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observr9

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    Comment #27340277

    Will this trend lead to fewer and fewer people joining law enforcement, which would further weaken the government? Regarding whether this constitutes a "failed state", I'd say it d…

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    Comment #25280419

    > Even when pointed out that the company can wipe it when they leave If someone intends to leave, they can first revoke the company's access to their phone.

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    Comment #24572903

    I actually thought it was a rhetorical question, with the intent of stating that the law still wouldn't save us from supply chain emissions.

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    Comment #24538894

    Thanks. I was just curious because I don't seem to have the mental focus at night for such endeavors, but that is the only time I have for such things.

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    Comment #24538457

    > I work 9-6 every day ... then sleep for a couple of hours then stay up to 3am doing self study in math and programming. Could you elaborate? You take two naps at night in lieu of…

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    Comment #24498403

    I just want to disable the pointless "message sent" tone in iMessage.

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    Comment #24498392

    I said "iMessage".

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    Comment #24498264

    So, you still can't disable the pointless and annoying "message sent" tone in iMessage.

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    Comment #24340565

    Absolutely this. Not sure if it's 1-2 seconds but the delay is enough to make it unusable. I've missed turns and exits because of it. Google Maps seems to have some predictive abil…

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    Comment #23379627

    For those in the same boat, any tips you can provide to overcome the commonly cited barriers? For example: maintaining the required mental agility needed to do the job, learning ne…

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    Comment #21722176

    >> ... highlighting search results in the scroll bar... This. I find any browser that doesn't do that to be unusable. The alternative, in long documents or source code, is to blind…

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    Comment #21660145

    Mindfulness is being commercialized for the purpose of selling books and apps, argues a person in a book that he is trying to sell.

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    Comment #18130515

    If a method is used several times at the top of the page, and you want to find out if it's used elsewhere, without the highlights, you don't know that. You have to hit Next until y…

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    Comment #18130486

    Browsing a large code repository. The scrollbar highlights allow me to "eyeball" the page and go to the general locations quickly rather than hitting Next a thousand times (which f…

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    Comment #18130062

    Firefox doesn't highlight find-in-page search results on the scroll bar. Chrome does. Am I the only person who relies on that feature daily for their work?

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    Comment #18116184

    How about available jobs? I suspect a lot of people are trying to determine which language to invest their time in learning. Another relevant measure would be ALL jobs, not just av…

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    Comment #18102929

    Software Development interview questions. My skills, experience and education don't seem to matter as much in the industry. Those questions were the single factor that got me bette…

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    Comment #18064947

    Chrome highlights page keyword search result locations on the scroll bar, making the process of going through them very convenient. Firefox doesn't, and I couldn't find an extensio…