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nicara

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    Comment #29761512

    Uhh, do take a look at the FAQ on his website ... Incels are probably the lesser evil when compared to bona fide racists?

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    Comment #1465332

    >However, the normal convention when stating a nationality or, for instance, saying one is from Berlin, would be to leave out the indefinite article "ein." Though JFK's intention w…

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    Comment #983998

    Maybe I missed his point, but first of all, yes, hospitals do have waiting rooms - just (obviously?) they're not filled in the middle of the night, as only people with, well, emerg…

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    Comment #981270

    (warning: going a little off topic here, sorry) Might I ask how you got started in the first place? I've got a fairly reasonable background regarding the theory of it [programming]…

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    Comment #979903

    Anyone have any idea what those 'scars' are that are only visible in x-ray wavelengths? I'd try and find out myself, but I'm not qualified enough to even know where to start lookin…

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    Comment #972638

    This isn't about IMDB, it's about Studio Briefing. And regardless of whether you consider it garbage or not, it might have had value to other people - which is why they were using …

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    Comment #970322

    Sure, and I admit I have no idea how much lead building such a spaceship might take, but keep in mind 2 things: 1) "More than half of the lead currently used comes from recycling."…

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    Comment #970212

    "It is now known that any prolonged human presence deeper in space would need to be behind a shield of the effective strength of two feet of lead, which would weigh 400 tonnes for …

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    Comment #961480

    marketing gone wrong; check the twitter stream (#holidaywindows)

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    Comment #814020

    Anyone else feel their lineup is extremely.. non-Apple-y now? It used to make a lot of sense - to me anyway - how they arranged their iPods from cheap(ish)/only basic features to t…

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    Comment #715439

    Most of the value in YC comes from meeting interesting (read: influential) people, learning a thing or two, and, seeing how important it is to know people to get a job, networking …

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    Comment #656055

    For some odd reason it wouldn't let me register my real name (Felix) even though I entered only a few (<10) seconds after the giveaway started.. the minimum lenght is supposed to b…

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    Comment #650134

    http://www32.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=12am+EDT automatically detects your time zone and tells you your local time for that event, in case you're too lazy to determine it from the …

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    Comment #648556

    What I find similarly odd about bilingualism is that often I can't seem to translate one of the languages I speak into another. I don't have any problems expressing my thoughts in …

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    Comment #647776

    Slightly OT, but new iPhone (as mentioned in the OP article) as well. For those who feel like following the liveblog, http://live.gizmodo.com/

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    Comment #518607

    I concur. He was ranting about Apple even though he didn't use any of their services or products? And I'm quite sure doing so would've saved him a lot of time and trouble. I use Wi…

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    Comment #518581

    There should be a wiki page about the creation of the Wikiid page (which apparently got deleted?). Surely that's relevant?

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    Comment #517157

    I don't get it - taxes are a percentage of your overall income... so how can you have to work 6 months for taxes? I do realize that you have to work more to be able to make a livin…

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    Comment #517091

    I hear Nigeria is quite the place... No, on a more serious note, if you need a secret account, something about your attitude towards finances is wrong in the first place.