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komodo

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About komodo

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/donsequitur; my proof: https://keybase.io/donsequitur/sigs/ypBryfeoQZHEWN466Z5We6GiF4SH9CW1XVHCkoBBlTw ]

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    Comment #36786706

    There is a Chatbot AI product called character.ai that has suffered a marked decline in quality since its launch as they battle their users to maintain the AI’s safety protocols (s…

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    Comment #32638928

    Everyday Astronaut has some good coverage

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    Comment #27604016

    I'm concerned about becoming dependent on medications I don't need. I'm worried that if I go to any sort of medical professional they will succumb to "if the only tool you have is …

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    Comment #27553710

    You do so by tapping the heart to like the video. If you want to jump-start it use the discover tab and search for something you like.

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    Comment #24722992

    2560x1440 is often called "2k"

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    Comment #20338034

    or even watch the movie the song was influenced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun_(film) , or even the book that movie is based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J…

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    Comment #19817170

    I was just thinking, why don't they install a steel beam at the same height as the maximum allowed, like 11foot8? Obviously it would be set much farther back than theirs.

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    Comment #19239708

    Here's a Smarter Every Day video on the topic. Live demonstration starts at 6min mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqu9iMiPIU&feature=youtu.be...

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    Comment #18453030

    'Bethesda Softworks' is the publisher for both, but ESO was made by a different studio -- 'ZeniMax Online Studios'. 'Bethesda Game Studios' is responsible for the mainline Fallout …

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    Comment #17980664

    NIMBY-ism mostly. The people lucky enough to already own property don't want further residential development. It keeps their property values artificially high. There is an unreason…

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    Comment #17480803

    I'm not sure how unique it is to Iraq, but there were tons of photos of it on American news after that country was 'liberated' https://www.google.com/search?q=iraq+voting&tbm=isch

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    Comment #17187494

    Yes, we also have these screens in our office elevators. They show the weather, pictures of office views better than yours, and ads. I find the brand name "Captivate" depressingly …

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    Comment #15955644

    My new card from Citi doesn't even have raised numbers. You could probably still write it down manually I suppose.

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    Comment #15905857

    Console should benefit from the system wide 'Windows Sets' tabbing feature https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/tabs-come-to-every-w...

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    Comment #15106739

    As a native English speaker, I can confirm you are not crazy; it needs an article.

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    Comment #14830812

    "some 40,000 people per day are hit by "A" car". How can you possibly read this and think this was about the all cars on the road? Sorry for being cheeky but the parent literally j…

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    Comment #14711945

    I wonder what their terms were when they signed up with the labels to be yet another Spotify clone. If it was any sort of upfront payment that would hit them hard since I don't thi…

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    Comment #14711918

    There is a paywall, but only for the kind of music you can find everywhere else.

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    Comment #14584660

    This is place is most likely an exception to the rule but here is a single counter-example; a long-standing commune near my hometown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks_Commun…

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    Comment #14187903

    Apple takes 30% of the purchase price for app sales on the app store.

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    Comment #13468659

    a genie offers you a deal. "I will prevent all car accidents that cause death for an entire year. In exchange, at the end of that year, I will randomly kill people, one by one, unt…

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    Comment #13437344

    The orange square is to stop the current bidet function. The 9 dots is a big flush, as opposed to the one beside it which is a small flush and then an even smaller 'eco' flush besi…

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    Comment #13239255

    > I don't get why more banks don't let you generate a unique card number per merchant so if it's compromised it affects at most one place. A lot of them do. Here are some examples:…

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    Comment #13210241

    I only meant as a way to sort of crowdfund research, not as a long term solution. Re: your last line, does the US Earned Income Tax Credit count?