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rollingbarreler

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    Comment #22986443

    What a name to have

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    Comment #22986440

    The use of your private property should not impede someone else's ability to use theirs. I don't think building airhorns is allowed either, because it really affects others. Or how…

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    Comment #22986424

    A lot of them try really hard not to. A reason for the "show desktop-version" setting's popularity. It's really sad that this has to be a thing, and doesen't really remedy the situ…

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    Comment #22986386

    I believe CDs and DVDs used organic compounds for their data layer, which begins physically rotting and destroying the data later Later disks like M-disc type DVDs and Blu-ray don'…

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    Comment #22927181

    Giving up because of a possibility of something going wrong is just asinine. By that logic you might aswell just waste away right now because we'll all perish in the heat-death of …

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    Comment #22927163

    Castle is a fortified structure, it's not required to have a separate perimeter wall, though it is common. Some castles rely entirely on their own walls

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    Comment #22915128

    Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Defence is done in layers. Imagine a castle; does it stand on it's own in a plain field? Unlikely. It has walls, moats, hills, guard towers,…

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    Comment #22907672

    Transactionality is enough for most systems. Your order either succeeds or fails, it never stays in an incomplete state. Queues are not a panacea, and introduce their own problems …

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    Comment #22906902

    I don't think there is anything wrong with paying for software. Free software isn't about the price, it's about the liberty,freedom of the software itself.

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    Comment #22846951

    It's to note that "little functional detriment" contributes to a catastrophic failure in a digital system. A flip of a single bit can fell the thing you're trying to operate. Human…

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    Comment #22727551

    >solid state electronics is extremely reliable (and has much wider ranges of operating conditions than human brains). You'd be surprised actually, as computers start acting super u…