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jackityquack

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    Comment #3456794

    Can someone give a technical reason why we can't have an empty TLD which all sites looked up via DNS would default go to? So if you don't enter a TLD the DNS would assume you mean …

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    Comment #3370520

    So the only way for farmers to survive is to subsidize them? The only way is to spend government money to prop them up? If what you say is true, then other solutions need to be exp…

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    Comment #3370387

    I think wealthy Indians are better than empowered Indians.

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    Comment #3370385

    It's better to help the poor become rich than it is to give the poor a bobble and have them stay poor. It's essentially teach a man to fish, except with business. He can reinvest, …

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    Comment #3370290

    Like without running water. And, yes it might be the most cost effective, but if you can't convince a white person to use it, then we shouldn't be telling Indians to use it either.…

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    Comment #3370279

    Or self fund since it sounds to be a profitable idea. His plan is bad because he creates yet another cause to give money to. With a business, he gets the same outcome and doesn't n…

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    Comment #3370254

    I've only had the chance to visit once, but it's wonderful! The best news I've heard is that (i seem to remember) 80% of people that live in slums (slums all over the world), only …

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    Comment #3370240

    I don't have all the solution. But poor people are people too. They're not going to like a solution that makes them know they're poor. Like if you tell them they can't have a flush…

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    Comment #3370223

    Ditto what the other two commenters said. Also, he sounds like a true nerd. Doesn't care about social opinion and just invents his way to success, even if people think he's weird.

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    Comment #3370215

    People don't care about the environment when they've got more important issues like food, shelter and safety to worry about. Fuck the environment! Help the people.

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    Comment #3370198

    Good story, but a strange guy. Also, he could probably do more good for his country by selling his product. He would actually disrupt the industry, instead of creating yet another …

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    Comment #3229585

    What does writing tests count as? Especially if you're doing TDD or BDD.

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    Comment #2884747

    They also can't tell the difference between flac and V0.

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    Comment #2884743

    Also, the reason these are not in cars, is that when scaled up, you're talking about a much heavier flywheel which is then spinning much faster. That can be very dangerous in a cra…

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    Comment #2748986

    They do have 1,000 million people and counting. 64million is only 6.4% That isn't that high in reality. Give China a break. USA has a rental vacancy rate of 9.7% and an owner vacan…