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kevind23

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About kevind23

Physics student at the University of Chicago (2014), developing numerical models for granular systems in C with analysis in Python, primarily.

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    Comment #8429721

    Sure, on the router configuration page, I get that it might inform you that you don't have a connection. But (a) why only contact one company server? can't they ping anything else?…

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    Comment #8423250

    Honestly the native version looks better to me. And it has the desired functionality of blocking the UI thread... I don't think you should encourage anyone to use alerts by making …

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    Comment #8418315

    and yet these are all from the belly of the pig, right? streaky bacon? it's hard to find the other kinds in the US (especially back bacon)

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    Comment #8384103

    Well, it's being ported to run in a virtual environment, not necessarily even Linux :/

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    Comment #8299328

    There's no content in this article whatsoever. They used to need mousers, but now they get max. 2 mice/year. So the distillery has a pet cat to keep tradition alive. That's it?

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    Comment #8229474

    From the comments here, it seems a lot of you missed the bit at the end about Lyft aggressively recruiting Uber drivers. My impression is that Uber is less subtle about it, and per…

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    Comment #7828698

    As to the sugar, I find myself using stevia a lot now. You have to experiment with it; with some foods, you really notice the taste, and it doesn't work very well as a sweetener. B…

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    Comment #7230129

    You should get it working on Android -- but only so I can use it. In all seriousness, it looks like a great app, I'd keep appealing it.

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    Comment #7041884

    I do not want localised search results. If I wanted to search for Chinese food in Chicago, then I would ask for it specifically. I initially switched to DDG because of the insisten…

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    Comment #6651507

    Is it possible to have the extra half of labels auto-expand, when chat is hidden? There is a lot of extra space in the sidebar now.

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    Comment #6516020

    It sounds like a good idea, but it won't be very fun if no one uses it. I imagine having some difficulty explaining "ephemera app" to a wide audience.