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northernman

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    Comment #42404728

    > Healthcare in Canada is essentially not available. Do you live in Canada?? This is a ridiculous comment - healthcare is broadly available, especially for critical conditions.

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    Comment #41788969

    Perhaps in a few years we can have another PEP, to require "except BaseException" to be replaced with bare "except:". Then we can all change our code back again.

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    Comment #41238118

    I think you mean "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"

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    Comment #40985738

    I read this book: in 1972. It was published in 1966.

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    Comment #38846572

    Fixed a Hayward salt generator by replacing a burnt out thermistor. Cost was $1.00 for two of them, so I now have a spare. Replacing the entire PCB would have been ~$400+ CAD.

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    Comment #38032223

    I've had several kidney stones - usually at about one year intervals. The first was the worst because you don't know what it is. Subsequent stones didn't seem to be as bad, since I…

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    Comment #37418122

    https://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/

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    Comment #36675403

    Which existing feature did they remove? You could still use Google maps (and you still can).

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    Comment #36464136

    That isn't true: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/can-fentanyl-be-ab...

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    Comment #31263111

    See also "The Sun Is God" by Adrian McKinty.

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    Comment #20274721

    1. Pi3 controlling my swimming pool pump (basically a fancy timer) 2. PiZero controlling a mousetrap (servoe controlled trapdoor with IR sensor)

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    Comment #15841280

    That's exactly what I was referring to. That page, while perfectly respectable, doesn't use fancy fonts, drop down menus, etc. which the original article highlighted. My point is t…

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    Comment #15840564

    Nice article, but please don't draw the conclusion that this design has anything to do with Stripe's success. Rather, they can afford to put this level of effort into the design as…

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    Comment #10796075

    In situations like this, its normal to think that your own behavior is faultless, and that the "others" are conspiring to screw you over. In reality, its usually you that is the pr…

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    Comment #7329352

    I really hope this idea dies quickly. One of the best things about json is its simplicity and rigid syntax. If we open up this can of worms, we will incur thousands of man-years of…