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snmx999

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    Reality is most likely self-consistent, but as we can only experience a tiny part of it it‘s impossible to tell. Also, parts of reality may appear to be contradictory with each oth…

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    Comment #48771777

    Why is something this important not tested with every build?

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    Comment #47653996

    Over 50 years' time that's $4980.

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    Comment #47385900

    There is also a middle ground. You don’t have to prepend your message with several sentences of fluff, but asking a question instead of stating your message can be much better rece…

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    Comment #47132836

    The question does not specify where you or the car are. It specifies only that the car wash is 50 meters away from something, possibly you, the car, or both.

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    Comment #45798552

    You can set grub to select the lastly selected menu entry.

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    Comment #45198726

    I self-host a git site to keep my code private and to integrate an issue tracker. The maintenance effort is very low. I'm running Gitea on my local network Ubuntu server.

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    Comment #45061813

    Autocleaning: get the last accessed time from a file and only auto-clean files not accessed in the last n hours, e.g. 24 hours? Should be reasonably safe.

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    Comment #45010186

    The API of a library is what a recipe is to food.

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    Comment #44226645

    The information is transferred through a method called "communication" by another human.

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    Comment #44012507

    What kind of response would have satisfied you?

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    Comment #43671783

    Imagine that instead of a forced "Children" account your Netflix would show an account "Thomas" (or any other name which is not yours or your family members') you cannot get rid of…

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    Comment #41630762

    You can create dedicated, already verified objects to pass on to your record. E.g. AllowedDate (extends Date).

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    Comment #41565821

    According to the "Supported Hardware" list AX200 is supported: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Iwlwifi#Supported_Hardware

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    Comment #41005986

    To leave Malta. I was interrogated by a member of Israel Defense Forces, though.

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    Comment #41004642

    Using two passports is not always the solution. As a dual citizen of two countries, I also have two passports. A couple of years ago I travelled to Malta with the passport from the…

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    Comment #40803070

    There was DOSKEY starting with MS-DOS 5. It could be opened with F7 and the commands could be browsed through with arrow up and down keys.

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    Comment #40736375

    It's absurd to expect people to adjust their communication timing based on each contact's preferences, when the recipient can simply adjust their communication devices to block and…

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    Comment #38059714

    In my experience caring too much is often perceived as a negative, especially if the other party does not care that much but just wants to get the job done. Asking questions and go…

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    Comment #37704007

    Some of Germany's largest online newspapers, like Bild ( https://www.bild.de/ ) demand either that you subscribe to their online paper or consent to all cookies. As far as I see th…

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    Comment #37538409

    Or not lie and possibly not get fired? Surely better than lie and having the sword of Damocles hanging over his head for a long time, either because of part-taking in fraud or (ind…

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    Comment #36924756

    You could have the first column indicate the type of value and the second column the value. If you now have your columns named "a" and "b" you could have the first column named "ty…

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    Comment #36298631

    You could use M-DISCs, which look like traditional CDs nut are made for long-term storage and should be readable much longer than other CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays. The optical drives f…