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hithereagain

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    Comment #45076079

    Older people, say folks in their forties or older, grew up with the em dash.

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    Comment #34514469

    This was interesting, but for the Stephen King On Writing Book, when I asked it what Chapter 5 was about, I got a different answer each time.

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    Comment #34493510

    He did not.

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    Comment #34187518

    I recently paid for Dell's next day service with a new PC purchase. The PC arrived broken, and Dell refused to send anyone out to fix it. Instead, I waited weeks for a replacement,…

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    Comment #28512564

    But "Pixi" == "Pixie" when evaluated by humans

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    Comment #23823643

    I tell you honey, it's a crying shame; All the pretty girls really look the same. -- Iggy and the Stooges

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    Comment #23009938

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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    Comment #22857761

    And a nightmare job for some other creative artist.

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    Comment #21730027

    Don't give up already ;-)

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    Comment #18462011

    In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

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    Comment #17990660

    Perhaps the problem is using money as a tool for valuation?

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    Comment #17837626

    A lot of designers are now using tools like Sketch which help with this process, providing exportable CSS for various elements.

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    Comment #17716014

    There is a System Reference Document for 5e available here: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-d...

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    Comment #17623052

    Aren't these free meals essentially untaxed compensation for employees?

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    Comment #17295571

    [2] Brain activity appears to continue after people are dead, according to new study. (9 march 2017) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/what-happens-die-...

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    Comment #16884651

    I hope you'll share it anyway. I enjoyed working on this in school. My thesis advisor worked on a couple papers on your very topic, but as far as I know, nothing was ever turned in…

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    Comment #15647055

    Although this doesn't quite answer your question, I had a lot of fun playing with TogetherJS a few years ago; it made taking advantage of webrtc for a collaborative web game/tool p…

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    Comment #15603408

    BB&T, through its "BB&T Charitable Foundation", spent a lot of money injecting Ayn Rand into college curricula: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/16/new-paper-det... http…

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    Comment #15227346

    Also interesting, this article about Venice, where (apparently) the wealthiest families in 1427 are still the wealthiest families https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-flor…

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    Comment #14815169

    >The suggestion that there are other kinds of valid thinking besides scientific thinking is way off. That's a very religious attitude you have about the scientific method. ;-) Migh…

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    Comment #14725601

    If you start with Mathematics, you'll end up in a loop: Mathematics > Quantity > Magnitude (mathematics) > Mathematics. Ignoring this backlink, though, it would work: Mathematics >…

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    Comment #14317792

    The song Devil Town was written by Daniel Johnston, whose work you might enjoy. Bright Eyes certainly did a solid version of it!

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    Comment #14276704

    You and your kids might enjoy piloting the ship using Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator ( http://artemis.eochu.com/ )