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Comment #11980750
Sweden isn't in the Euro. The EU, yes, but they still use Swedish krona. Do you think the Swedes aren't as integrated?
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Comment #10889980
I'm not sure if you're confused about what Skyscanner does? Skyscanner, like flights.google.com, Kayak, etc. is free to the user - they make their money on referral fees, among oth…
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Comment #10889954
A pastebinned version of WRITEUP.txt (for word-wrap): http://pastebin.com/FnwmPYUD
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Comment #10092915
If you read the article, you will find the author's answer to this question!
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Comment #10092774
That's not the point of the article. It's saying that because of the rate your body processes alcohol, seemingly small differences in ABV can leave much more unprocessed alcohol in…
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Comment #10092234
Magit takes almost zero time to learn if you're used to the git CLI (some things are a bit weird, but mostly the commands are obvious from the help). It's basically a super-powered…
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Comment #9967184
The worktrees in this case are git branches, though. While this is convenient in some cases, it doesn't seem practical to me to have all of a group's code in one repo, but in diffe…
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Comment #9934468
In fact, the first result (which is duplicated several times) is calling Songbird an 'iTunes killer' - quotes included - and mentions Seeqpod as one of the plugins, saying: > it ex…
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Comment #9923116
I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but the article does say: > (The reward or penalty is sometimes adjusted when lopsided battles occur, for example, rewarding an ex…
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Comment #9922163
So what you expect for 'stirring shit up' is that nothing bad happens to you? If you think that, then the top post of this thread was weirdly inflammatory.
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Comment #9922095
Perhaps you could clarify what you think: > exactly what you would expect when you're intentionally stirring shit up at any company is? From this reply, it appears that you think G…
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Comment #9731351
'Third of July, 2015' or more likely 'third of July'. The date format really isn't lying to us in UK English.
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Comment #9730964
We would normally refer to that as September 11 because it's much more talked about in the US, and that's the phrase used there. Any other dates will likely be in the same order as…
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Comment #9698941
Do you pay into court in Scottish notes a lot? > Legal tender has a very narrow and technical meaning in the settlement of debts. It means that a debtor cannot successfully be sued…
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Comment #9512416
Absolutely. Are they more helpful than the other attributes you're disregarding in searching for the mind-reader, though? I'd suggest that people who can communicate clearly and do…