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mertd

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    Comment #47856131

    What I observe as a parent; 95% of the teacher's job cannot be scaled with technology.

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    Comment #47140043

    > Going to the gym is very boring for me. Try group exercise studios, if you have one available. The classes are usually one hour. It makes planning very easy. Same time, every wee…

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    Comment #46664447

    Ç is a brilliant name

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    Comment #46583594

    I must be the minority that barely noticed any changes after upgrading to Tahoe.

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    Comment #46535304

    Good luck getting Americans eat sufficient broccoli to source their protein without also adding a ton of cheese or fat/sugar based sauces.

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    Comment #46535264

    My personal anecdotal experience is that once you make a conscious effort to avoid added sugars, your taste buds eventually recalibrate over the course of a few months and you end …

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    Comment #46467490

    They have a standalone keyboard product that snaps with magsafe.

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    Comment #46264127

    That's a phone compass problem no? Perhaps the specific way you're holding the phone is confusing for the algorithm?

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    Comment #46256529

    There is a million ways where that interaction goes sideways and becomes a drama between the parents nowadays.

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    Comment #46183511

    What's the play here? Afaik there are no monetary perks to being a top maps contributor.

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    Comment #46183479

    I was reading about shield volcanoes and it sounds like the low viscosity lava is the defining feature. So the flow is par for the course.

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    Comment #46171107

    That's not very useful? For homeowners, the real estate transactions are public and majority of white collar people have LinkedIn accounts.

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    Comment #46085842

    Did you read or even skim the article? It mentions fire safety codes specifically, violation of which is the very reason that fire happened not because it was a tall building. Do y…

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    Comment #46082473

    Also not very clear how they attributed the failure to solar radiation.

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    Comment #46080960

    I meant to say it's not new information. The blog post I linked is from a month ago. It is also more accessible for casual reading.

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    Comment #46080256

    This is hardly a secret. Matt Levine blogged about it: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-10-29/put...

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    Comment #46041818

    The start menu cluster, incessant pushing of Edge and OneDrive are the reasons I installed Linux after about a decade of not using desktop Linux outside of work. I am genuinely sho…

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    Comment #45089492

    Do coding in non-assembly programming languages make you a worse programmer in the long run because you are not exposed to the deepest level of complexity?

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    Comment #44988763

    Bike infra is forever stuck in the limbo of building half-assed solutions and then complaining not enough ridership is taking it up.

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    Comment #44920669

    It's really hard to reply without making a statement on politics but you really should diversify your news consumption.

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    Comment #44544928

    The author claims to be 8 years old in 2015. So that makes them still a teenager. It is pretty cool IMO.

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    Comment #44477751

    I wouldn't recognize the Volvo EV semi pictured in the article while driving. It looks generic.

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    Comment #44373748

    California has this and it's great. https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab...

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    Comment #44148544

    Oh yes it does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet .

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    Comment #41866168

    Sorry but this is a bad take. The active light on "screens" is stimulating, causes eye strain and keeps you awake. The two technologies are not the same.