brettbender

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by brettbender 17y ago
University of Pittsburgh.
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by brettbender 17y ago
There's the competitive edge, too. Lots of people (myself included) are very competitive and want to "win." More twitter followers, more foursquare badges, etc. If you and a friend both join the same site that promotes these types of game
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Create a more compelling experience for your users through game mechanics(blog.steveklabnik.com)
11 points by brettbender 17y ago|2 comments
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by brettbender 17y ago
It's as dumb as the arguments about who the best Captain of the Enterprise was. Exactly. Everyone knows it was Patrick Stewart.
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4chan, moot, and TED(blog.steveklabnik.com)
1 points by brettbender 17y ago|0 comments
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by brettbender 17y ago
Is anybody else frequently bothered by this type of voice in blogs? If you are going to go out of your way to research all these points and write ten thousand words about them, please don't finish it off by telling me I might be ass-fucked
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by brettbender 17y ago
This comment regurgitates a meme, contains only the word "First," or makes a moderately original pun regarding the title and/or author, but is otherwise completely devoid of actual value.
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by brettbender 17y ago
I feel like this should be titled "Don't hash secrets, unless you actually know what you are doing."
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by brettbender 17y ago
He does italicize a postscript at the bottom of the article indicating it's satire.
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by brettbender 17y ago
I recently (in the last week) signed up for the most basic Linode package for a pet project. Many of the posts on the forums note Linode's stellar track record, which is a bit reassuring, but doesn't really offset the lack of communication