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rafi_kamal

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    Comment #23715086

    I don't, and that's a good point - if the number of users remain the same (or even increases slightly) than I do see how legalizing can be beneficial. However, in my mind legalizin…

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    Comment #23714829

    That can work for drugs with low abuse potentials, like psychedelics. But why do you think drugs like heroin will benefit the society or the people who are taking them?

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    Comment #23118726

    Similar argument also applies to English. English isn't phonetic which makes it hard to pronounce correctly unless you are learning from a native speaker. But I don't see written E…

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    Comment #22939659

    That's not going to work for plenty of services. Most people (if not everyone) are not going to pay for search, social network, instant messaging, maps, mail etc.

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    Comment #22817016

    Google allows personal software to be installed in a corp laptop, subject to restrictions and limitations like this. It's not encouraged, though, and if something happens because y…

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    Comment #22410783

    You need to enable regular expression.

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    Comment #16426059

    Interesting, I use AirBnB quite a lot and like their UI (I primarily use the desktop version, though). Why do you think their website sucks?

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    Comment #16425744

    I'm 24 I'm already finding it hard to make new good friends. To me a good friend is someone whom I can reach out to without thinking twice, it could be for discussing that shower t…

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    Comment #16398458

    Not a Go developer but bazel in Java does the same thing and it's really helpful when writing test cases. Say I am editing two test methods within a test suite of 30 test cases, it…

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    Comment #16397248

    As a developer, it makes sense to break backward-compatibility if only a very small percentage of your user base is using the old version. Supporting old versions often requires ex…

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    Comment #16218728

    Do you have a freely accessible copy of this paper?

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    Comment #16038186

    The whole conversation gives me cringe

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    Comment #15210973

    “They burned houses and tried to shoot us. They killed my husband by bullet.” - I don't think this is in any way similar to the Afghanistan war.