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ultramundane828

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About ultramundane828

I am a floodplain of wasted potential.

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    Comment #28529576

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM Bit starting at :43 (Germany) will easily go down as one of the greatest stand-up bits ever written and performed. And he was the perfec…

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    Comment #28498744

    I'm assuming they're referencing the type of content they see from opposite sides of the political spectrum. I'm also not assuming any value attribution. In the context of the comm…

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    Comment #27083452

    Preparation definitely helps me as a student. > Mistakes erode the kids' trust in you. In addition to this, I often find myself trying to digest concepts broadly because my mind is…

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    Comment #27021618

    This instinct is so right, but the multitude of comments show how hard of a problem this is. I'd be so elated to work on something that solves this but I think the answer may lie i…

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    Comment #6891028

    I don't quite get how "working class" got into the mix. I see that there must have been some cohesion to his original rant since it was linked to income disparity, but what does th…

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    Comment #6808442

    Balderdash is definitely great. I'm thinking that this is to Balderdash as Cards Against Humanity is to Apples To Apples. (At least from my understanding. I haven't played Cards Ag…

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    Comment #6761487

    This irks me because of the absolutism in the writing voice. But I'm sure you'd say there is no absolutism present (not even an implication). Let's leave the linguistic criticisms …

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    Comment #6718465

    I don't see this as inflammatory or offensive. However, I do have a separate problem. It reads like a rebuttal, but has no parent comment. It makes me feel like you're speaking to …

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    Comment #6634196

    This point can't be sung enough. It always seems so absurdly obvious to me, but everyone is sold by their favorite media outlet, their upbringing, or whatever motivates the two-par…

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    Comment #6634090

    As one person comments below the article, this totally is reminiscent of the Foundation trilogy.

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    Comment #6598471

    My guess is that most people aren't phased by common usage, regardless of technical accuracy.

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    Comment #6446572

    That reads more like a bad, wordy, science joke than an actual hypothesis to me.

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    Comment #6211758

    They mention that briefly, but yes, this was my initial thought as well. I'm sure there are plenty of people itching to fill the empty space.

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    Comment #6187036

    I also loved the TL;DR. My first impression wasn't "this guy is an asshole" it was "wow, it's refreshing to see someone openly reject idiots on their blog." Maybe not idiots exactl…

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    Comment #6185437

    I may have missed some clarifications, so I feel the need to ask: Did the USG not force Google to comply with their demands, and also keep quiet about it? I know that was the initi…

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    Comment #6142640

    I have this problem too. Am I supposed to be able to derive a date from the calendar? Am I missing some element on the page? I generally don't have a lot of interest in time, so I …

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    Comment #6126585

    The big difference there isn't necessarily in the questions, but in the sets of things the questions are applied to. It's still asking the same thing, so I'd say yes. But you might…

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    Comment #6122391

    That's where I think this product can't really be considered a consumer product. It would be much more useful for businesses. At first glance, the same criticism holds for a bar th…

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    Comment #6034799

    I love this idea, and think it's the winning move. A problem I see is in the details, where I wouldn't want to lose X million dollars just to force a dialogue. If I were the entire…

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    Comment #6027240

    I kind of feel like "blip" is way, way better than all of the above. It's a word that's already a word, and its use on Blippex is almost congruous with the actual word. In my mind,…

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    Comment #6019215

    Thank you for this. Just last week I thought of this, but didn't know there was a name for it, or that it had been used before. I think people are turned off by the idea of some ra…

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    Comment #5996602

    Thanks for the response! I had known about CSP but didn't think about it in this context, which is a major neglect on my part.

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    Comment #5995374

    I have a possibly slightly tangential question for the community: Any solar experts willing to weigh in on the author's assessment of the current state of solar? Specifically, were…

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    Comment #3406466

    In my eyes, this is yet another reason to avoid GoDaddy. I wouldn't invest alongside a known con artist, no matter how she tries to demonstrate her changed nature.