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marlowe221
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About marlowe221
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Comment #33986162
Unfortunately, people often struggle with the difference between "can" and "should"...
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Comment #32900132
You're both right
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Comment #32843121
Mine is "Do you close the door when you go to the bathroom?"
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Comment #32015461
Congress or a state legislature could pass a law that says "No terms of service are ever enforceable" but to my knowledge no one has done that. So, under the current state of the l…
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Comment #32014644
This is the correct answer.
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Comment #32014614
Former attorney turned software developer here! Nope, it's not a settled question in the way that I think you mean. Each ToS is different so each would be subject to individual leg…
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Comment #31850512
I agree 100%. I love JavaScript (yes, I'm one of THOSE people) and like what TypeScript brings to the table but it quickly becomes hard to read as the code becomes more complex. Py…
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Comment #31836854
This person knows what he/she/they is talking about!
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Comment #31697302
If your job posting doesn't give some indication as to the possible salary range, I'm just not going to apply. What? I'm going to go through some bullshit interview process that in…
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Comment #31354846
My kids (ages 6 and 3) LOVE Bluey. We are American and (sadly) English-only speakers. The fact that the show is full of Australian accents has not impacted their ability to underst…
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Comment #31169349
I don't know what I have to do to get the sublime desktop experience that macOS is famous for... My work-issued Macbook Pro regularly forgets which monitor (my external monitor or …
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Comment #31168272
According to the Stackoverflow 2021 survey, it's not as popular as we might be led to believe. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-mo... MacOS comes in at 25.…
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Comment #31073120
Former attorney here - if you ever end up in some kind of dispute, you will be glad you notified people in writing! I agree, that it's annoying in the meantime though.
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Comment #31071352
We moved to Portland, Oregon from Jackson, Mississippi last year. Portland, like Seattle, is a stereotypical "rainy" city and Jackson is not. Jackson gets almost 10 inches MORE rai…
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Comment #30950559
Oh man, Windows Terminal is a wonderful thing! I've used Konsole extensively; I've been a filthy dual booter for many years now. But I never did much development on Windows until a…
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Comment #30834973
I would submit that Dave Matthews Band may have given Mr. Hendrix (hallowed be his name) some competition for All Along the Watchtower, but you make excellent points here!
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Comment #30781048
That's right - these animation studios are aware that kids are watching these movies... with their parents!
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Comment #30766721
I'm a former attorney. I left the profession after 13 years of practice and became a software developer. I spent most of my career doing things like criminal defense and representi…
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Comment #30627989
American here. This is what my bank does as well. No account statements sent directly via email.
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Comment #30350519
Yeah... compressed 4 day weeks do nothing for you if you're a parent. My kids get out of school/daycare at 3:30 pm. That's hard enough to deal with working 8x5 days, especially pos…
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Comment #29554444
Non-competition for what??? The blog author is the developer of the mGBA emulator which is free and open source... There is no commercial competition for Analogue there.
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Comment #29554181
It won't... but with a screen size that small how much does that matter??? I own a RG351P and it's an excellent device for the money. Not saying it doesn't matter at all, just that…
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Comment #29553769
Yeah, no reason why it wouldn't.
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Comment #29242169
Also, both packages are made by the same two guys