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Markoff
2,755karma·3,272submissions·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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Was this in EU/US? This sure has to break some disability act to discriminate visually imparied in such way.
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"Stockholm syndrome" is completely useless term invented by guy who never spoke with the actual hostages. What the histages did was logical conclusion for their safety, where police was enda…
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I find it funny this clearly low budget brand cares about saving few dollars on physical controls. Prospective buyers should treat it same way, after all you can buy much cheaper family car Xiaomi EV …
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It's extremely difficult even to get NEV license plate, trust me I talked with many of those taxi drivers who drove me every single day during those 3 weeks about how much they paid for car, how …
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TIL majority of people (ITT) call touchpad a trackpad I thought you use it to distinguish between external trackpad vs laptop touchpad, but seems many people still use it even for laptop touchpad, so …
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it's definitely not underestimate for Beijing where I stayed for 3 weeks this summer, maybe you count PHEV as EVs, many of those cars which look like EVs are actually hybrids, only in late 2025 C…
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many things: indoor smoking ban actually working you don't need passport and prior booking to visit every single tourist sight car registration process, good luck in Chinese major cities, even EV…
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Counterpoint - I returned to China (Beijing) last summer after 9 years and was honestly surprised how LITTLE it has changed over those 9 years, I was expecting big changes reading this tales about She…
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TBH it was also expected trade - you will take care of elderly parents in exchange for their help with kids participation, so since boomer parents don't help they also can't expect help my (…
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What's wrong with LibreOffice? What benefits this has?
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not my experience with sleeper buses in Asia, in Vietnam they have these semi reclining "seats"[1] which can't be completely flat plus they are too short for European, so actually it…
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Lego reminds me of Wikipedia, they lost the focus on their main goal Wikimedia will claim they need more money to finance Wikipedia, but the reality is they use only minority of their income to actual…
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it worked with p(l)andemics, why it wouldn't with online verification? they always come with some noble reason how to force something down the population throat and majority still falls for it he…
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It's not really a Moon mission if it doesn't land on the Moon, is it? But imagine mankind would finally put man on the Moon... I was just thinking yesterday - wouldn't be nice if first …
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All 6, they just could not admit it at once.
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ignore parent, outsource parenting to gov verification authority TBH many parents done exactly that by giving phones/tablet already to kids in strollers
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I see my comment triggered grammar Nazis, so much for posting non-AI generated comments...
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Does this mean (English) grammar Nazis are banned?
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Will this work without Google/Apple services shown down my throat?
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Why would you use it so complicated way when you can just use SmartTube (or TizenTube) on Android TV, both controlled conveniently with your TV remote instead of some mouse, cables, etc.
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I use on my Android TV SmartTube, you can customize pretty much anything, I don't think I have ever tried original Youtube app, but just out of curiosity I tried competition - TizenTube, which is…
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because GUI can vary over time (or Linux distros) much more than terminal commands edit: ChatGPT talked me recently through Linux Mint installation on two old laptops I have at home where Mint didn…
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But they are certainly closer to it than childless people.
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> One in ten are women, who are under no obligation to serve. Still don't understand how this can fly in EU, it's clear sexual discrimination.
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Great solution, next do special women subway coaches, separate public buses to mixed vs women areas and separate girls and boys in school, down to road we can introduce burqa just to make sure nobody …
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The real question is why do you care? Why you worry today about something which may not happen in the future? My job most likely won't exist in ten years, do you think I'm worried? You might…