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ww_wpg

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    Comment #34221619

    I'm sure it was, but "Absurd housing prices" is 7th on their list

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    Comment #31848891

    Well, today I learned something about physics and pop culture.

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    Comment #31848750

    > > Essentially "I am rational therefore I am right". > Sounds like basically the entirety of philosophy That's the opposite of the experience I've observed. The starting point for…

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    Comment #31703942

    http://goldtvblock.teksavvy.com/

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    Comment #30734581

    The legal restrictions on where you can build a new home are more of a problem in California than in rural Arkansas so your response doesn't address OP's point.

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    Comment #30558621

    It definitely hurts Russia if their most talented workers relocate out of the country

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    Comment #30400587

    > You cannot calculate the EV of a random variable X by taking the mean of random samples drawn from the distribution of X My understanding of statistics is rudimentary so forgive …

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    Comment #30045553

    I completely disagree with the author's contention that "the industrial revolution could not have happened without slavery". I think the author doesn't even mean it and instead jus…

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    Comment #29929021

    To avoid this, I don't let my mind form words too early. Words can come to mind so effortlessly that I wonder if I'm saying what I really feel. I refrain from describing what I wan…

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    Comment #29891223

    Hopefully more can be done to make sure the equipment is available. Last month here in Manitoba, a Member of the Legislative Assembly died after a crash. She lay dying for hours wh…

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    Comment #29861944

    > What’s the strongest argument in favor of credit reporting agencies? If we got rid of them would borrowing money become so difficult or expensive that we’d regret what we wished …

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    Comment #29837422

    i've never seen this in Canada but even in the U.S., I don't think it's being misused the way that people are suggesting here. I have referred thousands of callers to TheWorkNumber…

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    Comment #29736367

    that's a very poor comparison to the outright falsehoods perpetuated by propaganda. Not only was the Trump campaign never exonerated of the collusion accusations, but several assoc…

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    Comment #29703437

    > There are millions of people that can talk to their relatives and have better access to government services and communicate with people they've never met, that would still be cut…

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    Comment #29632491

    > I google a lot in my job as well, but one thing I’m trying to do is reduce the number of repetitive searches I do and remembering what to do afterwards. I think part of personal …

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    Comment #29631922

    > The videos themselves will live eternally though, they're very popular on torrent sites and collections TBs in size are well seeded (and very sought after, looking at my download…

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    Comment #29615059

    "what should we have done then, when the Chinese invaded Taiwan?" "anything at all besides what you did" - On the Beach (2000)

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    Comment #29605161

    The search result I'm finding for that phrase is "Wǒ bù huì shuō zhōngwén. I kept saying it over and over again, the phrase I had memorized to explain my inability to speak their l…

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    Comment #29406597

    by repairing it

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    Comment #29330770

    His wife is extremely young and I can't look at them together without thinking something is really wrong there. He might be older than his father-in-law.

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    Comment #29308742

    as a Linux user, i use my iPhone for that. or you could try this: https://morgen.so/morgen-for-linux

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    Comment #29252151

    Many banks will automatically transfer recurring subscriptions to your new card as a "helpful" measure. > Updater services allow merchants to know when your credit card information…

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    Comment #29031088

    > Thanks, I didn’t dig deep enough to find the boy buried at the bottom. That definitely clears things up. ...there's a boy buried at the bottom? i hope that's a typo!