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kingbirdy

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    Comment #49015488

    So the website doesn't work and the discord is private for no reason? Unfortunately this is reminding me why I stopped playing MUDs :( For a genre that's entirely dependent on keep…

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    Comment #49013420

    > There is an ongoing project doing this (that launches this weekend I believe) to revive a MUD called Shadows of Isildur Interesting, could you share more info? I couldn't find an…

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    Comment #39104756

    This seems like a premature launch, there's nothing on the page that's useful when playing the game. It would be great to actually see what the skills do, their work abilities, and…

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    Comment #34783069

    Yes, high-achieving teenagers are mostly tired all the time

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    Comment #34783034

    You're missing two things, one for each age group: For the younger kids, each hour earlier they start is an hour earlier they finish, which means parents need to either finish work…

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    Comment #34755673

    I don't think you responded to the comment you meant to

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    Comment #34549599

    I've been listening for about 30 minutes and it's pretty neat, I've already found some new music I like. However, the weather forecast told me it was 275° F.

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    Comment #34153329

    Price fixing increases profits as long as nobody undercuts you, that's the whole point

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    Comment #34153284

    A new score would certainly qualify as "materially different", to GPs point

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    Comment #33945401

    > I was once unmasked in an old video game though because of a mistake specific to that game and people from my country, a mistake I had internalized since childhood. That was quit…

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    Comment #32780223

    Because there are many large companies who's entire purchasing procedure seems to be to select whoever's furthest in the top right of Gartner's quadrants

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    Comment #32153753

    For many people (esp. kids and "Disney adults"), Disney{land,world} isn't a type of theme park, it's its own experience that could never be substituted with Six Flags or Universal …

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    Comment #31248513

    How are Germans using two orders of magnitude more electricity than Americans?

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    Comment #31111589

    There are limits to how much he can borrow against his assets, both due to banking risk models and Tesla bylaws. He's too close to those limits already to borrow another $20B.

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    Comment #30805488

    Concert tickets _are_ dynamically priced, at least for some events. See Ticketmaster's "Official Platinum"[0] which is a dynamic pricing system for the best seats, I imagine other …

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    Comment #30489012

    Ukraine is not a dictatorship, their most recent election was widely recognized as fair by international observers.

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    Comment #29432425

    The point of enabling that option is that users want you to use the relay so they don't have to give you their real email address. If you're just trying to send an email, why isn't…

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    Comment #28539657

    Could you provide some substantive backing you your claims? Why won't this ever happen? Why do you think this is about "being bold" rather than "managing things rationally"? What's…

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    Comment #28233686

    > Knee-jerk virtue signalling is not a sign of a good historian The author isn't and never claimed to be a historian. Their bio on Atlas Obscura says "I'm a senior editor and write…

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    Comment #26969313

    You aren't obligated to accept anything given to you as a gift or in a will.

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    Comment #26431712

    Pitchfork is the name of the website that's hosting the article

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    Comment #26370589

    > What prevents their neighbour parking in their stall for a few hours and using their power? Presumably the same thing that stops you from parking in your neighbor's driveway and …

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    Comment #26321179

    Why does this article not have any pictures of the watch? It only has renders, even though the author supposedly has one.

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