serpentor

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by serpentor 11y ago
Because they are angry people. Angry!
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by serpentor 11y ago
But the precise identity of these substances is often unknown to researchers and printer users because the printer manufacturers don’t disclose this information. That's not entirely honest. That statement conflates the
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by serpentor 11y ago
So I guess the disk platters used a glass substrate, coated in a layer of magnetic medium?
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by serpentor 11y ago
But, of course, no one questions the possibility of, like, you know, not letting kids use cell phones in school. Or maybe not letting kids use any form of digital camera, at all, ever? Is that actually impossible? Or just unreasonable? Or,
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by serpentor 11y ago
2. Cooking is easy and enjoyable Okay, but what about washing dishes, and waiting in line at the grocery store, and taking out the garbage, and cleaning the refrigerator, and wasting food when you accidentally burn dinner, and when
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by serpentor 11y ago
...not to mention that in most cases, Johnny doesn't even really know what encryption is, let alone believe he's capable of it. Try asking someone to encrypt something, anything before sending it. The looks you'll get range f
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by serpentor 11y ago
I dunno. Technicalities of vertical envelopment aside, once something is surrounded it's usually considered ceded to those who have it surrounded. An inability to defend, contrasted with an unlikely target to be attacked, leaves you wi
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by serpentor 11y ago
The common definition of a duel is: FIGHT TO THE DEATH. Typically with weapons, not limited to pistols, and pre-dating pistols, swords were used. And the above cited law states that it's illegal to CHALLENGE someone to a duel OR ACCEPT
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by serpentor 11y ago
Uh, sort of, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_punch http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showfl... You'll probably want a degree of comraderie in a fight, otherwise
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by serpentor 11y ago
The funny thing about depictions of ISIS' areas of operation and control on maps provided by, say... The New York Times, is that they're always shown as wispy red tendrils curling along main highways and around towns, and that lev
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by serpentor 11y ago
Okay, so at 30 frames per second, 500 seconds of animation, so... less than 10 minutes?
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by serpentor 11y ago
I'm complaining about his beating around the bush, not a reading comprehension thing. I like to know where the author stands on the topic at the outset, otherwise the article feels dishonest. For example: I think there are a lot of
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by serpentor 11y ago
Yikes! I thought NYC was bad. ...and yeah, I was thinking more in terms of national averages, not specific metropolitan areas.
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by serpentor 11y ago
God damn it. That guy needs to learn to spell out certain key points, when writing an article. Maybe he'll consider bouncing his material off an editor from time to time. I’ve long ceased questioning students about the specifics
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by serpentor 11y ago
$75,000 isn't market wages for a developer?
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by serpentor 11y ago
Another key point: My contrarian remarks aren't made in such ways that would result in getting flagged to death or hellbanned. My goal is discussion, not shock value or being incendiary for the sake of receiving negative attention. Som
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by serpentor 11y ago
Fun fact: I find downvoting to be a completely worthless feature of this site for all of the reasons you've listed and more! I find it useless to be in possession of the capacity to downvote, as well as the recipient of downvotes from