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mattstreet

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    Comment #20772294

    "I've never had the opportunity to work with physical labor" Yes you have. You could go out today and find a job doing physical labor unless you are significantly physically disabl…

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    Comment #18196159

    Sure, that money actually paid people to do work and those people were then able to stimulate the economy, pay for their education, all that good stuff. But that same money could h…

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    Comment #17631996

    Is it? They already charge the amount they think meets the perfect balance of "as much as possible" and "not so much that less people buy".

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    Comment #16870138

    I believe you can buy hubs that are single speed and then if you flip them are fixie, might be cheaper to put that on a cheap bike than having a kid...

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    Comment #15916212

    I'm a bit rusty, but I believe the way NTP works (at least the reference version which is commonly used) is that if a client sends too many requests in a short time, they are ignor…

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    Comment #15215959

    You're going to encrypt publicly accessible sensitive data with a 9 digit number ? This is not even close to the current level of security. You don't get to make millions of guesse…

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    Comment #15091627

    It doesn't matter what any court says when we don't do anything about officers violating someone's rights.

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    Comment #15091615

    You don't have rights if you're within 100 miles of the border.

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    Comment #14647706

    And then someone uses you in an DoS amplification attack instead of going after you directly.

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    Comment #14646544

    Basically don't offer hackers any data amplification attacks, never respond with more data than it took for the attack to make the request.

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    Comment #14302904

    Cisco Systems matches to 4.5% of your pay.

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    Comment #13840392

    Or we could feed people real food.

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    Comment #13501680

    Probably a good decision to switch to NSAIDs (at least when possible) please don't flush meds again though.

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    Comment #13471215

    How is this inflammatory? Also, welcome to capitalism.

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    Comment #13303561

    Then it should also be noted that you really shouldn't use telnet to interact with HTTP or SMTP either. Telnet has issues if you send control characters, which wouldn't be used for…

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    Comment #13215685

    If we actually included the externalities of coal, the damage to property by acid rain, the health effects, the tearing the tops off our mountains to strip mine - then we could see…

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    Comment #13215563

    Those in charge are seeing just how much they can take.

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    Comment #13149774

    Then the ransomware would just encrypt the files more slowly.

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    Comment #12833566

    People have had 50 years to start solving the problem on their own.

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    Comment #12413234

    So it's only plants that God made that are automatically safe?

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    Comment #12413213

    You'd think it would be up to the FDA to decide if something has a medical purpose and just the DEA to enforce that.

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    Comment #12413203

    Here's the part that made his point clear: "in jail for life" - it's the law that causes the danger.

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    Comment #12335983

    How is modern marriage hugely risky compared to what it used to be?

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    Comment #12101739

    If we can't avoid ruining a planet we evolved to live on, do we really deserve a plan B?

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    Comment #12001635

    So are the owners of pay phones liable?