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not_a_terrorist

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    Comment #19659718

    It only reaches 35,000 feet.

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    Comment #19659709

    They abandonned all development activity of their own rockets, shortly after Allen's death.

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    Comment #18761812

    You will be interested by this free and open source software: duplicati.com

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    Comment #17655656

    Yes, there are several grading systems. We don't use them. However, when I have to re-read a simple sentence or paragraph 4-5 times, and perharps read the whole text or even search…

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    Comment #17655621

    I am not trying to start a culture war or to pity the general English skills of recent immigrants and their family, far from it. They do their best, and we can only congratulate th…

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    Comment #17655504

    Ouch you tell me!! A couple of our customers use high tech products manufactured in China and Japan, for which the manuals were badly translated from the native language to English…

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    Comment #17654768

    Excellent answer, except your last paragraph! I have used pretty much any and all cutting edge tools on the market. If anything in some instances, it creates even more proofreading…

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    Comment #17654677

    1) It's my impression, friend, I am not trying to propose a "New theory of bad English". I tell it like I experience it. We have customers in Vancouver and in some suburbs of Toron…

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    Comment #17651993

    For quality translation of complex, non repetitive ideas, a human is, and will always be required. I have been in the translation business field for about 20 years now, so I have s…

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    Comment #17651931

    > Or just pass laws to regulate reviews. Let me guess: you vote democrat, don't you?

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    Comment #17651925

    > I'm still trying to figure out the best design for such a system. Easy answer: distributed consensus, à la Bitcoin.

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    Comment #17630788

    > design trends You are hitting your nail straight on the head, my friend. Main culprit is: Unfinished ceiling/metallic ceilings (usually corrugated steel pannels, either square or…

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    Comment #15886345

    please read. not necessarily related to this thread. for you own good. this is straight from satoshi. I know you hate him. I don't care. https://fr.scribd.com/document/359522859/Bi…

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    Comment #15767212

    Your reply contains several errors, but I will pick one. > D) Bitcoin is still, objectively, centralized. Not only you, but this whole thread is missing one critical word: incentiv…

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    Comment #15194061

    there is an international airport in Kitchener-Waterloo (YKF)

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    Comment #13975052

    Took a course with a few classes that touched AI. First thing the prof wrote on the board: "Artificial Intelligence = Human Stupidity" Spent a few hours analysing all aspects of th…

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    Comment #12267290

    tl:dr 100 pages: 1) People are fucking poor and hungry (extreme wealth inequalities) 2) Salafi/Wahhabi (Saudi) funding of islamism 3) Antediluvian hatred between people (it goes, w…

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    Comment #11653547

    Grit and perseverence, however you call them, are important aspects to success, but not THE secret to success. If you look at the subset of people who enjoy "success" in life, a la…

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    Comment #10854221

    How stupid: "It’s like a backdoor with nine different padlocks on it" It does not make it any harder to remove the hinges. Sigh. Classified in file 13.

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    Comment #10854173

    First: Don't worry about. Starting unsuccessful software companies is very useful to other entrepreneurs, as it proves to them that they should not follow those footsteps and alloc…

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    Comment #10854073

    wow, reading your comment, one would believe we were in the decade prior the iPhone years, where the carriers were trying to take control of all content, giving priority and exclus…