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by imron 8y ago
https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-north-ame...
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> The plan is to target those sub-species only. How does the saying go? The best laid plans of mice and men always work out exactly as predicted and never suffer from unintended consequences. Just like cane toads and prickly pear.
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This has been true for at least as long as I've been buying apple laptops (over a decade). If you want something with a similar form factor (light and thin) then anything with similar hardware specs from another company has always been
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> I wonder what's Facebook's move after Instagram becomes stale and no longer "cool" They acquire the next cool thing
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People said the same thing about AltaVista.
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Fastmail allows multiple domains under a single user account through aliases. If you are the only actual user of those emails accounts, then it's a great option (I have 5+ domains under a single account with them)
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> They just have to move to cheaper countries to replace Chinese labor. You also have to factor in though that one of Trump's stated goals is to bring manufacturing back to the US. Any company removing itself from China to a place w
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Sure but the grandparent post is talking about moving to a low cost of living city for some company, and then some years later that company downsizing or closing and laying people off, and then not having many other similar employment optio
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The entire greater male variability theory (which is what is under discussion here) It claims that while averages for men and women are the same, you get more men at the high IQ end of the spectrum and also more men at the lower end of th
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Works well if you don't have a family.
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> He does heroin recreationally and isn't addicted The time-worn story of how every single addict starts out.
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The quick brown fox .
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Hopefully people making policy have access to subject matter experts with deep domain knowledge.
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> Does that mean that so many advertisers track your activities so thoroughly that they figured out you're gay? There was a thing a few years back where Target was able to determine if someone was pregnant based on their purchasing
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Both. China is not really a communist country anymore except in name.
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No. It hasn't been that way in China for maybe 30 years now.
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> Things said in 2004 and 2005 definitely bubbled up to the top after Lehman’s collapsed in ‘08 as “correct predictions of the coming financial crisis.” Also known as a broken clock is right at least twice a day. Vanguard is doing the s
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The EFF agrees with you: https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1029162973254696961
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> It’s actually an interesting challenge to try to come up with formats where ad monetization makes sense for the content producer So that would be a 'no' to jjeaf's question then.
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> The chances of a recession by the end of 2020 are mounting. And the prospects for the American stock market in the next decade have worsened appreciably. The day after Trump's election win, NY Times published an article [0] by nob
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> I would argue that psychological manipulation is at the heart of all 20th century media and advertising. The difference here is the incredibly tight feedback loop and a unique, detailed psychologial profile of each user to work with.
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Larry Page is on record a few years back saying he'd give his fortune to Musk rather than donate it to charity [0]. I imagine Musk has a handful of billionaire friends he could probably hit up for cash. Throw in some money from SpaceX
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Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet Union(threadreaderapp.com)
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> There is a config option for most broswers Yes, this is what I meant (and I have it switched on) although reading my comment back I can see how it could be interpreted as me wishing for this capability.
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Students hate them!
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If you know 'Asians' you'll know that WeChat is primarily a mainland Chinese thing, and different Asian countries have different chat apps that are dominant.
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There should be an option or plugin for whatever browser you use to disable auto-play videos.
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The funky scrolling makes this site is unreadable to me.
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Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was dow
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You can have multiple aliases for the same user. I have about 20-30 email addresses (across multiple domains) from my previous setup all aliased to my main FastMail account. On top of that, FastMail has a killer feature if you like have di

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