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Comment #18560937
Predatory lenders from NY? Wow, what an antisemitic article. Really surprised to see this on Bloomberg from all places.
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Comment #18559479
If you're against what I don't like, you're authentic and fighting the good fight. If you support what I don't like, you're receiving paychecks from other governments. Yeah right.
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Comment #18556748
All extensions are open source. Just download the xpi/crx and decompress. Doesn't help much unless you are willing to read all diffs, or never update them (and be exposed to bugs w…
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Comment #18556712
And how do we know Stylus won't go the same route?
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Comment #18554697
Yes, you're saying that suicide rates for blacks are lower because they are killed by means that aren't seen as suicide at a higher rate. That's a statistic. Please back it.
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Comment #18554452
>Whites officially commit suicide more than blacks because blacks who are even slightly inclined to self-destruction find it all to easy to get into situations that produce death b…
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Comment #18554380
People like to believe bad PR kills companies because that makes them think they have control over their lives. Poor bastards...
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Comment #18550276
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-11-19/the-forgo...
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Comment #18547881
>usually decreeing that a true winner would at all times play in the manner of a big tough macho caveman who has no need for nuance and no time for thought Sounds like this was wri…
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Comment #18543878
>It sickens me when I see workers with those sprayer packs or trucks that look like small chemical plants. I hate insects. They are often annoying and sometimes outright dangerous.…
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Comment #18543169
Are you suggesting that building a chat application where most of the chats are one-to-one is a complex problem, computer science-wise? The fact that there are hundreds of chat app…
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Comment #18542923
Same here in Spain. I mean, let's be honest, it's just a chat application. It is almost trivial to build and maintain. And since it uses your phone number, there is no friction to …
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Comment #18542512
They made it free on iOS too one year before they were acquired by Facebook: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-on-ios-now-free
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Comment #18542426
Nobody actually paid for WhatsApp. At least, nobody I know off. They supposedly required you to pay 1€ a year after the first year, but everybody kept using it for free forever. I'…
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Comment #18542361
Properly written C is portable (and much faster than Python)
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Comment #18542141
Because they hire lots of designers and they have to keep them busy so they don't leave.
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Comment #18541291
I was wondering why they hadn't implemented video annotations for their mobile apps yet, I guess I have an answer now lol Fuck Google by the way, I know of many videos that will lo…
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Comment #18540768
Your comment is a great "think about the children".
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Comment #18538099
I don't understand. I have a C background. What is wrong with that?
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Comment #18528876
You are right, but changing the starting address of the WebAssembly memory map to something else (like 0x8000) would've been easier.
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Comment #18528306
Thank you
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Comment #18528119
So I should find very basic books? Because for me newspapers or even my mobile phone's interface are unintelligible.
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Comment #18527977
I want to learn a language but I don't think I'll be using it with anybody anytime soon. But I'd be happy to understand a newspaper or Wikipedia. What would be the recommended way …
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Comment #18527900
If you own a business, you give your redirect, expensive number to clients you don't care much about so they don't call bitching about stuff (quality of whatever you sell, etc) and…