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guga31bb

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    Comment #6642474

    No, the libertarian obsession with the gold standard and other poor economic policies preclude the Economist from being lumped in with them.

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    Comment #5788402

    Where is this data coming from? I'm assuming you have law school admissions data from somewhere?

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    Comment #5509357

    For creatine, while it is true that the supplement serves to help you push out an extra rep or two, I've literally never heard of anyone getting "overuse injuries" due to starting …

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    Comment #4943089

    Sure. Here's the classic example: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/...

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    Comment #4717622

    Seconding WorkFlowy. I started using it a couple months ago and haven't turned back since. I showed it to my (not very technologically savvy) wife, and she loves it too. It's great…

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    Comment #4565216

    > All you need to do is go to sleep around the time that the sun goes down. It's just that "easy". What about in December when the sun sets around 16:30? Surely people aren't getti…

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    Comment #4511395

    They are displayed in two cases: 1) When you turn your Kindle off, there will be a full-screen ad. 2) When browsing books at the main menu, a small horizontal bar across the bottom…

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    Comment #4461236

    > I've built an extremely useful service but only 1 in 100 was willing to pay, which is ridiculous to say. To play devil's advocate, if only 1 in 100 people are willing to pay for …

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    Comment #4455345

    > One feature I have wanted that would solve a frustration I have with Strava is the ability to quickly "prune" a ride [...] The app could even autodetect part you may want to prun…

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    Comment #4399130

    > Still, the average restaurant worker, at least around here, is very young, and by definition, unless you're going to an upscale restaurant, likely not getting much money. Since w…

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    Comment #4397814

    This happens quite frequently on reddit as well. I'd imagine it's due to the fact that the set of people who vote on a story are different than the set who vote on comments. For ex…

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    Comment #4381155

    > statistically Uncle Bob is many times more dangerous than a random stranger. Well, that's because Uncle Bob is around your kids much more often. I'm not sure if that would be tru…

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    Comment #4314331

    Wow, I did not expect that. This post led to a massive dose of nostalgia (Stanford alum who's been banished to the east coast). Minor suggestion -- it would be cool to have an opti…

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    Comment #4314222

    It looks like maybe the submission is just poorly titled? If you click through to the article, it has the following title: > No More Calls From Strangers: Amicus Uses Facebook To R…

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    Comment #4296246

    Also up for me, also DC area.

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    Comment #4223750

    Add me to the countless number of people who found their place on padmapper (just moved in last week!) and are thankful for its existence. It's a great service.

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    Comment #3904042

    >And do you know what happens when you leave such natural milk on the table for a few days? It goes sour and turns to yogurt ... has a great taste and is really healthy First, your…

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    Comment #3904019

    Boeing moved from Seattle to Chicago in 2001 [0]. A major company moving headquarters is not unheard of. [0] http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22/us/boeing-jolting-seattle-...

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    Comment #3894993

    >instead of sweetened junk or diet bars or low-fat milk Likening milk to the other two seems odd. What's wrong with milk?

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    Comment #3894864

    >And yes, the cardio days should probably be squash, heavy bag or football rather than the treadmill. I'd rephrase this and say cardio days should be something you enjoy doing . So…

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    Comment #3864127

    I switched over to NewsBlur from Google Reader in December (after there was a post about it on HN) and haven't looked back. I even emailed the creator once with an issue I was havi…

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    Comment #3798928

    Also in some areas housing is much more expensive in areas with good public school districts.

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    Comment #3747434

    Seconding Google's Python class. It does an amazing job of covering the most common use cases in a very short class. I'm still relatively new to programming and whenever I'm writin…

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    Comment #3747403

    Sorry to be a downer, but I'm sure what the point of this post is. The gap between kids from high and low SES families has been exhaustively documented (try going to Google scholar…

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    Comment #3742977

    Are you seriously suggesting that the topic of sexism hasn't been discussed ad nauseum on HN?