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    Comment #10800938

    Yes but overall, isn't it better to at least have the choice to go to the supermarket? (As you kind of acknowledge in your own example.)

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    Comment #8329362

    Ah OK thanks!

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    Comment #8329258

    Just curious, what risk are you referring to?

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    Comment #8171425

    It can also be thought of as a pun -- when you want to "exit" an application, you "X it".

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    Comment #7467120

    Clarification: this is about MS Word 1.1a, which was released in 1990.

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    Comment #7237317

    > Chinese characters are not an alphabet, they do not carry phonetics, they carry meaning. And, guess what, this is arguably better. Why? Because phonetics tend to shift quickly. B…

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    Comment #7063354

    "Germanic languages have special words for 11 and 12, such as eleven and twelve in English, which are often misinterpreted as vestiges of a duodecimal system. However, they are con…

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    Comment #6686893

    Dumb question: What does it mean that autocommit is now turned on? I no longer have to call mymodel.save()? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.6/#improved...

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    Comment #6431487

    Side comment: that's a nice website; how did you make it? I see it's hosted on GitHub pages and that you use Bootstrap. Did you write all the HTML/CSS yourself, or use Markdown, et…

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    Comment #6262850

    Another name for "begging the question" is simply "circular reasoning"

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    Comment #5277807

    How do you know their issues are somatic, or that the relief they experience is a placebo effect?

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    Comment #5235215

    - 1-800-FLOWERS - 1-800-CONTACTS - hotels.com

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    Comment #4914703

    > Two-finger slide from the right sometimes opens up a sidebar that apparently contains settings (not sure what the magic incantation is). There's a grippie in the bottom right cor…

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    Comment #4914698

    Yes, but keep in mind you can't make Google Maps the default mapping application, so links to addresses (e.g. in calendar, web browser, contacts) will open in Apple Maps.

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    Comment #4726511

    OK, will log a bug if I can

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    Comment #4725817

    I love PTVS, but I keep running into a problem when I debug my code. One time it'll properly highlight in my IDE where an exception (or breakpoint) occurred; the next time it won't…

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    Comment #4610913

    On the right of each song page is a section dedicated to explaining the whole song. I don't see the problem.

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    Comment #4490867

    It must depend on your definition of "abbreviation". For example, Hamas and Fatah (the main political parties in Palestine) are both acronyms. Fatah is actually a reverse acronym. …

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    Comment #4455787

    How is this different from what happened in May? http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/21/business/la-fi-autos... "California Senate passes bill for self-driving cars"

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    Comment #4424657

    What does the "mixed nuts" example at the bottom have to do with this phenomenon?

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    Comment #4418463

    Like Netflix

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    Comment #4275031

    An issue with this puzzle is that the objective is not clearly stated upfront. The author should make it clear from the outset that the goal is to minimize the number of drops in t…

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    Comment #4184190

    Every movement has to start somewhere. If you felt a company was behaving unethically and wanted to boycott it, what would you do? Would your strategy not involve spreading the wor…

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    Comment #4184116

    So you're opposed to boycotts? Or are you criticizing this boycott because it's not (yet) big enough to influence Apple? Lots of boycotts have been successful throughout history, a…