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saltylicorice

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    Comment #41542248

    In 2001-2005, my rent was $120-$160/mo in a low cost area of the US. The places weren't fancy but they were good enough and safe. Tuition started around 4k/yr, but had worked its w…

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    Comment #41477415

    Android engineers don't really speak for the whole of Google

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    Comment #39193951

    Steven Rostedt has a long history of kernel contributions before joining Google and is likely better known for those.

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    Comment #34673676

    I spent so many years on SA and Homebrewtalk and they were both such rich communities. Discord is nice and all (and seems to be where things are going) but there's something overwh…

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    Comment #32289703

    I think this is quite dismissive and unnecessary. Suppose that someone wants to change their appearance for their own sake?

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    Comment #19530472

    You don't have to open the case to go to developer mode. If you want debug features without opening the case, there is https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/ccd

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    Comment #19530447

    You don’t have to replace the EEPROM. You can just open the case and briefly disconnnect the battery to disable write protect, and then flash whatever you like.

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    Comment #18351207

    Hard to figure out how to effectively challenge behavior like that from the rank and file, honestly.

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    Comment #14368015

    My IBM office didn't have free coffee in 2005.

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    Comment #11000368

    It's still alive.

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    Comment #10823743

    The problem is that the default argument is mutable. def f(a=[]): a.append('v') print a f(['ok']) # ['ok', 'v'] f() # ['v'] f() # ['v', 'v']

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    Comment #10642817

    Every state I've lived in has had photo IDs available for those without drivers licenses. They're still generally issued through the state's department of motor vehicles. Here's CA…

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    Comment #10539663

    Pretty much.

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    Comment #10527572

    30 is very high. ~16-18 is a reasonable top end, and doesn't last very long (maybe 1-2 months at most).

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    Comment #10120591

    http://cryptopals.com/

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    Comment #10027402

    How to Solve It, by Polya.

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    Comment #9593395

    It's pretty easy to sign up at https://www.ibmchefwatson.com/ It's free, and there's a pretty decent web UI once you're logged in.

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    Comment #8106434

    Start paying for archiving then. :)

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    Comment #7713790

    Moto X is pretty rad.

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    Comment #7692136

    Cool concept, but ran into some crazy lag on kill events; another player and I must have stabbed each other 6 or 7 times before I died.

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    Comment #7624754

    No. Except maybe sequence diagrams.

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    Comment #7544067

    Horrible comma use in the description. You don't need either of 'em!

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    Comment #7268714

    This is wonderful. Adding the soundtrack was a nice touch.

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