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mback00

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    Comment #23089815

    Salutations Mr. Prince Bakare Abacha, I would love a direct massage on my next trip to Nigeria... In fact I have 401 reasons to look into your offer! I hope very much we can meet u…

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    Comment #23089761

    I take it you are a young person... First max out your company 401K with as much contribution to the ROTH option as you can afford... invest it in the lowest fee broad market match…

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    Comment #20714898

    But this is how the Hong Kong government has traditionally made its money. Hong Kong’s tax structure is real-estate sales. This is why Hong Kong is all about huge sky rise developm…

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    Comment #20714791

    This is the most beautiful and tragic thing I have read all day. Is there a reputable place to donate?

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    Comment #20427224

    In the comment section was “learn to code.” Totally Insensitive... and not that I agree, but nonetheless close to the point. The consolidation and automation of news is here to sta…

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    Comment #18596301

    That’s the point actually of what Lewis is talking about - and it is a miracle that we have the translations that we do. It’s really not so difficult to understand the Bible — espe…

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    Comment #18574791

    Um. An overly socialized economy incentivizes counterproductive behavior. The early puritans in Massachusetts /started/ with the extremity of a socialist system of non-ownership wi…

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    Comment #18574422

    It is not useful to define a demographic of the destitute at a standard relative to the median. (Note: Advancement of inequality of outcome beyond poverty is a _virtue_ of free soc…

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    Comment #14005977

    I want 17.10 to be able to jailbreak and install on the Samsung 8+. Samsung is looking to provide a phone/pc in one device, but I use ubuntu as my os today and want to continue. Sa…

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    Comment #12172241

    My argument is simply.... If you leave technical advancement alone and provide people freedom - not government oppression or try to kill innovation underneath of some set social th…

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    Comment #12169997

    Um... the revolution of productivity that his happening in the workplace will likely enhance social behaviour and especially creative behaviour. The last revolution was about apply…

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    Comment #11958622

    Poor and stupid - Simple you are. In a civil society those that provide a utility (or "fun") to others are rewarded and incentivized.

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    Comment #11851992

    The problem here is not the app. People need to understand that the road /is/ public! Your neighborhood does /not/ own the road - everyone does. IMO, The solution to the problem of…

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    Comment #11792331

    He should have mentioned Chuck Norris in the discussion.

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    Comment #11656810

    VI !!! ^_^

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    Comment #11594460

    Because we increased the number of jobs in the public sector, because we instituted a healthcare system where we get less for paying more into it (and one that makes it attractive …

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    Comment #11157246

    IMO -- Better is to just write better tools for plain olde ANSI-C. We can build tools to check C as well as any other. Let's just not waste time on building further complexity into…

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    Comment #10929232

    U need to branch out and prove what you are saying is true -- and u don't need to relocate... That is the strength of being a uber hacking sw "man of foo" that you are. If you are …

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    Comment #10929208

    "Not lucky enough" - that just gauls me every time I hear it. If someone chooses to slack off (only HS education w/o trade and w/o entreprenurial ambition)... They are automaticall…

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    Comment #10919036

    I have outgrown a few laptops since 2006 when I finally gave up dual boot and just ran with Linux. Linux admittedly does have the occasional mixup (especially about competing graph…

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    Comment #10886450

    It is still... A language for the quick hack, but not for the reader (or author) to understand a day or even an hour after the writing.

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    Comment #10870356

    Please use Occam's razor: student that can maintain her anonymity in the face of this report + bureacracy that maintains a service for /one/ person = Political connections

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    Comment #10870348

    Political connections - nufsed.

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    Comment #10756395

    Um... Have to side with Wes here. Your rules were not nearly adequate, and instead of going at Wes directly with adequate and in-depth communication, the CSO went after his employe…

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    Comment #10555682

    When will we get plugins (Adblock)?