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Markoff

2,757karma·3,266submissions·December 31, 2016
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I'm not Russian, don't even speak Russian, just liked John Markoff in 90s.
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5 pounds per month for maybe 5-10 interesting articles is quite steep price compared to offering of Netflix for instance or BBC
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i am in quite opposite situation, i used to like guardian and read it almost daily, until they started to beg for money, which turned me away, rather put it behind paywall than annoy me with begging, …
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Signal, Skype Lite and Facebook messenger all support their own chat, SMS, video and audio calls, SL can be used also as regular dialer, not sure about some niche features like location sharing since …
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why would i use imdb without discussion boards? pretty much everything I need to know about movie i can find on TMDb.org plus discussions for each movie on top of it and if it's empty there I can…
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thanks for this, i couldn't figure out months ago how could be my Microsoft account compromised despite using 2FA, seem after this hack and resetting all of my security settings they removed abil…
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as i said i knew also plenty of Chinese couples not owning any property as for citizenship from foreigner, it's again nonsense, plenty of those Chinese would prefer never leave China where is for…
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then what's the point of your complaining in this forum, if you don't expect suggestions and don't wanna improve your life? I might complain a lot about million things, but complain how…
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isn't it their own children who should take care of them? I find it odd they skipped one generation and they are going to burden you I think help from them with your child will be much less valua…
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so what should one do if let's say in his 30s he already has his own house without mortgage and any help of parents?
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though majority of them not by choice, but out of necessity, those are like poorest countries with low purchasing power and with highest unemployment of young people yes, they might been more traditio…
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I would tend to disagree with this. Grandparent may value your child more than worker in daycare, but socialization of your child will suffer a lot, so will its development, child need to be with peer…
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> Reminds me of the situation in China, where unless you have a house and a car, you're basically persona-non-grata. That's vast exageration and it's sad people believe this common m…
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go abroad, save money, return and buy without mortgage, that's what I did (5 years of easy job) together with savings of my wife and now I don't need to care about stupid mortgage like 90% o…
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so in US they don't sell 2-generation houses? it's pretty common in Europe where I am from, not that common as it used to be in past, but they are still in market and especially in small tow…
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I missed in the article what is the percentage in other countries making Japan special with 20%. Btw. is there something wrong with it, if parents and the men are fine with that, what's the probl…
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same here, it's just not possible with small child at home even if you are not supposed to take care of it during work hours
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i changed my MS accoutn password to 20characters just months ago and it works fine, so have no idea what they are talking about, it's not like dumb paypal which didn't allow me same password…
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by mobile outlook you mean policies set up by admin which can be bypassed by mail client sandboxing mailbox from rest of the phone? just don't use official client if you are not comfortable with …
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this is only fine if you can trust your own phone and that there is no malicious apps doing something, I don't really trust only my password, same as I don't only trust my phone, thus I pref…
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how is it single factor if your phone is locked? first you have to unlock it and then you must approve it in app which generates codes in background, that's two factors for me (but yeah, by this …
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shower whiteboard is interesting idea, though maybe it would be more practical to have waterproof phone or at least Bluetooth headset with some assistant in phone, i don't spend that much time in…
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tuktuk is expensive joke, pretty much on par with airconditioned taxi without inhaling exhaust smog and safe, both of them are in the end stucked in traffic jam, no matter that tuktuk is smaller you m…
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Ao Nang is like the worst place to stay in Krabi, ANY other location would be better choice (unless you are 60yo package tourist, then Ao Nang be it)
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well, then just hop on bus and in short time you are in Kanchanaburi, where you can enjoy great food in night market next to train station each evening though I would be sad missing my favorite night …
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what is sad about Vietnam, no hypocrisy? at least you are always on alert
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I would guess it's like single serving friend from Fight Club, someone you meet in airplane sitting next to you and leave apart after flight
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spent almost half year in Thailand, had food poisoning once when I ate something which didn't look froms tall which looked odd already at that time, every other time I had at worst average experi…
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I would guess London has much better public transport, so people no need to use cars/motorbikes like in Bangkok, so the roads are not that necessary in London and can be assigned to pedestrians, …
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Avoid Phuket, Pattaya, Samui, eastern Ko Chang, Ko Lanta, etc. what I can recommend is Ko Phangan if you want developed island but still not completely ruined by tourism, but if you really wanna enjoy…
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I stayed in both for extended periods of time many many times and Bangkok was love at first sight, though it get tiring after some time, KL not that much, but as for your hygiene comment I think they …
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