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  1. Comment on Whatever happened to the Uber bezzle? in ~transport

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    I must be missing something because #5 sounds like the end result is lower prices for everyone, not massively jacked up prices. Obviously not the only negative from your list, but that one itself...

    I must be missing something because #5 sounds like the end result is lower prices for everyone, not massively jacked up prices. Obviously not the only negative from your list, but that one itself doesn't make sense to me.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on What healthy habit has made a difference for you? in ~health

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    Your answer was great and much deeper than I expected after I asked an off-topic question. Thank you very much.

    Your answer was great and much deeper than I expected after I asked an off-topic question. Thank you very much.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route in ~science

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    Yep, I had an issue with Three Cheers that I knew how to fix, but just...never did because I also felt like hiding from the site for a while lol It really is a beautiful state. I've only been...

    Yep, I had an issue with Three Cheers that I knew how to fix, but just...never did because I also felt like hiding from the site for a while lol

    It really is a beautiful state. I've only been there once, but it was quite incredible in the little area I was in just south of the Uintas. Too bad regions like that are totally not intended for human habitation.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Microsoft has killed widgets six times. Here's why they keep coming back. in ~tech

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    Wow, I haven't thought about iGoogle in what, 15+ years? I completely forgot what it was until I looked up a screenshot! Something like that really would be great. Not a shitty MSN-style home...

    Wow, I haven't thought about iGoogle in what, 15+ years? I completely forgot what it was until I looked up a screenshot! Something like that really would be great. Not a shitty MSN-style home page, but one that shows what you actually want, like your home screen on your phone.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Microsoft has killed widgets six times. Here's why they keep coming back. in ~tech

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    It's pretty crazy how many things are dead simple on a phone but require a decent amount of setup on a computer these days.

    It's pretty crazy how many things are dead simple on a phone but require a decent amount of setup on a computer these days.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route in ~science

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    I'm not sure why it says that, given that, for example, Zenobia Peak is east of Green River and still in the Uinta Mountains. The page for the Unitas says this: But then it also says this:...

    I'm not sure why it says that, given that, for example, Zenobia Peak is east of Green River and still in the Uinta Mountains.

    The page for the Unitas says this:

    The Green River used to flow into the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, but changed to the Colorado River by going through the Uintas in ways not fully understood.[9]

    But then it also says this:

    The Green is the major tributary of the Colorado River and flows in a tight arc around the eastern side of the range.

    Probably just people going based off of vague sources. Your quote seems to possibly be based on a quote similar to this one from my link above:

    Now, the Green flows toward the Uintas, then parallels them, and then turns and crosses their eastern flank, eventually joining the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. The modern cutting of the Green River through the eastern Uintas intrigued geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell, and has been described as the “classic conundrum” of drainage anomalies. Although the story is complex and not fully understood, a combination of antecedence, superimposition, and stream capture is suspected.

    So the source says "crosses their eastern flank," whereas yours says "looping around the eastern tip of the range."

    I could see how someone would take "crossing a flank" to mean "looping around a tip" when it's supposed to mean it literally crosses through at the flank.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Donald Trump to proceed in ~enviro

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    Which we can turn into the world's largest wind farm! And with all those turbines constantly spinning and creating wind, Greenland will stay cool and its ice cap won't melt. We did it!

    Which we can turn into the world's largest wind farm! And with all those turbines constantly spinning and creating wind, Greenland will stay cool and its ice cap won't melt. We did it!

    3 votes

  8. Comment on More than 120 dead after multiple suicide and gun attacks in Pakistan, officials say in ~society

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    It appears that Pakistan claims to have killed 177 people including in counter-operations. So not 177 attackers, but 177 alleged members of the group.

    It appears that Pakistan claims to have killed 177 people including in counter-operations. So not 177 attackers, but 177 alleged members of the group.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What healthy habit has made a difference for you? in ~health

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    Sorry to not engage directly with the main conceit of your comment, but if you retreated so severely into your own world, how did you even meet a woman so different from you? And how do you have...

    Sorry to not engage directly with the main conceit of your comment, but if you retreated so severely into your own world, how did you even meet a woman so different from you? And how do you have so many people to reach out to? Like, I know people from work, of course, but there are very few people who I like enough AND would consider it appropriate to hang out one-on-one with. And that's how it's always been. I'm certainly happy enough, but your experience just sounds very different from my own, even without putting effort into hanging out or talking with people consistently.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Xikipedia in ~tech

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    How do you see points? Does this only value things that you open or like? Why would you like something? I see how I opened one article and it started giving me a bunch of related articles I have...

    How do you see points? Does this only value things that you open or like? Why would you like something?

    I see how I opened one article and it started giving me a bunch of related articles I have no interest in; how do I know if it's figuring out anything else about me?

  11. Comment on 'Right-to-compute' laws may be coming to your state this year in ~comp

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    But, as other people pointed out, no one says "state's senator," so there's no risk of confusing that with "state senator."

    But, as other people pointed out, no one says "state's senator," so there's no risk of confusing that with "state senator."

    2 votes

  12. Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk

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    I'm sorry your dad did that. It must have been very hurtful to you.

    I'm sorry your dad did that. It must have been very hurtful to you.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on 'Right-to-compute' laws may be coming to your state this year in ~comp

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    This is like asking why Scotland has a parliament if the UK has a parliament.

    This is like asking why Scotland has a parliament if the UK has a parliament.

    6 votes

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  15. Comment on Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars delayed in ~movies

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    Wait, how is it like Oz? That sounds impossible.

    Wait, how is it like Oz? That sounds impossible.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    Maybe we could go out just as friends? Just kidding! ...unless...?

    Maybe we could go out just as friends?

    Just kidding!

    ...unless...?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books in ~tech

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    Nah, it was the over-the-top conversational nature that just comes across as disingenuous to me because even when the sentiment is genuine, it's still hammed up and written to accentuate the reaction.

    Nah, it was the over-the-top conversational nature that just comes across as disingenuous to me because even when the sentiment is genuine, it's still hammed up and written to accentuate the reaction.

  19. Comment on Michael Bay will direct the ‘Skibidi Toilet’ movie in ~movies

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    Don't forget Armageddon!!

    Don't forget Armageddon!!

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    I love using semicolons in quotes; it's like I'm showing what they really meant. I've also been much more liberal with my semicolons ever since using one got me a date. That was a long time ago,...

    I love using semicolons in quotes; it's like I'm showing what they really meant.

    I've also been much more liberal with my semicolons ever since using one got me a date. That was a long time ago, now, but I still think about how maybe it will be impress the other person rather than making them think I'm a freak.

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