military leadership was good; the elected…
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Comment #38163826
Most people don't 'choose' anything. They take what is given to them or the easiest option. Netscape found that out the hard way when microsoft leverage their OS to push IE on ever…
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Comment #38163787
Maybe. But if irrational people at big companies are just throwing $21 billion away, the shareholders will hold them responsible. Especially the major shareholders.
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Comment #38087695
It amazes me that reddit has maintained such a terribe search service for so long. It has been consistently and impressively bad. The most basic filtered full-text search would be …
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Comment #38087381
> * Her name means "renown/glory of father", a really nice name for a daughter! The first part, kleos comes from kluein, "to hear", which in turn derives from the same IE root as t…
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Comment #38087036
> That it why we spell it as "colour" in English. No. That was due to french influence. Not to be more phonetic. > Americans removed the "u" from their dialect which makes a needle…
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Comment #38001235
> Pushing these companies to return money to their shareholders instead of keeping it in huge war chests used for buying up any potential competitors would be a good first step. Co…
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Comment #38000957
> I assure you I see these colours the same as you do. I assure you that you do not. Don't want to get too philosophical or biological on you but we all see colors differently. Eve…
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Comment #38000896
Had no idea nokia was still in business. I thought they were bought out years ago. US demand shrinks? Growth uncertain? Did nokia carve out a niche in the US market because I haven…
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Comment #38000818
> No evidence of overfishing? The alaskan snow crab market is in the hundreds of thousands to a few million. If 10 billion snow crabs were caught, the snow crab price would have cr…
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Comment #38000598
> The west bootstrapped modern civilization Bootstrapped? You mean raped, pillaged, exterminated and polluted. > Other countries dont need to because cleaner technology is availabl…
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Comment #37880828
> Wikipedia says that it rains 39.34 inches annually in Seattle. Is that a lot? The precipitation in seattle (mist) and the precipitation in nyc ( rain ) are two different animals.…
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Comment #37880601
Or you can bake it. That way you can save the tasty juices. It's especially effective for hamburger patties. When you are done cooking, you can dump the juices on the bread and the…
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Comment #37857703
> It seems like Microsoft believes they can settle for something much lower. They could hire the best lawyers, accountants, lobbyists, etc in the world. Unless someone at microsoft…