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by dvtv75 9y ago
> the same reason we don't have cat and snake hybrids in nature I think you've just created the film series that will succeed Sharknado.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
When I was in Dunedin, there were rumored to be some rather underhanded tactics that brothels used against each other. One burned down shortly before I left, and word had it that it wasn't an accidental fire. But you know how rumors a
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by dvtv75 9y ago
> But they believe that cycling on roads is unreasonably dangerous, so they > blame the cyclist for endangering themselves. Speaking from personal experience, as a driver I absolutely hate cyclists. Weaving through traffic at speeds
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by dvtv75 9y ago
What's the likelihood of a fall while walking vs the likelihood of a fall while riding, per hour of activity undertaken?
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by dvtv75 9y ago
> I'm aware of the fact that nobody in my family ever hit their head in a way that caused any permanent damage. You do, of course, have professional medical assessment to back this up? Because otherwise this is simply assumption an
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by dvtv75 9y ago
"I cannot imagine why someone who works with catty gossips and you, who reduces her achievements to female stereotypes, would act as if they are operating in a hostile work environment." It's most interesting that you think I
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by dvtv75 9y ago
That really depends on whether there's a restraining order in place or not...
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by dvtv75 9y ago
A bit late to the party, but yes, I agree that there could well be other motivations. I worked in one PC shop where the owner had refused to take a mandated course to become an authorized Apple reseller. When they, in turn, refused him, h
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I think there was something about gait analysis, too, just in case bad guys started wearing disguises.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
Quite a few poor people still die from not having medical attention where a king would almost always have a personal physician at his side - a king of old would have a much higher chance of survival from a wound that would kill a modern poo
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by dvtv75 9y ago
Just a couple of weeks back, one of my colleagues worked an extra 25 or so hours, but wasn't paid for the full amount. He went and had a chat with his boss on Monday, demanding to be correctly paid. The office door was shut, and when
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by dvtv75 9y ago
> I've always had tinnitus since I was a child and just thought the world was like that. I'm exactly the same, although I do know what caused it for me. My mother's then-boyfriend was an abusive piece of crap who used to
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by dvtv75 9y ago
> If life no longer "means life", will that increase criminality because there is less of a deterrent? For an answer to that, have a look into New Zealand's criminal law system. Life there means, I think, about 15 years.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
You've apparently been downvoted, but you raise a good point - although not the immediately obvious one: I've been seeing ads that get through uBlock Origin in the last few days. Just a couple, I haven't bothered investigati
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by dvtv75 9y ago
In New Zealand, it was early Saturday afternoons, moving to progressively later times. For some reason, it was a low rating show...
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by dvtv75 9y ago
> If the cell was large people would attempt to get into them on purpose to get a private room. I think that's a societal problem, not a prison design problem. > The cell has to be small enough that no one would prefer it over ge
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I've got an ASUS board P8Z68 Deluxe that sings like you wouldn't believe. Drives me nuts, I just wish I could silence - but I suspect that would require new caps...
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by dvtv75 9y ago
That's a good idea, thanks! I'll take a look.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I don't have ADHD or Dyslexia, but I do have NVLD (Non Verbal Learning Disorder) which has many symptoms in common with autism, so I'll try and give you some idea. (This is basically a brain dump, with some limited editing becaus
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by dvtv75 9y ago
This, a thousand times this. I can't really explain here why I'm in this situation for a few reasons (particularly anonymity - if my employer finds out I've said any of this I'll be fired and his "friends" will
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I doubt that more technology is the solution. What worked for me was to build up strength in my wrists, hands, and forearms again, with free weights. (I'd actually recommend dumbbells rather than barbells. If I were advising myself
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I had never heard of PlayOnLinux until now. Installed - thanks for the tip! KSP and Rimworld are my two big games, at least KSP will be again when I get a replacement video card.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I recall reading that the peak of medicine under the Roman Empire was not reached again until The Great War. Quite interesting, and it makes me wonder how far we would have come had the Roman Empire not fallen.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
It's curious that you define rape as something that happens to a woman, whereas "sex without consent due to alcoholic incapacitation of the victim" can happen to a male, too. I've had male friends raped in that way, and
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by dvtv75 9y ago
Interestingly, I've been thinking very much along these lines with regard to my present job. It occurs to me that the actual reason for my current role is to fleece the taxpayer of as much public funding as possible, and in about nine
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by dvtv75 9y ago
To be fair, I don't have labels in my clothes because they irritate me so much. Oddly, it never used to be a problem but it has become one in the last five or six years. (I don't have any fake passports, though, and my medication
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by dvtv75 9y ago
To provide something of a counterpoint, asbestosis is a disease from the modern society, filled with opportunity. So is being run down by a car, hit by an air-to-ground missile, or blinded by a laser. It's not quite so one-sided as it
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by dvtv75 9y ago
Just as with children, who started it isn't particularly relevant. What is most important is that the person running things now is responsible for it. Last year, Obama was responsible for it. This year, right on through to the end of
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by dvtv75 9y ago
I've been re-watching Knight Rider on-and-off for a while now, and it's actually fairly good. I wouldn't compare it directly to anything modern, as long as I accept it for what it is - a 1980s show.
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by dvtv75 9y ago
The probability of an accident (car accident, firearms accident, choking, tripping while carrying a knife, drowning, and so on) resulting in death would tend toward one, given a long enough life, so humans would still need to reproduce, we

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