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by albedoa 10y ago
The basic definition [1] is not about failing to know the risk but rather failing to exercise care. Can one not deliberately fail to exercise that care? I am not versed in law, so please accept this as a request for clarification, not a deb
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by albedoa 10y ago
> Huh? Nothing was more predictable than the feigned incredulousness, as if you haven't been harping on these exact talking points for months on this site while rationalizing GamerGate [1] and trying to convince us we've been d
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by albedoa 10y ago
It is extremely disingenuous of you to avoid disclosing in your comment that you are heavily involved in "gaming journalism" and its direction, as that is directly related to the points you attempt to raise and would offer readers
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by albedoa 10y ago
> "Why did X have an omelette for lunch" is not going to have a Wikipedia article, let alone people talking about it over half a century later. You are being circular in your reasoning. The OP is saying that for an event that i
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by albedoa 10y ago
> One last try. I'll stop then. This is the least believable thing you've said.
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by albedoa 10y ago
> Yes, they built something. Still. Uh that part is pretty substantial.
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by albedoa 10y ago
Unless you are also switching pairs frequently, then this is not paired programming .
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by albedoa 10y ago
> And I am too hard on Vox and 538. I have every reason to believe they're trying to get it right - while balancing the needs of their business Now you might be going too easy on them ;) It's hard to say Vox is making an effort
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by albedoa 11y ago
Notably, it was written by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen. Probably not the best attempt at avoiding conflicts of interest.
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by albedoa 11y ago
If you're interested in this topic, the world of poker is ripe with cheaters and their apologists. This is the most recent scandal from just last week (the cheater shows up with a lousy attempt at defending himself): http://
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by albedoa 11y ago
> most of what the globe's doing here is just standard on-boarding marketing stuff IMHO. What you are acknowledging, perhaps without realizing it, is that standard on-boarding marketing stuff is deliberately misleading and malicious
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by albedoa 11y ago
> I can imagine plenty of reasons people would have for avoiding trailing commas even after they became valid syntax. Could you list a few?
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by albedoa 11y ago
> Males rated the movie 9.3, females rated it 9.2. That's close enough that there being more males than females is irrelevant. That's not the point the author is making at all. His point is the exact sentence you quoted. Of co
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by albedoa 11y ago
You're applying an absurdly narrow definition to the term "serious media" to support your false and equally absurd narrative. Congrats, you got your points.
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by albedoa 11y ago
> The separation of structure and formatting is not practical for serious media of any kind. As already mentioned, this is demonstrably false. I'm choosing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don't understand ho
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by albedoa 11y ago
For some reason, you told me to "call [you] a dipshit on hackernews you big pussy see how that goes" [1], but not before telling me to "go fuck [my] mom" [2]. Here I am. None of us understands what you're trying to
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by albedoa 11y ago
if your unlucky in two years you will have one months to manually scrape any stuff you want before the site is shutdown. You can download your Medium content with a single click. Remember when having a [insert email provider] email addre
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by albedoa 11y ago
> But betwixt you and I you and me ;)
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by albedoa 11y ago
I think the reason for the downvotes is, whether intentional or not, you are conflating civil settlements with criminal plea bargains. There is plenty of room to be complacent with one while being staunchly against the other.
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by albedoa 11y ago
The conversations about Brandon Eich and his views regrettably died down before the Donald Sterling incident. I am still curious today where defenders of Eich fall in the controversy over Sterling. Will anyone who defends Eich or is critica
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by albedoa 11y ago
While simultaneously appealing to a majority.
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by albedoa 11y ago
There is obviously a disconnect between what you think you wrote and how it reads to others. Perhaps instead of getting defensive you should acknowledge that the confusion is valid and apologize for being unclear. People are responding to y
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by albedoa 11y ago
You accused the OP of being "dishonest and inaccurate" because he neglected to mention the differences in freedoms of speech. The parallels he draws are independent of that concern.
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by albedoa 11y ago
> In the US, trademarks are intended to protect the consumer, not the company. They are meant to protect each in different ways.
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by albedoa 11y ago
Is that true for other branded items (such as Oreo cookies) or is it uniquely Lego bricks which incite this type of pedantry?
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by albedoa 11y ago
There's a style choice. I prefer: Bernie Sanders's We can agree that the title is clearly wrong :D (In case it gets fixed, the title was submitted with: Sander's)
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by albedoa 11y ago
Neither I nor anyone has said that they are required to make you aware, let alone "duly" so. For instance, it makes good business sense for a casino to advertise their 94.64% slot return since they still have an edge. You don&#x27
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by albedoa 11y ago
> Care to cite your source for this or are you a gaming industry insider? Strange dichotomy to those of us who have been to a casino. They tell you right at the games — you don't need to be an industry insider.
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by albedoa 11y ago
Thanks in part to the submitter, the Wikipedia article now exists: 1. In that HN thread, 2. As its own item on HN, and 3. With a link between the two. It has been exposed it to a wider audience than those who clicked the Bost

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