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kirkbackus

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    Comment #42742096

    In this case, the necessity of this law is proof that American companies are incapable of producing an app that can compete with Tiktok.

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    Comment #37051225

    The "your parents" are only harmed if the public benefit from taxes don't offset the benefit that is received directly in the funding of the 401k or other relevant investment accou…

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    Comment #36542214

    In the attached article > After hovering around record lows for much of the pandemic, consumer delinquencies are rising across the industry. > It lost slightly more than $1 billion…

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    Comment #35646207

    Before I got hit with long covid, I was in the best shape of my life, and was doing all of those things on that list. I was running 1.5 miles and exercising several days a week. It…

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    Comment #35330610

    Not for everybody, also it would be great to consume textual content in a variety of voices, or even my own.

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    Comment #33984834

    Flight information provided to the FAA is considered public information. This is funded with taxpayer money, and is not privy to privacy.

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    Comment #19877857

    I've got a few smart switches that adjust the lights at a specific time in the evening. It really helps my children transition into the evening routine. It also helps me not lose t…

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    Comment #19114938

    Referenced article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08497-3

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    Comment #11520953

    I made a project in college like this that utilized the Windows API to enumerate the rectangles of the windows and you could create shapes and other things that you can throw aroun…

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    Comment #10531138

    In the last example, wouldn't a Singleton to represent a null student be more effective since you could do a check for the null student by reference?

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    Comment #10402132

    Why are you saying this? There is literally no mention of social media in this article. The data (at least from the original project) is mined from publicly available data, which c…

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    Comment #10086854

    They only provide one type of license: http://themes.getbootstrap.com/pages/our-license It is comparable to the "Multiple Applications License" provided by WrapBootstrap. Still rel…

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    Comment #9778045

    It's quite ironic that Apple is setting a precedent for the intolerance of any symbol of slavery while they are knowingly supporting manufacturing which utilizes child labor, which…

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    Comment #8752525

    Google also made a library for handling mailing addresses: https://github.com/googlei18n/libaddressinput

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    Comment #8607983

    You are correct. It does that for the multi-line graphs as well. Multi-Line Graph https://github.com/mozilla/metrics-graphics/blob/master/js/m... Point Graph (Scatterplot) https://…

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    Comment #8458635

    According to their faqs: http://blog.incoin.io/incoin-faqs/ Those are all problems that they have yet to solve. They only support salaried employees (no hourly employees). Taxes sh…

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    Comment #8373222

    Careful. Don't miss the precedent to the "every planet could have a drink". It all hinges on "if the solar system’s formation was typical", which is a question that has not been an…

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