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theorique

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    Comment #30118066

    A passport is probably the most common ID issued by a federal government entity (Department of State) in the US. A military ID is a also federal document (Department of Defense) bu…

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    Comment #19750492

    almost sends a negative signal. Could you expand on that? Is there some common feature of people who have completed nanodegree courses?

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    Comment #19547025

    Left-wing newspaper reports on actions of left-wing employees of major tech company based in left-wing geographic area. I'm quite sure this article is going to be unbiased...

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    Comment #19491965

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43yLMgXXOU

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    Comment #19431435

    "I get freedom of speech, but I don't believe that people should actually have it."

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    Comment #19331305

    No one is arguing that people should be harassed "literally all the time" (or ever). Some of the more egregious deployments of "safe spaces" in universities happened in response to…

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    Comment #19218569

    Is that really true?

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    Comment #18719293

    If you dry out the used pods and their contents, couldn't they be burned for energy?

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    Comment #18202918

    There are no secrets to weight loss. Eat fewer calories than you burn. It doesn't matter if that involves keto, or vegan, or one meal a day. Thyroid problems also don't change phys…

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    Comment #18058976

    The lesson is "quantifying the cost of getting killed". The method by which that lesson is conveyed to the student is the Socratic method. The point is that the Socratic method of …

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    Comment #17989692

    Now I work from home where my wife and toddler are. Being home to educate her is worth more than just about anything. I don't have to drive 2 hours every day just to be an ass in a…

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    Comment #17968536

    I maintain that the best way to minimize the effect of a lane closure is to use whatever lanes are legal/open for as long as possible -- because leaving an open lane of travel unus…

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    Comment #17953839

    In my experience, culture fit is exactly that - a nice way of saying that the candidate was "a huge asshole or complete weirdo." It's shorthand for "I think they could probably do …

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    Comment #17953809

    Culture: "we have a billiards table and like craft beer. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FIND ANOTHER STARTUP LIKE US!" /sarcasm

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    Comment #17953801

    Do you mean that the candidate is too inclined to say "that's not my job" when they might be called upon to perform tasks that lie outside their narrow area of focus?

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    Comment #17953415

    Given the apparently coordinated action taken by Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and YouTube (Google), it doesn't seem to be independent, private companies acting independently. It may n…

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    Comment #16754928

    I don't think this woman went through a rational process of "deciding" that she was upset with YouTube because they are alleged to have cut off the income on her videos. She snappe…

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    Comment #16748713

    Furthermore, assuming that one's 'consciousness' could actually be brought back in some kind of form that roughly approximates what it was like when one was alive, what's to preven…

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    Comment #16213223

    There's no dietary or metabolic need for carbohydrate. The human body can survive and thrive perfectly well with only fat and protein as macronutrients. Practically speaking, doing…

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    Comment #16070633

    If "over here" is outside of the US, then it's in a different legal jurisdiction, and the laws are going to be different.

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    Comment #15960145

    Hahaha. Sorry, but this "we're launching a currency that we don't call a currency but that everybody, including us, knows is meant to be a currency " is ridiculous. Why is it ridic…

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    Comment #15878971

    BTC is not "untraceable money". Everybody has (or can have) a copy of the blockchain, which is the cryptographically signed and verified ledger. If anything, it is more traceable a…

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    Comment #15807706

    I've never bought anything because I saw it on facebook or in a google ad or anywhere else like that. Can you be certain that this is true? Perhaps you didn't click through (I don'…

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    Comment #15798665

    I'm not saying remove the human element entirely, but there's a lot of low hanging fruit in education to consider where technological automation can help improve the productivity o…

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    Comment #15559297

    What do education and mental health issues have to do with this?