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itsameta4

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    Comment #42451056

    Man, the media himself, huh? That guy has to keep his story straight.

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    Comment #42379129

    The GameBoy Pocket had a really shockingly crisp screen with very deep blacks. The original GameBoy was quite blurry, especially when scrolling.

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    Comment #35705827

    The dots are indeed called umlauts, at least in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut_(diacritic)

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    Comment #22529141

    Like, for instance, thousands of miles through the desert? Or are only sea voyages from Europe harrowing enough?

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    Comment #20460937

    Don't mind me, just unintentionally submitting an amicus brief to a pedophile's plea deal. Totally accidental, could have happened to any linguist.

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    Comment #20336718

    >if you can afford it We can't, that's why we're moving. It's not to get away from "elements", like prior generations. It's simply too expensive to raise a family in the city. Not …

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    Comment #20242855

    Ghjattu-volpe is a noun-noun compound, not a noun-adjective pair. Cat-fox is correct.

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    Comment #19587173

    This is all extremely debunked. The "Dr. Mews" quoted in the article lost his license to practice in the UK, largely on the basis of these claims.

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    Comment #19115836

    It is Douglas Adams, from Life, the Universe, and Everything.

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    Comment #18504998

    Sure, but we evolved to live on land, and opposable thumbs, far before we developed civilization. Meanwhile, cranial volume continued to expand long after e.g. thumbs. I think the …

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    Comment #18443491

    They'll be using the Citi Building, which is a few minutes' walk from the stations you cited.

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    Comment #18443101

    It's the 7, G, E, M, R, N, and W. Queens and Queensboro Plazas are only a couple blocks from the Citi building. I agree though - this happening during the L train shutdown will abs…

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    Comment #17961071

    There's also Plain Text Offenders, for those who clearly store passwords in plaintext. http://plaintextoffenders.com/

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    Comment #17617909

    There's not a ton of civilian craft cruising about at nearly Mach 2.

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    Comment #16921287

    No, both Neanderthals and humans are generally believed to have each evolved from Homo habilis separately, and then later interbred to varying degrees in various locales.

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    Comment #16776947

    I'm aware of this, however he specifically mentioned a weak sound in "sukiyaki" which is due to de-voicing the /i/.

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    Comment #16776226

    Japanese de-voices vowels in certain contexts adjacent to voiceless consonants. The weakness you're describing is the lack of voicing (vocal cords vibrating).

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    Comment #16680637

    Your first two symptoms are literally the textbook definition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_d... Number 3 may be as w…

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    Comment #16071412

    That was only the case until 2013 or so. Modern Atoms are vulnerable.

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    Comment #16029857

    MS-13 is around in some isolated pockets on Long Island. About 1100 identified members total in Nassau and Suffolk, though not all are active. Generally stick to El Salvadoran neig…

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    Comment #15964200

    The Republic of Ireland's constitution guarantees a member of the Dáil (Lower Parliamentary house; similar to the US House of Representatives) for every 20-30,000 people, and distr…

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    Comment #15964096

    His Black Ghosts are in a 150-gallon tank. They'll be quite happy.

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    Comment #15824089

    Ah yes, certainly worked with Serbs and Bosnians. “Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has c…

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    Comment #14751868

    TrueType Font, actually.

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    Comment #10321138

    HID spoofing.