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> protein-based diet Well there's yer problem! Drop the fad diet.
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If you took 30 seconds to read the first result after Googling "Firefox OS", it would be very apparent what their goal was and why they thought it was worth pursuing. I'm not even a web dev, but I'm sad to hear that it d
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> Second it's clearly against Trump, because Trump's base consists of older white people with racial anxiety/anger. Young people lean democrat, but they don't get out to vote. If you honestly believe this, you are ver
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She's a textbook demagogue whose career has been plagued with scandals and corruption since before she even set foot in the White House as first lady. Google 'Hillary Clinton cattle futures' if you want to start from the begi
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There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.
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> No one able to vote in the US should be sitting this one out I disagree. People who haven't taken the time to thoroughly research the candidates should not be encouraged to blindly push a button, especially this year. Most of
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> But the prices of many goods will decrease. Yes, and if our billionaire overlords are feeling generous, perhaps some of those savings will "trickle down" to us peasants. But probably not...
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In the Methodology section of the survey page, it says: > The survey posed the question, “How much money do you have saved in your savings account?” and provided the following as possible answers: $0, “just the minimum balance requiremen
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"And I say to any creature who may be listening, there can be no justice so long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions." -- Jean-Luc Picard I agree, a law that serves no purpose shouldn't exist (
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> Also, what's the expected amount of caffeine per typical dispensing? How much of that are you figuring gets absorbed during brushing? Wondering the same thing. He said in another comment that an average-sized 'serving' o
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> Brushing teeth and wanting a pick-me-up seem like totally orthogonal needs. You don't brush your teeth shortly after waking up every morning?
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10y ago
Got a source on that? I can't find any PA laws that support your statements.
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I believe "irrational" is the word you're looking for. If the intersection is wide enough that you can turn while maintaining a safe distance, then what purpose would such a law serve? Why increase congestion for little or no
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I could be wrong, but I don't think that's illegal as long as there's a safe distance between them. Otherwise, it would be practically impossible to make turns in a city...
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> Even with just 3 people at $10-15 each, you could sink more money into Fiverr and come out with a better logo than the predominately flat-UI only designs provided. However, Logo Pizza still has some (IMHO) great ones for sale Maybe. Bu
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I tested out Fiverr by hiring 3 people to do simple T-shirt designs for $10-$15 each. Everything I got back was either stolen from somewhere else, extremely poor quality, or didn't fit my request at all. I'm sure there are great p
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99Designs is cheaper than the current price ($320). Plus you get to have input and request revisions.
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> it could be 20 to 25 years before most trips in cities will be provided by autonomous vehicles, he added. Ouch, I had no idea it was that far away. Hard to believe that when Uber is already testing with passengers in cities, though.
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Rides are free if you get one of the self-driving cars.
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> And why is that a problem, exactly? It says in the article: American companies are being put out of business by heavily-subsidized Chinese companies. > Trying to enforce a tariff on element production from a subset of external count
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Reminds me of an old joke: > A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old man fingered his worsted wool vest and said, "Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I i
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One small loss for mankind, one giant win for Net Neutrality.
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Legal industry, in a branch of the law that's very high volume. We were paying a consultant $175/hr just to create basic SSRS reports until I learned to do it. I'm sure plenty of other firms are still hiring outside devs at e
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Just throwing my anecdote in the ring: I work with a small team (4 devs) in at a non-tech company. The other devs all have 10+ years experience and none even know what SOLID is. I've never asked, but I'm guessing they don't k
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Small dev team at a non-tech company on the east coast, so all these nifty Silicon Valley management practices are unheard of here. At our company, you're lucky if you don't have to clock out and in for your lunch break... And I&#
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> One programmer I know made clear when she started a job at a startup that she worked 40-45 hours a week and that's it. Everyone else worked much longer hours, but that was her personal limit. Personally I have negotiated a 35-hour
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Experienced this recently with Hello Fresh. The 'Cancel Subscription' button was so hard to find that I had to spend 10 minutes Googling it (the placement had changed over time and was always difficult to find, so a lot of the sea
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> is this game just about walking around collecting pokemons with eggs? Pretty much. You can also battle to control gyms, but the rewards are pitiful and the combat system / pokemon types are so poorly implemented that it's bas
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> much of Reddit's problems with its userbase boil down to a failure to manage. Removed some words to make this statement more accurate. Reddit itself doesn't manage the communities, and that's a problem because the Though
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> mostly positive press I guess that's one perspective. From a gamer's perspective, Pokemon Go has been a disaster so far. The app itself is pretty clunky and prone to freezing. The servers have been down for lengthy periods du
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