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troist

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    Comment #43934656

    Amazon's policy on not taking returns for food items can be very frustrating, especially combined with leaving packages on the doorstep without informing you. I've had food items i…

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    Comment #26191652

    As far as I can tell there have been similar rulings in other countries and it hasn't caused issues. Germany and Spain have fleets who take the responsibility (Cabify in Spain if y…

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    Comment #24895589

    I've used Java and C++ in a few low latency applications and I do prefer Java in certain scenarios. The whole ecosystem around Java makes rapid development easier meaning we could …

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    Comment #24036797

    Should we sink to their level though? I'm not sure tit for tat fighting is going to fix anything, it just drags us all down. I'm not saying I have a solution, but I feel there's go…

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    Comment #18872628

    Have you got a source on that? Not questioning that it does sound like an EU thing, but it could come in handy at my current company if there's legislation on that and I can't seem…

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    Comment #15853094

    They would turn down the amount of encoding they do during peak streaming. They use their existing servers instead of paying for more servers to encode their Netflix Originals, but…

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    Comment #7965312

    I used to buy the paper copy of 2600 every quarter until Borders in the UK vanished and I couldn't find it anywhere. A Kindle version fixes all of my problems though. Does anyone k…

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    Comment #5197862

    I've always found Clevo laptops to be durable, I've knocked my 15" off a desk by accident and the screen didn't even crack. I think they have an 11" and 14" in their range which mi…

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    Comment #5064234

    The current amount of votes for a petition.