turtlesdown

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by turtlesdown 7y ago
You can't win a bad argument by just moving to an adjacent position (which is still wrong)
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
First, you originally claimed meat as a factor (apparently still after an edit). Second, a vegetarian can eat dairy products. Finally, the only working link above is pretty much worthless (122 participants who were asked questions, measure
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
>My brother and I are 3-4 inches taller than my dad, because we grew up on a meat and dairy rich American diet, versus the rice and lentil-based diet my dad grew up with in his village in Bangladesh. No, your dad is likely shorter due to
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
MSFT spent $7.2 billion dollars on Nokia in 2014 to try to increase their market share, which failed. >Much like the death of the keyboard slider form factor on Android, the lack of sales came from consumers having no options to buy than
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
So far their PR has been exceptionally successful. Hopefully they bring their vehicles to market and they warrant some of the hype that is growing.
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
>Windows Mobile was a vastly superior operating system, but it was dropped because it was only in third place Putting aside the claim that Windows Phone was a superior operating system...Windows Phone PEAKED at 3% of market, that was pri
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by turtlesdown 7y ago
My currently open Outlook is holding onto 125 MB of RAM. I have at least 12 spreadsheets open in Excel for 112 MB. IMHO you are wildly overestimating the RAM use of those programs, aside from the others, as they normally run (sure - I can g
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by turtlesdown 8y ago
You are questioning the study methodology without bothering to read it. The burden is on you to actually understand what you are talking about.
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by turtlesdown 8y ago
it really is terrible
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by turtlesdown 8y ago
> The whole point is the cases where it's not. So your argument is that blockchain is only useful for international trade with tiny businesses? > Even for higher margin transactions, higher overhead is no advantage. Most people c
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by turtlesdown 8y ago
> For example, you can have a perfectly legal contract, but the other party is in a corrupt foreign jurisdiction that would never find in your favor in the event of a breach. Then you can't contract with them because they have no in