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Comment · 8 years ago
Would not the bottle be squished now that it is under more pressure?
Comment · 8 years ago
Was it confirmed to be GoDaddy? That is dishonest marketing to say the least.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you boil down your statement into "I would rather have the Americans kill these people than the Chinese" you will begin to see the real meaning of what you are saying.
Comment · 8 years ago
> On Android apps just request everything

That was true up to Marshmallow (Android 6), when finer grained permissions were added.

Comment · 8 years ago
For me, the missing tactile feedback from the tablet puts me off. I need to feel the edge of the papers, and one side of the book getting thinner and the other thicker as I progress. The very act of splitting the book open is satisfying.

I say that and I am a very tech-inclined person, so to speak. But books are always a different matter.

Comment · 9 years ago
This was discussed here on HN recently. It was deemed a result of the failing health care in the USA. (I do not live there so I do not know the exact details of how particular cases like this happen).
Comment · 9 years ago
Maybe she does not trust him much with the money. In which case she would pay for the car and let him drive it.
Comment · 9 years ago
How about if you talk to Hindu people for example and see how they answer similar questions? Would repeated attacks from Hindu people warrant prosecuting people from Indian origin?
Comment · 9 years ago
Muslim countries considered as allies by the same government prosecuting this guy? IIRC the USA makes billions of dollars selling weapons to those exact countries.

So, give them weapons with one hand, and prosecute citizens for some vague connection with the other hand!

Comment · 9 years ago
How many hundreds of thousands of Muslims were killed by non-Muslim bombs? It is like comparing on ocean to a drop of water.
Comment · 9 years ago
In the context of hiring why is this even brought up? You have a certain skillset needed for a certain job. Some people have it, some people do not. Why is there a need for attributing this to their genes, upbringing, psychology or anything else for that matter?
Comment · 9 years ago
"Street Code" is euphemism for indecency and selfishness. That guy was silent because everyone around him is ready to frame him, not because of "Street Code". I do not believe it for half a second that you or any of the other assumed innocent would stay silent if you were accused.
Comment · 9 years ago
It's a means to detect sandboxing, either for testing or to foil analysis attempts by third parties.
Comment · 9 years ago
Humidity is a killer in high temperature, you do not have to deal with that in the desert.

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