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thro388

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    Comment #32921095

    Being banned from Mozilla is actually sort of endorsement for me :) I was worried this project is just repacked Thunderbird, with malware. This makes it more legit. Also some peopl…

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    Comment #32912985

    Older kernels may not work with newest AMD cards. Some old Debian stable, CentOS and so on. RX 480 is sure bet!

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    Comment #32912824

    I just download content locally. If I see interesting channel, I grab it all, and watch latter on my phone. Easy with termux, ytbdl and 1TB sd card :)

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    Comment #32912091

    RX470 and RX480 are quite nice cards for Linux workstation. Support for 5 displays, and most importantly great opensource drivers. I am buying couple...

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    Comment #32909587

    I think OP meant problems with setting up payment method, dealing with credit card etc.. Most of the world population can not even pay with usual visa card.

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    Comment #32909523

    I program in Java, C++, Go, PHP and Ruby. For me Intellij Idea (and related products) is a lifesaver. Without it, I would lost most energy on slightly different ways to compile, te…

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    Comment #32902763

    》It's got nothing to do with that correlation Are you serious? It got everything to do with it! If degree does not give high salary, there is no reason to invest into university ed…

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    Comment #32900689

    Is there actually a correlation between university education, intelligence and high income? Or is it just a scam on young people? Last time I checked most lessons were freely avail…

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    Comment #32900535

    Good! They will not get 40 years into unpaidable loans! If university education is such a goldmine, any bank will loan them, it must be like 20% per annum profit!!!

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    Comment #32900088

    I never understood why children should be able to give a consent to such loans. There is a young and naive person, that can not legally drink, but somehow is able to understand com…

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    Comment #32899225

    Fair enough, I mixed up with Latvia, sorry

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    Comment #32898667

    Good for him he got Lithuanian citizenship. Many "Russians" born in Lithuania never got that privilege! Edit: not true, see comments bellow

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    Comment #32894518

    You could propably return it as defective. At least in EU there is a regulation about maximal standby power usage.

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    Comment #32887145

    About 10% of Americans are functionaly iliterate, like they have troubles to understand and form long sentences in writting. Learning second method seems wasteful in that case. And…

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    Comment #32880867

    Attractive people are more likely to be intelligent. Obesity and other "unattractive" traits have negative impact on cognitive functions and IQ. And being smart is attractive trait…

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    Comment #32858950

    It depends on lens and perception. Sweden in past and US today are gynocentric societies. They take "women have always been the primary victims of war" quite literally. No enterpri…

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    Comment #32857862

    You could rape someone with a dildo, it is basically a gun and should be banned as such!

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    Comment #32857008

    Skilled people will always be hard to find. But why not hire some "manager of diversity" or "HR cook" in Jamaica?

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    Comment #32801232

    Even better, let's lock everyone at their homes with 3 hour notice at 2 AM...

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    Comment #32793795

    Make food and energy expensive, forbid agriculture, release genetically designed disseases...

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    Comment #32793470

    If we reduce global population to 100M, most of those problems would be solved.

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    Comment #32791035

    》as more renewable energy comes online. Maybe better name is "unstable" energy. Some types of renewables are stable (water dams, geothermal).

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    Comment #32790821

    iOS update bricked devices before. Sometimes Apple removes features and reduces performance. Avoiding software update is totally valid strategy!