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I think the "numeric" equivalent to this would be "is this a few/many?" And you would get some number arguing how "several" is a distinct category in the same way this post has peo…

Post hoc ergo propter hoc strikes again

He was around 40 years old when he said it and he wasn't talking about smartphones - at least what we call smartphones today. > "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy …

Since we're talking about the actual astronaut, not the movie, I feel I should point out Swigert and Lovell both say "Houston, we've had a problem", not have.

That's linked in the OP.

Is this something you come across often? I always give the canonical spelling of my email, dots included, and can't remember a time when it wasn't accepted.

You used five twos.

I'm in the same boat. I can't see things as though they're physical objects but I can sense them in some other way. I can also draw outlines with my eyes closed - e.g. I can point …

> 0$ to get started, then pay as you go” reads to me: “0$ to get started, and then you can order add-ons and extra features as you need them I think I disagree with this, but maybe…

For me, it was the Blink-182 album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

> but something with fingerprint or face recognition or lock screen quick actions behaves poorly Maybe I'm not crazy. Twice in the past couple weeks, my phone has seemingly unlocke…

Every company I've ever worked for has had some sort of name for their employees. It's probably supposed to foster some sense of community/belonging. You're welcome to take the cyn…

Snoo is the name of the reddit alien. I believe it was going to be the original name of the site (what's new - what'S NOO). Since "redditor" is a community name, it makes sense the…

Thanks for the recommendation. I just switched.

Having not followed Airbnb very closely - I have no interest whatsoever in using the service either as a traveller or a host - your link clarified one thing that's always sort of b…

When a question is deleted on StackOverflow, it's hidden entirely - direct link or not - except to users with at least 10k in "reputation", and I think to the question asker. I sus…

"Steal" seems to be a slightly strong word. It looks like it's open source and just missing the license.[1] I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt rather than jump straigh…

4194304 K ought to be enough for anybody.

I've been on this site for something like five years, but... I never knew that this functionality existed

20% is "just slightly" more expensive?

4 hours ~= 124.75 cents/hr 7 days ~= 4.16 cents/hr 30 days ~= 2.08 cents/hr 90 days ~= 1.38 cents/hr This is based on the full 24 hours per day. If you do it based on "usable" time…

It looks like she held the record for just three of those months. A month before Harry Hong took it back, a guy named Neil Gewirtz took it from her with a run of 2349 lines. http:/…

I believe this is what tptacek is referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8104407

> “Originally I created Xiki for my own use,” said Muth. “When I was supposed to be doing my boring job as a software dev at banks and insurance companies in Ohio 13 years ago, I s…