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It's actually for the same reason people get sick when the visit countries with poor water quality and drink the water. They aren't used to the pathogens. Check page 2 of this Consumer Reports article[1] for an example. > Ente
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Why are you assuming capitalism and free markets are mutually inclusive? Not to get into a discussion of semantics, but US Capitalism is very dependent on the free flow of capital via investments and loans. The government sets all of that u
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I like as describe Reddit and HN to be voter nominated, not voter selected. Votes nominate stories, but then the algorithm decides which ones to pick from that pile.
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So would that Odwalla drink I listed be exempt? It contains a ton of added sugar. So the rule is that if it has over 25 calories and and nothing manufactured in a lab you can add as much sugar as you want and be exempt? So this has a bunch
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Can anyone explain why Coca-Cola and Gatorade gets taxed but this does not? http://www.odwalla.com/products/smoothies/strawberry-c-monst... Edit: Oops that does have added sugar so it will also be taxed. Edit 2: S
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Yet another example of the disaster of craziness that is the California Proposition system. What a distraction and waste of resources all around.
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I wish someone would flip the paradigm upside down. Put the whole computer in the watch and then have a dumb screen the size of a credit card that fits in your wallet. You can use that for talking on the phone, browsing the web etc. Make th
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The reason this is placed at the door of Cook is because he's very likely one of, if not the most responsible person for those choices at Apple. He played a very large role in operations at Apple. He also sits on the board of Nike, par
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> 20% marketshare Anti-virus companies use an IE8 user agent string sometimes for finding dangerous sites. Other bots and crawlers still use the IE8 string, although it seems like many are switching to Chrome. I've never been able
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When you have a physical 3-dimensional object you can use the projector cast images on it. I wonder if it is used for calibrating and lining up objects for the 3D camera as well.
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Right, but when it is exhaustion from not sleeping for days at a time and working 14+ hours days 7 days a week for weeks at a time it stops being about stress and simply trying to stay physically and mentally conscious. It sounded to me ori
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This is great advice for high stress situations. But if it is overwork, it can be impossible to take up an exercise routine when you are working 36 - 60 hours straight every other week. I've been there and remember just trying to stay
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I work in the US and I can't remember working with someone from Korea or of Korean decent. I have had at least a handful of times where I was the only who spoke up about how irresponsible something was. I have yet to see another US dev
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http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-ca...
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"So why bother?" I'll give you an example. 15 years ago most people thought being Vegan was borderline insane outside a couple cities and college towns. There were little if any Vegan options at restaurants and if you asked t
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Could you explain how idealism and volunteering are mutually inclusive? I would definitely agree that Millenials are optimistic. About themselves personally. Defeatist about everyone else. That was what I was talking about in the above comm
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Do you mean like this? http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd "implicit expectation that any OS should work on any machine" Really? I don't think that And OSX can run on many Wi
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My question is that I don't understand why someone buys a Windows laptop expects Linux to run on it perfectly. It's the same to me as expecting OSX to run on a Windows Laptop or to install Windows on a Macbook Air. Why wouldn'
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I feel like they should rename the Millennials the "Give Up Generation". You guys just take defeatism to 11 every time any tries to say something hopeful for people to start doing what's better for the world. Good grief. Let
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Was your Laptop certified by the manufacturer or distribution to run Linux? Does OSX work on that Laptop out of the box?
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Just for my own curiosity, did you intentionally chose a Laptop that you knew was 100% compatible to begin with? Edit to the downvoter who can't use their words: The above comment said "Lenovo machine that is generally considered
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"trying to get wi-fi setup on my beagle bone or raspberry pi were hell" Can I ask which wifi card/chipset you chose? Was it one that you researched and found out was 100% Linux compatible? Assuming you did do that and didn&#x
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I've always believed that Huxley was closer in regards to the wealthy and upper middle class of society, whereas Orwell's predictions appear to line up better with the experiences of the poor and lower middle.
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Why is this at the top? It's obvious flame bait. Yeah, we get it. You are really worried about yourself and your time. Yeah, we get it that you want to make a generalization that "All the other distributions" don't have
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Oh this thread is going to pull out all the fun ones. Can they program anything to penalize any diet / food topics? Nothing smart is ever said and all the studies are always inconclusive and at best hint at new directions for additiona
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Do you have anything in writing from Google giving a minimum support time for the Firebase platform? Who has the final decision about whether Firebase continues going forward? If you do not have either of these, how can you be sure "Fi