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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)?