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by drewmol 8y ago
from [0]: >Because of the absence of proper blinding, and the inconsistency of the findings, we conclude that further studies are required to evaluate whether or not a causal relationship exists between MSG ingestion and headache.
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by drewmol 8y ago
I have had good success as a user (mostly billing, asking for credits or removal of charges/fees) with chat bots. By politely specifying exactly what the problem is, what actions need to happen for it to be considered resolved, and ask
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by drewmol 8y ago
Verizon buries the option to order a sim card for a new prepaid line somewhere on their website, I've successfully used the widget to ask for the URL twice. Also used it to ask/politely demand Verizon reset my roll-over data balan
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by drewmol 8y ago
When 90%+ of all android apps are spyware, google, OEM and carrier apps being the worst offenders it becomes ironic for one spyware beneficiary to call another fraudulent.
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by drewmol 8y ago
I live close to an Aldi in the US. When it was first opened (Aldi 1.0) I would agree with parent that the selection and availability made it difficult to get the bulk of my grocerie needs there but since they remodeled (Aldi 2.0) they have
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by drewmol 8y ago
On canned tomatoes: https://www.cooksillustrated.com/taste_tests/510-canned-dice...
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by drewmol 8y ago
>Aldi stores has tripled since the early 90s to nearly 2,000(SKU's), although that remains tiny compared to the 25,000 or more in a big supermarket. This is why I shop at Aldi when possible. I'm willing to make small compromis
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by drewmol 8y ago
The bank/exchange/etc that was entrusted to protect your dollars/bitcoin/etc. FDIC insurance is indexed to dollars but insures the value of your deposits. If someone robs a bank there is no way to reverse the robbery b
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by drewmol 8y ago
I read the comment as a suggestion to temporarily subsidise the cost of providing payment processing, update management and DRM for free to app developers in exchange for momentum/traction which I find intellectualy honest criticism of
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by drewmol 8y ago
Lol, TLDR; If you are a startup break every law, agreement, and regulation you can.
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by drewmol 8y ago
Auto Pilot
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by drewmol 8y ago
>For the remaining 99.99% of users, absolutely not. Chrome's appeal came from... Bingo! Thank you for pointing this out. For those younger readers, Chrome's penetration was forceful and uninvited. A browser add-on/searc
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by drewmol 8y ago
It will be interesting to see how the mobile operators now try to monitize their 1985 - 2007 location data collected b4 GOOG/FB were in the game, will they just sell it to Google?
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by drewmol 8y ago
Was thinking same, now that certs are free I tend to just use single domain certs but maybe that is not ideal? Suppose you could modify this[1] to mv / symlink dir as final step for multi domain certs. https://github.com&
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by drewmol 8y ago
I suspect that Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T also have data.
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by drewmol 8y ago
>if YouTube silently starts recommending PragerU videos to all the millions of high schoolers that match the "impressionable" profile? As someone who very rarely aligns with any of Dennis Prager's political dogma, that wou
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by drewmol 8y ago
So would setting erroneous pre fetch headers to all requests would help to spoil analytics insights?
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by drewmol 8y ago
>I’m curious how you’re certain they defaulted. I'm sorry that was sarcasm. I didn't make any assumptions I just clicked the box or button or whatever.
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by drewmol 8y ago
>once they're settled... Should I be expected to monitor changes to a living document that I never read in the first place in order to know whether the current version means I am married to Spotify and act accordingly? Spotify is th
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by drewmol 8y ago
Why steal mp3's when you can make copies for free?
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by drewmol 8y ago
Politely: That type of argument is unlikely to be made by users on this forum, so a sarcastic rhetorical response posted here only serves to create unwanted noise in this thread.
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by drewmol 8y ago
I may be overly cynical here but my understanding is: Facebook tried to build a walled garden development platform on top of TCP/IP, bundle it with free low-bandwidth internet necessities (consisting of Facebook and several other d
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by drewmol 8y ago
TL;DR they swindled your contact info from users, purchased it and/or traded for it. >This info was collected by the advertiser or their partner. Why do you think so many apps want to extract your phone contact list if not to sell?
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by drewmol 8y ago
criminals has a loose definition, but I think the more plausible concern is people who are barred from legally possessing a gun by existing regulation (the chance they will use it for offensive violence has been deemed above the acceptabl
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by drewmol 8y ago
I have experience in this (US Midwest) Most licensing regulation for these things are for professional commerce, and the more general the more they about demonstrating financial means to cover liability and/or a means of taxation, educ
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by drewmol 8y ago
I agree this topic is fastinating. From that article, "Since 1968, more Americans have died from gunfire than have died in all our wars put together. In 2014: 33,599. Who's doing all the shooting and where are they getting all tho
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by drewmol 8y ago
My local Apple Store has seen an increase in both mildly annoyed customers and delighted canines over time.
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by drewmol 8y ago
It may be, Federal Law is more specific on tipping, allocation, role definitions in the restaurant industry, but not well expanded to define other industries. State law can further regulate . In spirit, a tip is an independant transactio
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by drewmol 8y ago
I consider this grooming by google
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by drewmol 8y ago
"Unlike most kinds of canned produce, which pale in comparison to their fresh counterparts, a great can of diced tomatoes offers flavor almost every bit as intense as ripe, in-season fruit."[0] Just thought I'd share that can

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