linkydinkandyou

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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Actually, they're not because the current is so high. You can easily start a fire.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Many people are against the death penalty not because there aren't people who deserve it, but because it's possible to make a mistake. I wonder if that's what PG means here by "mistake."
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Even today, using intermediate libraries like Cygwin, I have an easier time building FOSS that was meant for Linux on Windows than I do on MacOS!
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Now _everyone_ will have gull-wing doors.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Yeah, but most people don't "expect" to collect term life. And even if it does pay, you'll be dead! You do expect to collect your annuity payments.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Another reason people are reluctant to use annuities is they don't trust the companies selling them to remain in business for 10 years or more....
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
I block ads for one reason--they can and have been used to deliver malicious content, quite frequently too, even on otherwise reputable sites who are using a third-party ad provider. It's not worth the risk.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
I'd expect my Government to spy on other Governments. We have a need to. Any American who objects to this is short-sighted. What we shouldn't do is spy on American citizens within our borders as a routine practice.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Maybe what's needed is something that _looks_ superficially like a social media site, but under the hood is just an email system, using the tried-and-true email protocols, maybe with white-lists enabled. Basically, you're not &quo
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
I've worked with Laser cutters and, unless they have fixed things, you really don't want to be cutting items--especially paper and cardboard--without industrial "shop" ventilation. And many times I've set my work on
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San Francisco Ordinance Would Allow Rolling Bicycle Stops(sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)
5 points by linkydinkandyou 11y ago|1 comments
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Bicyclists in Palo Alto kill pedestrians. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/04/22/pedestrian-str...
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Hackers Took Fingerprints of 5.6M U.S. Workers, Government Says(nytimes.com)
10 points by linkydinkandyou 11y ago|1 comments
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
People who write songs and materials for Churches do it to make a living. It's actually a big problem for folks who write songs and arrangements for Church Choirs--many of their customers don't feel they should be paid! I've
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Except Dr. King didn't write the speech. From Wikipedia: "The speech was drafted with the assistance of Stanley Levison and Clarence Benjamin Jones[17] in Riverdale, New York City. Jones has said that "the logistical preparat
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
It's amazing how in many jurisdictions, any claim by a woman against a man is accepted to be true. And many places assume women are so fragile that they need extra protection that would never be granted a man. This is what Feminism is
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Whether its the frame or the glass, it's still impolite.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
People still use Groupon? They can use those discount haircut coupons to look neat for their job interviews.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
This woman with her feet on the window bothers me. How rude! http://dereklow.co/content/images/2015/09/18-resized-1.jpg
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Being alone should be a respected lifestyle choice or affectional preference. If a person would rather be partnered, then there's usually some issue with the "quirks." You can't swim out of your lane.
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
"Gay" is regularly used to mean "stupid" but we would call out someone on HN that uses it that way.
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Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil (2012)(forbes.com)
1 points by linkydinkandyou 11y ago|0 comments
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Why do you think the national parks are a great evil?
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An expert has called for a ban on sex robots(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by linkydinkandyou 11y ago|0 comments
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Why not link to the original news article instead of to a blog that quotes it?
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
It's Carly Fiorina's legacy! And Meg Whitman carries her torch.
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Irving TX 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade electronic clock to school(dallasnews.com)
3 points by linkydinkandyou 11y ago|1 comments
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Our company is solving a similar large-scale problem with very few engineers. And our answer, too, is Erlang! (And also, a few very smart, highly experienced, people with Math graduate degrees.)
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
Basically, I get good treatment for irrops
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by linkydinkandyou 11y ago
How can you say "these people are annoying?" He seemed to have fun, and the staff at the rental car company enjoyed interacting with him. And I don't think this man did his mileage run to "protest" anything. He&#x27

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