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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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"Under the deal, the moderator may not ask followups or make comments. The person who asks the question will not be allowed a follow-up either, and his or her microphone will be turned off after the question is read. A camera shot will only be shown..." [
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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"What Miko said. My name is short enough - and more importantly, easy enough to fingerspell - that I don't have one yet, despite being deaf and having been part of the community for a few years. Maybe someday I will be given one.
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"Aah, good - thanks for posting this. I now have another link in the catalog for when I am asked to defend my position that the Republicans have nothing to run on this year except umbrage, and will seek to use it as a distraction every time the facts..." [
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"If it's important to you that you be the only one getting a blowjob, or that it's "going somewhere" relationship-wise, it is your responsibility to bring up that topic - not hers. It's your desire; take some personal responsibility, man!..." [
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"ZachsMind: Now, if you're bedridden and in constant pain and you've talked with your loved ones and the doctors are no longer trying to cure you they're just mollifying you, that's a completely different thing (I was with Kevorkian on that score) -..." [
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"Anyway, to add a bit more: some sign names are initialized. Like Waffle in the video; his name is the sign for waffle, but with a J in there as well (I think - I don't know BSL, really). And often there are sort of generic-ish sign names; in ASL,..." [
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"Meditate. Not religiously, either, if that's not your thing. Feels good short term; feels good long term. And has demonstrable long-term implications for mental health and all of the physical things that tie in to stress - blood pressure and heart..." [
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"I don't know about the temperature thing, but the others seem to match my experience. My wild-ass guess is that the need to pee keeps you awake because there's pressure on your bladder, but urine isn't really involved in metabolism, so it's just..." [
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"Calling Russia a RGB run country is 100% fair. No one knows what FSB is anyway.
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"MADD also is pushing the idea that all cars should be equipped with those devices that you have to blow in to to see if you're sober. Not just people convicted of DWI. Everyone. What a bunch of assholes.
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"Back on topic, for those of you pointing out that there are some whose handicaps may not be apparent, I would suggest that's the exception, rather than the rule. I think you need to at least acknowledge that there's a serious problem with handicap..." [
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