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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.