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compman775··on Google can be used as a graphic calculator
In summary, this is Hacker News.
compman775··on The Cognitive Benefits Of Chewing Gum
Did the baking soda ever affect the taste of the gum?
compman775··on Startups: Silicon Valley vs. The Emerging World
Your example company would eventually be awesome to own. It's annual revenue after y years would be r(y) = 12 * 2000 * 2^y. After 10 years, the annual revenue would $24,576,000. After 20, $25,165,824,000. After 30 years, $25,769,803,776,000.
compman775··on Neutrino experiment affirms faster-than-light claim
Take a look at definition 1 in your post.
compman775··on Why we’re working our young people too hard
No matter how bad the problem may be, please use a lighter background and higher contrast.
compman775··on Wikimedia supports American Censorship Day
If this law really is bad, why would it be a problem for Wikipedia to not be neutral about it?
compman775··on A ridiculous patent for arbitrary compression
Should be industry changing. I have never had access to a program implementing this algorithm. This patent might have something to do with it.

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compman775··on The Internet Weighs About as Much as a Strawberry
Um . . . when you download an ebook onto the Kindle, does the Kindle somehow gain energy? Where would the energy come from? Wouldn't it just . . . come from the energy already stored in the Kindle? If anything, wouldn't charging a Kindle increase it's mass instead of downloading information onto it? (I don't know, but . . .)
compman775··on White House responds to Patent Petition
A bill can actually become law without the president's signature. If the president does not sign it or veto it after Congress passes it, it becomes law eventually (IIRC). Also, congress can override a presidential veto. (I don't know if an executive decision could override that.)
compman775··on Dropping out is probably not for you
"If those three conditions are not met . . ."

There are four conditions there, not three.

compman775··on Solar PV rapidly becoming the cheapest option to generate electricity
Why would you have lost out? Couldn't you sell the house for more than you could have if you hadn't had solar panels installed?