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torresmo

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    Comment #35906626

    I am looking forward to a tool to summarize a 10 page long Terms of Service into a list of points about what I really need to beware of. Same for legal contracts.

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    Comment #29438590

    I consider maintainability and readability related, but two different things. I'd expect maintainable code to be readable. However, I've encountered code bases that were easy to re…

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    Comment #28554511

    You seem to be describing the low hanging fruit case mentioned in the article.

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    Comment #26607754

    I see a lot of fair concerns about nuclear waste. Here's a crazy thought: Can we just send it to space? With all recent developments in space technology, I'd expect it to be extrem…

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    Comment #26607717

    > Nuclear energy without subsidies is not sustainable at all. FYI, oil & gas industry receives a lot of subsidies (just google it). On top of that, nuclear is extremely regulated c…

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    Comment #25709245

    You definitely need proper diet to put on weight, and lift heavy weights. I was always skinny pretty much all my life, and I was able to gain 5-10 pounds of lean mass during last y…

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    Comment #25482842

    > 4) Poor people are less likely to donate and also have lower life expectancy. Poor people seems to be quite generous [1]. [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-science-…

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    Comment #25472020

    I wonder if the issue is that Americans are "Amusing Themselves to Death" [1]. Tristan Harris read this excerpt at the very end of his interview with Joe Rogan. [1] https://www.goo…

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    Comment #24653212

    Have we considered not tying school funding to property tax? What if all the property tax was (sort of) evenly distributed among schools? Similar to Canada [1] (and I bet other cou…

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    Comment #24644644

    Interesting ... weighting yourself could be optional. And if you are below some mark/average, you'd receive a discount voucher for future flight. As a result, this airliner would b…

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    Comment #17912328

    Good point. I found the paper on google https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xlm-a0036577.pdf . It seems they took your point into consideration. Check Experiment 2 section.