ballenf

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   by ballenf 10y ago

   MS could have also chosen to push a fix that crippled CSS on table header rows or whatnot. Web rendering would break and users would complain, but at least users wouldn't have been intentionally exposed. It's a false dichotomy to
2. 2072.▲
   by ballenf 10y ago

   You're right, digital content can never be harmful. All the bomb blueprints are always on paper.
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   by ballenf 10y ago

   Since when can employees in any non-governmental organization tweet with impunity?
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   by ballenf 10y ago

   Lots of companies have anti-Tweet policies. Enforcing such policy at these companies is not usually called "retaliation". It's just called HR doing its job.
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   by ballenf 10y ago

   Any idea why they would describe the code error as "a single additional character in code"? It looks like about 10 characters or so based on your link. There are also some other code changes associated with that commit
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   by ballenf 10y ago

   Same result as if you refused to open a securely locked briefcase?
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   by ballenf 10y ago

   So either your lawyers wrote terms against your request or you originally thought it would have been cool to own it all. Or you have incompetent lawyers. None of the above really reflect well on you.
8. 2078.▲
   by ballenf 10y ago

   Voiding contracts in these circumstances is usually exactly what the (former) employee wants. Even if there's outstanding payment, voiding the contract doesn't negate the need for payment on at least a quantum meruit basis for wor