skyblock500

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by skyblock500 4mo ago
Everyone needs a hobby.
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
The 40,000$ of a bespoke coffee table comes from the uniqueness of the manufacturing process. No piece of wood is the same, and the way it is prepared from start to finish differs based on numerous factors. The price of a computer chip has
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
Interesting to see the work that has to go into truly localizing a comic like Asterix and Obelix. There is notes on how the comic strip format does aid in translation, because slapstick humour is rather global. But having to translate expre
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
I believe that if we all collectively lowball them, they will drop the price to be lower than $20k. It is unfortunate to see any museum close. I hope their assessment from the Texas Historical Commission succeeds!
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
This sounds like a logically correct assumption. Does Harvard not take this into account and adjust their courses to actually be of a rigor that challenges students?
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
> "we gave full A’s to over 4,000 students, or more than 49 percent of the people we taught [...] they hadn’t all crossed the threshold of “extraordinary distinction” that the student handbook says a full A is supposed to represent&
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
It feels like every single tweet he makes is a hit
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
Now that you mention it, that makes much more sense than hand rolling date handling.
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
I'm surprised that GitHub actually handles this correctly. Such as saying "tomorrow" and "in 2 days".
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
No such things as a "Junk" PSP, as this article clearly shows!
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
With the recent direction Mojo has taken, that dark horse sounds more like a pipedream to me
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by skyblock500 5mo ago
If it ain't broke why fix it?