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y2bd

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    Comment #45825361

    Maybe this is Dirigiblocks.

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    Comment #45153304

    This is pretty widely held misconception. Today's chemical and mineral sunscreens both primarily operate through UV absorption rather than reflection: https://www.bbc.com/future/ar…

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    Comment #43274935

    The show has an excellent sci-fi mystery at the core of it that keeps me going. It feels thoroughly designed in a way many television mysteries don’t, especially long running ones.…

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    Comment #34877574

    rot13 hint, pretty involved hint that doesn't literally say the answer but is one step away lbh ner ba gur evtug genpx gung vg vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, Cv (fcrpvsvpnyyl gur cerpv…

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    Comment #34877038

    rot13 partial spoilers for level 10 vg vaqrrq vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, gur fcrpvsvp vzntr vf eryrinag

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    Comment #34875909

    10 was difficult in a different way than the prior puzzles, and honestly was a little chilling once I figured it out. Good luck, I'm sure you can get it!

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    Comment #34240512

    I love the 38” 1600p format so much, it’s both wide and tall while still feeling like it’s a single monitor. I’ve heard though from friends in the industry that it’s not long for t…

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    Comment #33537324

    In the US anyway, they're legally required to give you your prescription (SPH, CYL, prism, etc). However, PD and other ocular measurements aren't classified as part of a prescripti…

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    Comment #32529391

    I don't have a ton of Xcode experience, but from what I've touched, while it does feel good to use in terms of a "native" experience, as an IDE it feels lacking. Even basic things …

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    Comment #32406125

    That's cool, didn't know that Apple didn't try to somehow shoehorn threads into SMS (like they currently do extremely poorly with tapbacks and stickers)

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    Comment #32405332

    You only see the colors on messages you send. OP is implying that you wouldn’t know what “color” the conversation is unless you’re actively replying to the spammer.

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    Comment #32158205

    I want to note that Vue provides official instructions on how to use it without build tools [1], and lots of folks who have written posts on how to use React without tooling as wel…

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    Comment #31700434

    I imagine they use Twitter as RSS.

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    Comment #31662070

    What about Rust? Rust doesn’t go as in-depth as Haskell when it comes to modeling effects in the type system, but it still has a relatively complex type system on top of dealing wi…

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    Comment #30873580

    If you want to be uncomfortable in a safe environment, the level right after the one depicted in the GIF zooms out as you describe.

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    Comment #30871443

    If anyone gets to one of those levels and is unable to play due to the visual effect, you can hit 7 on your keyboard and it switches to an alternate view. I think this actually wor…

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    Comment #28780259

    Apple also says apps aren't allowed to use notifications for advertising (3.1.7 Advertising) but routinely uses notifications to advertise Apple Music, Apple TV, and their other va…

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    Comment #28253163

    In California (I assume other states have similar) the trick is to wait long enough such that it becomes unclaimed property. At that point, Google will surrender your 85 dollars to…

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    Comment #28136154

    Like 3/4s of my algorithmic feed are music content, so - People talking about music they heard recently and enjoy, and often featuring much smaller/unknown artists than I've ever h…

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    Comment #28022531

    Even more motivation to give it a shot! Certainly you can’t do any worse ;)

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    Comment #27923373

    As someone who was on the original five guys /v/ threads the idea that GG wasn’t born out of harassing Zoe Quinn is absolutely ridiculous.

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    Comment #27672473

    Loop is the right word for me. I’ll suddenly get stuck in a loop of subdividing a cube into smaller cubes over and over, or squaring a number over over. Never accurately, just…visu…

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    Comment #27610655

    iirc there was an iPod-style app on the Apple App Store for a bit around a year ago, but it was shortly after taken down. I don’t know if the developer came out with an official st…