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programmer_dude

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    Comment #43248060

    FWIW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyjiOBWH91s The lead maintainer OHFP is quite the character. I think Librewolf is hosed. I am not gonna touch it with a 10 foot pole.

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    Comment #37543675

    Better late than never. Now where's my 3.5mm audio port?

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    Comment #37518926

    > how the ability to string verbals tokens is not intelligence. It is a kind of intelligence.

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    Comment #37377328

    In this regard a UPI transaction is the same as a cash transaction. AFAICT it does not handle payment disputes. You can use a credit card if it provides protection against this but…

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    Comment #37376595

    Why is the bank doing this for you? Out of the goodness of their hearts?

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    Comment #37369714

    You have to remember to pay back your credit card debt before the clock runs out. Once you make a UPI payment the transaction ends there (because the money is debited from your ban…

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    Comment #37369509

    Credit card annual interest rates can be as high as (or even higher than) 50%. This is not trivial, it can (and does) ruin lives. It is a type of debt (though conditional).

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    Comment #37369491

    The NPCI is nothing like VISA or Mastercard. And you are right pointing this out is only a technicality.

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    Comment #37369478

    Withdrawing money from a credit card is taking on debt. Credit and debt are related concepts. Ask yourself this will you have to eventually pay interest on the borrowed money or no…

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    Comment #37368725

    This exists in India too. But people don't use it. Why take on debt if you don't need to? UPI is directly connected to your bank account. It does not go through VISA, Mastercard or…

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    Comment #37360034

    FWIW rasta in Hindi means way or road. Rastafarian = Way fairing traveller?

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    Comment #37258186

    > mostly fidgeting Yeah I do this too. Never thought this could be classified as hyperactive.

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    Comment #37256850

    Does YouTube know we have ADHD even before we do? This was in my recommendations this week. I did not think I had ADHD since I am rarely hyperactive. But everything in this video f…

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    Comment #37220392

    Definitely not worth it.

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    Comment #37205796

    He died of brain cancer.

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    Comment #37156383

    Revolutionary if true.

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    Comment #37136878

    >It really feels like everything is trying to nickel and dime you guys over there. This is what being American means. Capitalism and rent seeking to the max!

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    Comment #37124006

    D was doomed from the start. It was designed as an incremental improvement over C++. Initially it provided refuge to burnt out C++ programmers like myself. But once I discovered Ru…

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    Comment #37121333

    No comment :)

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    Comment #37111994

    Just buy an Apple, Samsung or whatever device. It's good to have choices. Everything does not have to be made for the same market segment.

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    Comment #37088473

    Textbook idiocy. Whataboutism is not a phallacy when the discussion is about comparing things.

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    Comment #37052825

    Neither, F# for the win!

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    Comment #36990678

    What is a drive image? Is it a standard like ISO?

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    Comment #36918408

    >The EM field is always there Did you mean to say "the E field is always there"? Loved this explanation otherwise.