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Even if the interviewers were concerned about your age, you'd never be asked how old you were in an interview. That's grounds for a discriminatory law suit basically anywhere in the world.
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Your DVDs don't have unskippable anti-piracy ads and ads for movies that released decades ago?
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http://www.swilliams.io Just an assortment of varied stuff I've delved into. Mostly all tech. All short and sweet (hopefully).
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Inner Mongolia already uses the traditional script so if anything this news is indicative of increased Chinese influence and decreased Russian influence in Mongolia.
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>Here's a nice quick map to view how it's playing out across the planet: https://google.com/covid19-map/?hl=en I found this map breaks down the case numbers with a higher level of detail https://
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I prefer it. It encourages reading the article as opposed to just reading the title and assuming the articles content.
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I'm looking into Xamarin for the first time. I've looked at the Xamarin 101 tutorial and seen the bare-bones note taking app they walk you through developing, and I'm hoping to improve it significantly. I've already adde
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YouTube originally had a five star rating system for each video but switched to the current thumbs up/down system. I believe the reason given was that almost all viewers either give five stars or one star, which made the middle three r
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Because it would be more convenient for everyone who has ever or will ever own more than one phone, or ever upgrade their phone. Imagine if you needed an adapter to refuel your car, or to plug an electric device into a wall. Genuinely, how
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You can play the daily New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle online[0]. It's free to play up till you get more than a certain number of points, then you require a subscription. I made a little clone of the game to get around these restric
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Congratulations, man! Your story is super positive I love it.
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1. The first nuclear fusion power plants are being built. 2. Universal Basic Income is being implemented across Europe. 3. Marijuana legalisation is commonplace in the west. 4. Steam will still dominate the PC gaming space. 5. Earth is not
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Location: Melbourne, Australia (British Citizen) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Python, Unity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-alexander-williams-b708b91... Résumé/
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They have thebrexitparty.org
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Your concerns are valid if you are the type of person/organisation who worries about how many likes they get. I post to Instagram purely for my own amusement, and only use the feed to catch up with family and friends - I really don
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I partially agree. The backend map seems really wishy-washy. The front end map seems much more useful, just because it's more limited in scope. It would be better I feel with in depth tutorials for every step, or links to them, with ac
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For mobile, I switched to Firefox which was a fantastic decision. Firefox on mobile is as fast as Chrome whilst allowing the much needed adblock and darkmode plugins. I'm hesitant to do the switch on desktop right now because, last tim
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Another fun nuclear weapon that would have destroyed Germany is Blue Peacock. It was a series of nuclear mines placed across West Germany to be detonated if the Soviets invaded. They used chickens to keep the mines warm in cold winters.
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Similarly, there was a story going round a few years back about mail being delivered in Iceland where instead of an address there was a map to the house to be delivered: http://i.imgur.com/1GVjLKF.jpg
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Location: Melbourne, Australia (British Citizen) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Python, Unity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-alexander-williams-b708b9116&#x