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stupidbird

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    Comment #18781163

    Assuming this child is 15 or older and not developmentally delayed, a parent should absolutely not be intervening for the difference between an A or an A- This is how you get kids …

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    Comment #18780766

    You mean no one's lining up to get low pay and frequent parental abuse? You don't say.

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    Comment #18780750

    >She told me of an email she received that said "X is trying to get into Princeton - an A- isn't going to get her in. What extra credit can she do to make this an A?". Get off your…

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    Comment #18773689

    For comparison, you can easily pay $500/oz on the east coast.

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    Comment #18773525

    I remember reading that the average player spends $80 on DLC for Fortnite — so there are a lot of people out there spending well over that to bring up the average from all those $0…

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    Comment #18772128

    Fortnite makes over a million dollars a day... ON iOS ALONE. They've built a money machine.

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    Comment #18760150

    Unless Apple drags their feet with PWA implementation a native iOS app might not be needed?

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    Comment #18735241

    It's easier to do with GA

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    Comment #18735230

    Facebook has sold all the private messages that you've shared with your wife.

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    Comment #18735217

    I guess you could start your own private subreddit and invite all your friends? Though of course, I'd imagine all your friends would tell you to fuck right off.

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    Comment #18734025

    I'd say it's about the value of low-cost alternatives from an industry (medical devices) that very often disregards cost entirely. I understand the precision and expertise that goe…

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    Comment #18708136

    Feels real to me generally — actors are usually easy to spot, and these would be surprisingly good actors. The police are not going to do anything in my experience. I literally cau…

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    Comment #18702714

    Right, that has happened to me before. I've just returned the item in that case. It seems less likely to happen if the item is fulfilled by Amazon.

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    Comment #18699726

    I'm at the point now where I've gone from trusting a review consensus to seeking an individual reviewer on a product that seems thorough and reliable. My favorite example might be …

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    Comment #18686066

    Less than the extent that Americans do? absolutely. In many ways they're obsessed with it. Look how much the gambling industry makes there.

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    Comment #18686043

    The bulk of the design industry is in wealthy countries with an Apple presence. But yes, there are professional designers who don't use Apple products. They're just not the majorit…

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    Comment #18681347

    Most professional designers are still using Macs.

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    Comment #18681331

    Omnigraffle is very bad for visual design

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    Comment #18681316

    Honestly they should have abandoned it earlier. Instead of building monoliths of legacy features/code they need to build full-on replacements every 5-10 years. I can't believe they…

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    Comment #18681295

    uhh... duh I'm amazed that they haven't had massive layoffs. They're both popular enough to the point where they could turn a profit with a significant shift in how they operate.

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    Comment #18677424

    The American Dream is to accumulate wealth, and often involves looking for a way to get rich quick, some people think they can do it by day trading. There's a certain American ster…

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    Comment #18676217

    The average person is more likely to lose money day trading than gain (especially considering the time sink). It's basically boring slow gambling wrapped in the guise of The Americ…

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    Comment #18667409

    who would prosecute them for it if it is national security related?

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    Comment #18667255

    It's pretty common to distinguish your font from others with a description in the name, be it sans/serif/slab/mono/condensed/extended, etc — it does communicate "this is a font" cl…

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    Comment #18667229

    It's better for eye charts, not running copy on websites.