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rwh86

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    Comment #26084597

    Other than the ones that have been mentioned already, I also use Maverick, which has a free and a paid version. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codesector... I li…

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    Comment #26061278

    My phone was affected by this, and I can confirm I had the original barcode scanner app in your first link installed, and I'd had it installed for years. I now use Google Lens thro…

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    Comment #24395399

    Hard cheeses contain almost no lactose; it's consumed by bacteria during the maturation process.

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    Comment #19550298

    Batteries are now a viable option. They can pull power from the overhead lines or third rail when available and run on batteries when power isn't available. The LiFePO4 batteries a…

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    Comment #19550243

    TLA is actually an initialism. :/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature

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    Comment #17389811

    s/Richter scale/moment magnitude scale/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale

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    Comment #17009489

    I think the more relevant videos are: Pad abort test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_FXVjf46T8 Pad abort test (POV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHD9AmkxA0 Stream of the sa…

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    Comment #16770678

    Such a thing does exist[1], though it's a custom build. Incidentally, "shooting brake" is yet another British-ism for station wagon. [1] http://www.fullychargedshow.co.uk/tesla-mod…

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    Comment #15506947

    "Server users now have their network devices managed via systemd-networkd on new installs. This only applies to new installations."

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    Comment #15114039

    Have you read the book? That Wikipedia article doesn't really support your contention that vegetable oils are healthy and animal fats are unhealthy. That is, at the very least, a g…

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    Comment #15113586

    There is an excellent book written by a science journalist who spent 10 years doing a deep dive on the best available scientific evidence surrounding dietary fats. It explains why …

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    Comment #14699373

    Actually, cancer treatment has made huge progress in the last decade or so. Melanoma, in particular, has gone from a virtual death sentence to being one of the more treatable forms…

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    Comment #13052313

    Only in the case where the government is compromised by, say, regulatory capture [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

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    Comment #12833431

    Part of the reason is gravitational effects. When a large amount of ice melts, the Earth's gravity is shifted away from that region. This gives you a sense of the absolutely huge a…

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    Comment #10397438

    It's an open source tool. If you'd like support to be added for your camera, take a look at this page: https://www.darktable.org/2012/10/whats-involved-with-adding... The lens corr…

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    Comment #10397418

    There's a bunch of resources on the darktable website: http://www.darktable.org/resources/ The screencasts might be a good place to start, and the user manual is quite comprehensiv…

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    Comment #10163166

    By "things" I assume you mean this stuff: > ARPA: miw%uk.ac.man.cs.ux@cs.ucl.ac.uk > USENET: mcvax!ukc!man.cs.ux!miw > JANET: miw@uk.ac.man.cs.ux miw is clearly Mario Wolczko's use…

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    Comment #10046490

    Here's the study, despite the fact that the article didn't bother to cite it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101624 Seems to me that this study is almost entirely useless for…

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    Comment #10045447

    s/coy/cute? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coy

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    Comment #10032207

    First hit on Google: "Both controversy and confusion exist concerning fructose, sucrose, and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) with respect to their metabolism and health effects. Th…

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    Comment #9308631

    Sounds like a bluetooth keyboard might be helpful.

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    Comment #9294155

    That's not what I see from searching Intel's ARK: http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced Here's a list of Intel's latest CPU series, and how many have VT-d support: * 5th gen i7: 5/5…