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omgbananas

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    Comment #17842698

    Edit: My original post was irrelevant and not enough karma to delete. Sorry.

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    Comment #16907355

    Roving gangs won't stick to cities, they will branch out and then that family alone on their homestead won't stand a chance. However if they are in a neighborhood and work together…

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    Comment #16907329

    I suppose that's better than the alternative.

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    Comment #16907292

    I reread the title and noticed it does have the word "gun" in it, so there is a little merit to your argument, but I stand by my belief it was just included because I think most pe…

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    Comment #16907231

    Mentioned in opening because I imagine most people associate preppers with gun hoarders. NOT mentioned in the subsequent sections about Hydrology, Math, Cheating, Horizon, and a br…

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    Comment #16907117

    Instead of being an interesting discussion about the mathematics of events worth preparing for, this is turning into a tired discussion about the merits of guns. I was hoping for t…

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    Comment #16893058

    https://globee.com/ accepts multiple cryptocurrencies and pays out in either fiat or Monero (the closest thing to digital cash there is). They are based in South Africa with differ…

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    Comment #16789373

    Using a lot of bandwidth? That's a mark against your social credit score. You don't have a Facebook account? That's minus some points too. Cable companies can already track what an…

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    Comment #16783494

    I lean forward (elbows resting on thighs). I've always done it. I never even thought it was a thing not to lean forward until I saw/heard advertisements for the Squatty Potty. That…

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    Comment #16763009

    Except for when there's several stores of the same chain in the same town.

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    Comment #16732784

    I have a theory about mattress shopping: Purchasing a mattress can be like purchasing a car when it comes to getting a good deal. Let's say you know what car you want, so you just …

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    Comment #16732384

    Milky Way

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    Comment #16705600

    Now we need to make a distributed version of Craigslist.

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    Comment #16699788

    Sublevel. The design is pretty good, but it's a little lacking on features which may or may not be a good thing. https://sublevel.net

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    Comment #16655693

    Possible games during a party: Pin the tail on the donkey Piñata Make sure the sighted friend wears the blindfold too to make it a shared experience, and so other children who don'…

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    Comment #16410033

    I learned about Bitcoin here when it was just a whitepaper, but didn't recognize the opportunity then. A year ago, another user mentioned Monero so I looked into and discovered it'…

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    Comment #16382012

    They're not mining Bitcoin, they're mining Monero, and a key property of Monero that makes it a currency is that you can't tell how much someone has.

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    Comment #16315215

    > in the pocket of my driver's side door After a roll-over, it won't be there and you may not be able to reach the glove box. If you have a center console, I recommend keeping it t…

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    Comment #16244753

    Does anyone know if such tools exist?

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    Comment #16244733

    Do any of these affect the host when it's Linux? I run several VMs at the same time, occasionally one will freeze. I think it's just the video/display that freezes while the browse…

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    Comment #16229459

    URL without the Google crap: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/books/mark-epstein-advice... Can a mod that can fix this please?

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