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thrkw123456789

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    Comment #12441675

    This is a shame it was the best chance to get people off Skype.

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    Comment #12434199

    Personally my laptop needs to run two browsers an ide and a couple of other programs - as well as a local instance of what I'm working on. This leaves ram+cpu for 0.5 electron apps…

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    Comment #12427870

    I suspect there are some segments that pay pretty well once pensions are accounted for.

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    Comment #12423762

    They do get a dime. When I buy a new hardcover book I remember that the book will have a resale value and account for that in what I am prepared to pay.

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    Comment #12418758

    > Behave like us, or get the hell out. Is that racist to you? Depends on the level of behaviour. But largely yes that is a fairly racist sentiment.

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    Comment #12418713

    Is this sarcastic? Borrowing millions of dollars at 20-30% to compete with some cash rich companies who already dominate the market seems crazy - (borrowing at 5% could be another …

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    Comment #12418449

    I guess if there was an opportunity that had to be taken now you might consider it - but spend some serious time modelling the risk. 30% is too high for week to week cash flow issu…

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    Comment #12138531

    Because osx in not linux? (Although it does bundle some out of date gnu tools.) A separate osx section would seem more appropriate.

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    Comment #12105804

    No but they should be taken with a pinch of salt.

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    Comment #12077702

    The studies saying eggs were bad for were funded by the cereal industry...

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    Comment #12072569

    Citation?

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    Comment #11975868

    Well this petition is part of a democratic process as well.

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    Comment #11975863

    Actually the uk is one of the only counties in the world that has no protection against retrospective legislation - and has implemented retrospective legislation in recent history.…

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    Comment #11975830

    You are aware that these petitions are just that - petitions. Anyone can start one about anything. They have no constitutional meaning and can be totally ignored (and usually are).…

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    Comment #11975817

    No the uk has no direct democracy. Parliament is sovereign not the electorate. Indeed before any referendum the uk parliament has to pass specific legislation binding itself to the…

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    Comment #11975780

    Some sort of super private browsing mode would be nice. I'm not sure I trust Mozilla to get that right though. Their main priority is pushing the Web forward (and keeping up with c…

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    Comment #11959703

    ? Tor is freely available to any one. Tor browser is so simple my mother uses it. At this point I don't understand why people would do a websearch for something they would not disc…

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    Comment #11952261

    The (incorrect) concept of the world consisting of good and bad guys whilst dangerous and leading to flawed reasoning about society (of which this post is an excellent example) is …

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    Comment #11952228

    I think the point is that the law should be refined so that if they ask you for something they should make it clear what you are legally required to handover and what they are aski…

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    Comment #11944429

    Please don't do this. I haven't used Windows much since XP (because of work). I know they've improved permissions and security a lot since then (I remember having to explain to my …

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    Comment #11936436

    Does ntfs not have an executable bit as part of its permissions??

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    Comment #11914338

    Check out the arch linux wiki.

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    Comment #11907744

    I read the discussion. Even if well sourced this is likely to be deleted by 'consensus' that it is not 'notable'. This is just another example of why I've given up on Wikipedia. Th…