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samdoidge

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    Comment #26216055

    > What I do, though, is measure the actual positive impact this tech has now. I don't think just measuring the carbon footprint is giving you an accurate measurement.

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    Comment #24856388

    You say this could not have been pulled off by a private entity, but I would argue the Japanese train system is equal, if not better and to my knowledge is privately ran.

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    Comment #22526778

    > If the markets are like this when there are a few hundred cases in the UK and US, what will they be like when there are tens, or hundreds of thousands of cases and major cities a…

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    Comment #22432017

    A nice application, but I think a screenshot from the game next to the ASCII layout would improve this article.

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    Comment #22421830

    What is your suggestion? It is far better than Chrome from a privacy point of view, while still being useable.

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    Comment #22340746

    You now flagged comment was explaining ways one could check. I was showing this explanation was redundant.

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    Comment #22325142

    I was stating my initial interpretation from the title alone. It should be a given that responding in a chain with the OP stating 'By crypto they mean cryptography here.' I have as…

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    Comment #22319064

    I did interpret this as being related to cryptocurrency, so quite possibly.

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    Comment #22276181

    > this starts with the assumption that what people like me went through is trivial. I did not read it as that, and don't believe that is what his statement conveys.

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    Comment #22234772

    Shambles. It sounds like there was no load-testing.

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    Comment #21844545

    I'm sure it is related to the fact they can report N new users to shareholders. I can't see what else explains their complete lack of dealing with obvious fake/spam accounts.

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    Comment #21823827

    Where's the evidence?

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    Comment #21415249

    Ideally, yes.. but it shouldn't be a condition for it.

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    Comment #21415242

    >>In addition to that, America is a country that works forwards from principles much more often than European nations, which very often work backwards from objectives. >Have any ex…

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    Comment #21407688

    Free speech.

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    Comment #21216063

    Dyson moved it's HQ to Singapore with the CEO stating: “We have seen an acceleration of opportunities to grow the company from a revenue perspective in Asia" I don't see why this m…

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    Comment #21180724

    No, not everyone is in their own bubble. Some are able to be objective, and profit from being so. There is room for reasoned debate but many are incapable of it, especially on an i…

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    Comment #21179398

    I'm not sure how you have interpreted my statement to mean the above. Please re-read without the assumptions.

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    Comment #21179370

    More importantly his comment was a Straw man.

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    Comment #21179068

    A delightfully condescending reply.

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    Comment #21178905

    > Complaining that you can't have the political discussion that you want on a forum where politics is officially off-topic, is like complaining that you can't have the bacon cheese…

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    Comment #20940045

    You realise this is just one publicly listed company (not a territory of China) bidding for another publicly listed company?

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    Comment #20745604

    Maybe they don't know about them. It was an astonishing achievement - skepticism has its place.