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mindrunner

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    Comment #45480945

    this. the energy costs have made me downscale to micro pcs

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    Comment #30754563

    Your reply is something a lot of people will only realise its wisdom in hindsight. Like how Job Titles actually matter, most don't realise companies will use any excuse to justify …

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    Comment #28838047

    any chance we could look at your thesis when it is done? :)

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    Comment #27881660

    You can't dispose these without due process. Not sure whre you're getting you're ideas from.

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    Comment #27881644

    Good riddance.

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    Comment #25631775

    I don't think H1Bs will unionize, there's too much too lose if they get fired.

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    Comment #25313867

    Reading Jeff's email plus her comments on twitter doesn't give the full story. It seems like 1. She did not give them the time required to vet through the paper or followed the pro…

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    Comment #20987128

    Depends on what demographic your friends are. If they are predominantly English speaking from young, there's a higher chance they grew up on a lot of US TV.

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    Comment #20987092

    I'm not American, but grew up watching Sienfield / Frasier / Friends. Well, there are definitely times when I did not "get it", but repeated exposure to US culture via TV makes you…

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    Comment #18944842

    Here is the actual study it is referring to: [Doing despite disliking - http://images.transcontinentalmedia.com/LAF/lacom/disliking....

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    Comment #13450207

    You can buy them from sites like banggood.com / gearbest.com. They are pretty reliable. But in my honest opinion, That kind of money should just be spent in the Dell Outlet. Get so…

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    Comment #13450195

    techtablets.com is great. In fact, I got my tablet based on his reviews. There is a hidden subtext behind his reviews though. He already knows what he should expect for the price h…

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    Comment #13450170

    It will play fine. In my case, this is what I realised. * I bought it thinking that this would be a cheap Win10 based Netflix / Comic Reader. Windows 10 is not really a touch frien…

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    Comment #13450151

    I have a Chuwi. Honestly, from the get go, you will know that its not a development machine. As for testing apps, If you wish to simulate the user experience on a cheap Atom, this …

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    Comment #13443455

    Don't even bother with those Chinese tablets. They are passable for media consumption, but absymal for anything else. Buy something like a refurbished Dell Latitude series instead.…

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    Comment #12634874

    I am torn between getting that, or waiting for the next generation motherboards (apollo lake). 2 vendors have already made preliminary announcements: * http://www.asrock.com/ipc/ov…

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    Comment #11402564

    I think this is RH finally realizing why Ubuntu Server has surpassed them in the cloud. It's because develop & test on the same OS. Its also the reason why CentOS was popular in th…

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    Comment #8077684

    Anyone checked out pydio? it was formerly called ajaxexplorer. http://pyd.io/

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    Comment #7719142

    At least this is a proper money generating business, unlike the useful Whatsapp. I definitely use it a lot, but being acquired for 16B is stretching it...

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    Comment #6441852

    Man, that is exactly the first thing I did as well. Lets hope they release a 'mono' version soon

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    Comment #3645867

    Same here. Was amazed by the initial marketing gloss, but let down by the 1366x768 display :(

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    Comment #3422722

    This problem really echoed with me. The one thing I hate about Python is the pain of compiling it from source. Unlike startups, we enterprise dudes don't have the liberty of choosi…

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