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atombender
on May 28, 2016
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Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus
Deserts is an archaic word meaning "reward", i.e. a kind of noun form of "deserve".
LogicFailsMe
on May 28, 2016
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"Just Desserts" would be a great name for a bakery, no?
EliRivers
on May 29, 2016
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http://www.justdesserts.com/
Grepsy
on June 2, 2016
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It's been a while since I've seen the marquee element in action.
madaxe_again
on May 28, 2016
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It's those things left for you - which have been
desert
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mrec
on May 28, 2016
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No, that usage has a different etymology. Compare:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desert#Etymology_1
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desert#Etymology_3
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