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wideroots

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    Comment #39880821

    So the tool (in this case, Excel) was not the problem but it was the people using the tool. Cool.

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    Comment #38889335

    and you're basically given to choose either stop backing up your iMessage or pay $1/mo for the extra 50gb

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    Comment #38889328

    This doesn't explain the case when the author uploaded and downloaded a new file, and there was no big diff in file size. The file size diff only seems to be happening to the autho…

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    Comment #38478897

    This is happening not only in FAANG companies but also a lot (if not, all) of companies. Unless you are in a hyper-growth company, you are more likely to see this kind of performan…

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    Comment #38123694

    > But I think more public media should move their content to their own services (as a way to make a statement)and keep it free. Technically, it's not free. Nothing is rarely free i…

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    Comment #35016469

    > No it’s not, its the literally the name the government gave those plans. Please re-read the article and my comment. Neither said anything about who named these plans. The fact is…

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    Comment #35006469

    The fact that these privatized plans have "Medicare" and "Advantage" in their names tricks people regardless of their original intention.

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    Comment #33566379

    Probably worse for recruiters since they are the first ones to go in markets like this.

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    Comment #20403526

    kobeomsuk is a Korean furniture making channel

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    Comment #8968414

    I believe they are already throwing a lot more money to bring more apps. The investment in Cyanogen would be very small compared to how much they throw into app developers and comp…

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    Comment #8925678

    That's what they mean. You are listening/reading into it too much. Every Windows has a number of years for support, and this number can change. The number has never decreased and h…

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    Comment #8897092

    ...yea it's easy to say when most people here should know how hard it is to ship any complicated system on multiple platforms. Actually, just making an app work for all major versi…

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    Comment #8825987

    If Microsoft kills ActiveX in the new browser, it will force everyone to stop depending on ActiveX. You would be very surprised how many websites outside of the U.S. still depend o…

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    Comment #8825611

    I will give it a try if the new browser no longer supports ActiveX and has better extension supports similar to Chrome.

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    Comment #8611973

    works perfectly fine on Chrome, IE, and Firefox.

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    Comment #7906185

    Very interesting idea to make people contribute more contents...but I'm not too sure how this would change or contribute to the existing paradigm of mobile conversations.

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    Comment #4924406

    I believe Hotmail/Outlook.com is free. Sure, they make you to pay to remove those ads, but if you use AdBlock on Chrome or Firefox, you shouldn't see those ads. Plus, SkyDrive is s…

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    Comment #4595311

    looks great on IE9 as well :)

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    Comment #4525395

    As far as I know, every employee gets a MSDN subscription, which comes with tons of Microsoft software for FREE. Plus, they dogfood their own products. They dogfood Windows, Office…

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    Comment #4520468

    Plus, if they like it, they might buy a few for their family and friends for the upcoming holiday season!

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    Comment #4520458

    It's definitely a win-win scenario (maybe win-win-win): 1. Every employee will implicitly/explicitly become an evangelist for Microsoft products. I'm not talking only about the Win…

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    Comment #4520391

    Ask your boss. Not here.

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    Comment #4488378

    The constant framework churning? Examples? I personally believe having a robust framework that constantly gets updates and new features is a good sign for the development community…

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    Comment #4480451

    We have seen this kind of competition everywhere. It's not about whether human eyes can tell the difference or not. It's about something of product A has higher number than that of…

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    Comment #4389241

    If I remember correctly, most of Modern UI apps won't be accessible without a Microsoft account.