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retetr

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    Comment #44131847

    Unrelated, but is this a case of the Pareto Principle? (Admittedly the first time I'm hearing of it) Wherein 80% of the effect is caused by 20% of the input. Or is this more a case…

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    Comment #43852764

    We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning...

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    Comment #43728855

    Your comment made me think of the Terry Pratchett book "Going Postal" in which a conman is put in charge of the post office and quickly realizes what you said: selling stamps is fr…

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    Comment #43369455

    See the EV1, a popular, mass produced electric vehicle that was controversialy "discontinued" in 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1?wprov=sfla1

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    Comment #42942823

    If you're in the U.S. and a "government agent" told you to use iMessage, you are 100% being scammed. No way they would accept anything less secure than a fax message or a document …

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    Comment #32520021

    I can't speak for Waitrose specifically, but luxury brands will definitely do a comprehensive analysis of the surrounding area before opening a store. In the US at least, the equiv…

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    Comment #32497656

    Can someone explain. From their definition it looks like the credits and debits column in their example transaction table is flipped e.g. the first "debit" to the cash (debit norma…