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Comment · 6 years ago
There is no intellectual curiosity in climate change denial. Don't editorialise.
Comment · 6 years ago
parrot VM: initially a joke until someone twigged that a dynamic-lang runtime to compete with .Net & JRE wasn't so absurd.
Comment · 6 years ago
Well at least it finally has a trackpad, after years of insisting that no one would ever want to manipulate the UI with a mouse pointer.

un-prevention, of sorts.

Comment · 6 years ago
It's commonly used for malaria. A related '-quine' is the active ingredient of Gin and Tonic.
Comment · 6 years ago
The (poorly worded) background suggests no previous research has been done concerning this compound w.r.t. corona.
Comment · 6 years ago
UK (and Ireland) are outside Schengen.

Even if they don't restrict it to British passport holders travelling to the USA, it's still arguably easier to screen for the virus through one departure point than, say, 30.

Comment · 6 years ago
> the/e/ name will be abandonned for something else quite soon.

Good to know; a word that's more easily duckduckgoable may help with branding.

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Comment · 6 years ago
At least here in Australia, corner shops doing repairs are a dying breed - there's no money in it once you factor in rent and electricity and wages. An online search replacing a popular Samsung was $AU99.

My current 3 year old phone is also a dying breed where when the time comes, I can buy a genuine Moto battery for $AU16 delivered and replace it myself in under 30 seconds.

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