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saraid216

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About saraid216

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #9512983

    So... what did you think of? I can't think of any industries that would directly benefit from people drinking less.

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    Comment #9512950

    If you don't think that people having sex in public should be ashamed, why did you bring it up?

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    Comment #9512523

    I licked pussy. Since you're asking. I'm perfectly okay with others knowing that. Why do you want to shame me for that?

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    Comment #9512497

    I firmly disagree. Hiding things is a hack; the actual solution is to change society such that exposure entails no significant consequences. Sure, as a band-aid to make existing re…

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    Comment #9510044

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8150346

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    Comment #9510036

    Javascript will run anywhere you have something to run it on, same as Java, or any other language.

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    Comment #9510026

    style['border-width']

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    Comment #9509743

    What exactly is it you think the problem is?

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    Comment #9503605

    It's a noble attempt at compromise, but at that point, you're not talking about UBI anymore. The entire point of UBI is a rejection of the notion that a person must contribute befo…

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    Comment #9496867

    He didn't cite http://theoryoffun.com/ either.

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    Comment #9487225

    They're not expected to go to the mill to help support their family.

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    Comment #9476327

    > And what are those benefits, exactly? The fundamental offering that diversity brings to a society is plurality of opinion. This presents us with a mildly interesting paradox: a s…

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    Comment #9472193

    Dammit. I thought I had been careful enough to get the correct number. Alright. Picking the simplest formula off Wikipedia, cosine of 85 degrees is ~0.0871557 times a (6378137m) ti…

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    Comment #9466641

    That's true for large chunks, but I'd imagine 3 meters is small enough to remain useful well past the 85 degrees latitude mark. Straight Dope informs me that the circumference up t…

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    Comment #9463327

    Oh dear, no. Legislature is the business people. The executive is the developers. The judiciary is the test team. That's how it's designed in the Constitution. The "original intent…

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    Comment #9463268

    A clique, a subreddit, a treehouse, a coffeehouse, a salon, a third place, a safe space, inside the magic circle...

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    Comment #9447741

    Computer science is a science in the same sense that political science is.

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    Comment #9447131

    Well, yes. So do I. That's why I felt I had to say it.

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    Comment #9447025

    In America, there's no longer much legitimacy placed in legislation; we generally look to the judiciary for any actual governing thought these days. Legislation is mostly seen as a…

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    Comment #9444547

    It's a meaningless buzzword clickbait. You can't denigrate "list thinking" and provide a 10-point list as your response and expect to be taken seriously. The actual point Lambert s…

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    Comment #9439842

    Fun fact: hackers are never American citizens somehow. It's 'cuz Americans are all model patriots. Obviously.

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    Comment #9437175

    I don't want to turn this into a sales pitch for GW2, but GW2 pretty explicitly rewards you for exploration. Following the quest chain through an area (to the extent that there is …

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    Comment #9431705

    I get: (Sidebar: Paul Rand) Paul Rand Paul Rand Rand Paul Rand Paul (News: Rand Paul) Paul Rand Paul Rand Paul Rand Paul Rand Rand Paul Paul Rand Rand Paul So... 8/12 or 75% of the…

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    Comment #9431469

    Out of what?

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    Comment #9427832

    Huh. That describes your comment, too. Well done.