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yrdmb

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    > I know, I live in one such apartment. I have a very good relationship with my landlord. I'd be among the first to profit if NYC decided to force landlords to lower rent. It still…

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    Comment #35078587

    > The cell is a living organism because we have largely defined the cutoff for living organisms at the cell; Isn't that because all living organisms are composed of one or more cel…

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    Comment #35078510

    > Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? Define unsubstantive comments and flamebait. Is this not unsubstantive flamebait? "What propaganda? That it wo…

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    Comment #35077473

    pwsh never took off because it doesn't fit the spirit of unix system administration. pwsh is object based while on unix systems, it's all about shredding text. If you are on window…

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    Comment #35077359

    > But this just does not feel right. It feels like tyranny of the majority. It's not tyranny. It's just democracy. Asset owners get lots of tax deductions, capital gains benefits a…

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    Comment #35077244

    Think it had more to do with Intel partnering with Microsoft and Windows taking over the PC market in the 90s.

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    Comment #35076498

    > I hope the US takes the EU approach and regulates what data is collected The US and the EU have different goals. EU's goal is to protect their control of propaganda within their …

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    Comment #35074045

    Yet you fail to name a single one. No revolution in history was by the populace. All revolutions in history have been a group of elites trying to pry power away from another group …

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    Comment #35073972

    > Instagram democratizes the mental illness that used to only affect child stars and the hollywood famous. It also democratizes the clout, power and protection that the hollywood f…

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    Comment #35062091

    > The world needs basic income That's all we need. Basic income will allow people to get housing, internet and food.

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    Comment #35062057

    > I find interesting that HBO, a US TV network, has become a worldwide brand name in a way that CBS,[1] NBC, and ABC didn't; That's because CBS, NBC and ABC are national broadcast …

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    Comment #35061849

    One of my favorite stories concerning primes is how fermat thought he discovered the formula for primes ( Fermat's primes ). He only checked his formula for the first few primes an…

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    Comment #35061531

    > There is no value to this comment. There is always value in truthful statements. You are right that 91 is not the smallest number as was implied by the parent. -91 is. After all …

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    Comment #35061383

    > I think history teaches us the opposite. No it doesn't. > Oppressive regimes (of whatever sort) can only persist with the consent of the populace No. You are believing in modern …

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    Comment #35051698

    It's astounding how much "research" is part of an ad campaign. Company and industry wants to sell you X and they fund studies to say X is good or competitor Y is bad. It's all mark…

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    Comment #35049460

    > So by your definition, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Coumbia, U Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Oxford, Paris, Liepzig, Bordeau, Glascow, Istanbul, Granada, Strassburg, Moscow, Berlin Techni…