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Comment #19091837
ROFL. Please provide proof they remove accounts based on partisan politics! Except for that case that they removed an account based on partisan politics!
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Comment #19062480
And that's the last time anyone buys cyber insurance from Zurich. What's the point of cyber insurance that doesn't cover ransom wear? Just a useless waste of money.
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Comment #19017038
Next time you are in Singapore, go check out the Park View building. Make sure to explore the statues outside and go into the ground floor and be amazed.
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Comment #18978091
Everyone is all for things like this when it's their side beating down people they don't like. But then when it is used to attack something they agree with they all suddenly get ou…
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Comment #18780939
Indeed they do. Some high end studios install balanced power. Which is more involved than just a power pole.
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Comment #18716742
That's what a secondary MX is for.
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Comment #18716698
The s stands for simple.
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Comment #18647051
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. That's it. Never stop believing!
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Comment #18646365
Statistically speaking (tally up the dead for example) the biggest threat people face in their lives is not from any terrorist or criminal, but from their own government.
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Comment #18645056
No. Bitmain is selling the pickaxes. Coinbase is the tent where the gold miners take their nuggets to sell.
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Comment #18645029
> there's no value-driven economic model to justify cryptos collectively being worth $50B-$100B. Of course there is. You are just starting from your ideology (that there must be no…
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Comment #18636371
Not that this is any good, but at least in the US the state pays for the surveillance. Here the businesses have to foot the bill for who knows hoe many unending requests. If you th…
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Comment #18636348
But don't forget these fools whose pants constantly fall down can do horrendous damage as they run smack bang into the modern age. And they are unlikely to "move on". They are more…
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Comment #18636328
The thing that makes me most despondent is, you just watch them all get voted back in next election.
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Comment #18634760
What your statement misses is that the problem is confounded by most people simply not believing it. They will believe that "people do fucked up shit to get more resources", while …
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Comment #18634645
Well, he did marry Wendy Deng. Some have said it was to help break into the Chinese market. If it wasn't for Tony Blair, they'd probably still be married. https://en.wikipedia.org/…
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Comment #18380444
I don't disagree with you at all. There are a huge amount of people who do disagree with you, though. You just commented that you didn't know anyone pushing such a narrative. And t…
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Comment #18380393
Did you not get the memo? Gender is purely a social construct. It has no biological underpinning. One can identify as any gender they feel. And then they are that gender. Thus any …
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Comment #18245436
Set a timer on your computer that goes off while programming. When it goes off get up and do 10 pushup no matter where you are. Right in the middle of work. Then go back to coding.…
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Comment #18235273
I still remember when kenneth closed every single open ticket on his envoy project without any fixes. Problems? What problems? Serves me right for taking the time to write a detail…
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Comment #18141384
Using the technically incorrect term "angular momentum" rather than the more correct term "moment of inertia" made me think the same thing. I would think a person tasked with build…
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Comment #18104067
Non sequitur. The only possible reason can be discrimination. No other possible reasons should be considered.
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Comment #18098976
You won't see this story in the Washington Post.
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Comment #18063340
Dutton annoyed that Turnbull and cabinet "went dark" and he couldn't find out (through his friends in law enforcement; remember hes an ex-detective) who was talking to who during t…
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Comment #18058749
Or is it chilling effect? No one dares say anything.