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grendel

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    I would argue that before JavaScript Perl is the only one that came close, part of why it was so popular.

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    Comment #2824471

    I am going to try out the piano fundamentals book. I have 4yr old taking lessons. The preface seems to promise a lot. I am skeptical that you can hack the basic 10,000 hr expert pa…

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    Comment #2509755

    I keep all dependencies in ivy (.Net/C++ shop). If I don't need to hack the source it goes in ivy.

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    Comment #1503621

    + Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility James P. Carse + Thus Spoke Zarathrusta Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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    Comment #1427550

    Had a bad drive on a iMac 2 yrs ago. They asked if I wanted my defective drive. Of course I said yes. This was at a genius bar.

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    Comment #1375632

    I think I heard these same arguments against google... DuckDuckGo is in good company.

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    Comment #1238562

    Pre-washed baby spinach, baby tomatoes, bacon or leftover meat (like steak, hamburger). Top with two fried eggs and cheese. I tend to eat it for breakfast.

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    Comment #1238539

    The reason things are so good for us now is the free software and free culture that gave us the tools we have. Apple firmly sits on that back.

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    Comment #1021463

    Central Market is a gourmet store, it has less focus on all organic. It wins in both variety and quality.

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    Comment #887800

    The main server at home is debian. i have one desktop box and the tiny vaio running ubuntu. recently being hacking obj-c for the iphone so osx has become my main desktop. have been…

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    Comment #876090

    grendel - john gardner bluebeard - kurt vonnegut

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    Comment #711370

    I have found that "Good Calories, Bad Calories" does a great job of pointing towards a better understanding of diets and how the body works.

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    Comment #426585

    I use ` as my command prefix, works well with emacs and is only one key. the only issue comes if you cut and paste lines with back ticks, which disconnects your screen session, but…

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    Comment #301970

    The Omnivore's Dilemma is a must read. http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meal...

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    Comment #294389

    what about all of _why the lucky stiff's stuff?

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    Comment #265101

    bought the app because i enjoyed so much of their work on my jailbroken 1.x iphone.