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jvandonsel

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    Comment #49149969

    Despite reading the entire series twice, I never understood the porcupine line. Can someone ELI5?

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    Comment #49028469

    As another fountain pen aficionado, it's reassuring to see that Neal's handwriting is as bad as mine.

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    Comment #46444295

    Caution: Do not stare into beam.

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    Comment #46233959

    Since January 2025.

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    Comment #44771782

    Though many people avoid Goulet due to the anti-LGBT stance of their owners.

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    Comment #43319281

    ...and also showed that she had antlers. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)

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    Comment #42818637

    "I predict that within 10 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them." - Professo…

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    Comment #42607337

    “I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes” - Thoreau

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    Comment #42324322

    Let me guess: Freddy Way at CWRU?

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    Comment #42151792

    Simple solution. Cut down all the trees on the side of the road. You’re welcome.

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    Comment #41378417

    Is OralB able to actually do per-tooth tracking? Impressive if it’s just based on data from a cheap IMU in the toothbrush.

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    Comment #40830885

    The first sentence of the article misspells the name of the show.

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    Comment #40481443

    Yay math.

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    Comment #39888270

    He seems to be doing everything by "feel". I would imagine that if the stone were 3D scanned it wouldn't be difficult to use some software to determine the optimal orientation to a…

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    Comment #39678515

    I went to look for the ebook version of “Sparta and the Commemoration of War”, but balked at the $30 price.

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    Comment #39597987

    Blame the tires

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    Comment #39584980

    They seem to be ignoring another useful aspect of a deck of cards. Each card could be placed face-up or face-down in the deck.

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    Comment #38783399

    What’s with the funky ‘g’ character in this blog’s font? Very distracting.

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    Comment #38753498

    And the root cause was LG, not GM.

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    Comment #38592210

    At what point does the device cease to be an iPod classic? I’ve modded a few, but at some point it becomes a different beast altogether.

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    Comment #37997180

    I was hoping that this would allow them to continue to produce the Bolt, but it doesn’t sound like it.

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    Comment #37876479

    Would that be the Boston Athenaeum, by any chance?

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    Comment #37865466

    I blame Ryan Reynolds.