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   by cema 13y ago

   if(Test) doTest(); Or something like if (USE_FEATURE_A) runFeatureA(); which allows for more specific, more fine-grain control.
2. 422.▲
   by cema 13y ago

   I have a serious, long-standing anger problem It may interfere with your ability to express yourself clearly, but don't you think it may also cloud your judgement?
3. 423.▲
   by cema 13y ago

   Not just phraseology. The whole attitude expressed in that phrase stinks.
4. 424.▲
   by cema 13y ago

   I heard a joke once that MacDonalds built a chain of free public restrooms in Moscow.
5. 425.▲
   by cema 13y ago

   I think Vernor Vinge has something like that in one of his end-of-civilization post-singularity novels, let's see... Marooned in Realtime , yes. (Great read, too.)
6. 426.▲
   by cema 13y ago

   A great example of a joke which works in HN. Some don't but this one does. Thank you.
7. 427.▲
   by cema 14y ago

   Great link!
8. 428.▲
   by cema 14y ago

   You know, whatever works. If we agree it's a moral thing to do, the origin of the morality is less important. Philosophy can be debated... in a different thread.
9. 429.▲
   by cema 14y ago

   Heh, a good catch. :-)
10. 430.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    No, simply because it is the right thing to do. However, this case is in a gray area because Dzhokhar apparently was unconscious when taken into custody.
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    by cema 14y ago

    Yes, and I guess I could have verbalized it more, but it seems like that need (to verbalize) appears every time anything like this is mentioned. So maybe the verbalization is not so important after all.
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    by cema 14y ago

    Well, he is a complicated figure.
13. 433.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    Heh, no idea what it was. Update: wow. WTF is this? :-) Thanks for all the upvotes...
14. 434.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    Even inside. I live in, uh, 10 minutes' drive up north from the Charles river, and my life was not disrupted at all.
15. 435.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    Unlikely. He is very much against Islamic terrorism, and this is apparently just that case.
16. 436.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    Well, look at the currently top comment ( http://tf-575.com/images/renders/ ), they are victims, see... A jury is possible, yes.
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    by cema 14y ago

    Several years ago one of the universities (University of Maryland College Park) had an almost official motto: "Act like you know". It does work, surprisingly, to a substantial degree.
18. 438.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I am in the greater Boston area (outside of the city itself). Cell service has been on and off but ok overall.
19. 439.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    SMS seems to be working better than mobile voice.
20. 440.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I think in the case of STEM grad schools the Federal money finally goes where the best return on investment is. Professors, not government, decide whom to hire, roughly speaking.
21. 441.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    Still, if true, it is sad to see it on HN.
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    by cema 14y ago

    This site has a narrow minded and intolerant culture. Perhaps... I am not sure I agree, but I did not have your experience. I did, however, notice that people sometimes react more to the style and less to the substance of what has b
23. 443.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I have noticed that many people here think that jokes do not add to the quality of discussions. A joke is just one of several ways of introducing non-direct references to arguments (I think I can call them "hints"). I had a hypothesis that
24. 444.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I wanted to joke about Secretaries General but then thought it below the HN level.
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    by cema 14y ago

    I confess, I have had the same feeling after having read the parent.
26. 446.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I have, over times, gotten used to people using the word "ironic" in a broad variety of ways, sometimes ironic.
27. 447.▲
    by cema 14y ago

    I can't help but think "Of course a white male programmer wouldn't see an issue with that" That would be stereotyping. You would not want to stereotype, would you?
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    by cema 14y ago

    Well, this is almost certainly illegal. (What is described by the article.) I wonder if any kind of investigation is going to follow. Perhaps not criminal, but journalistic. Freedom of speech is paramount to a broad spectrum of Americans, a
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    by cema 14y ago

    We can convince the public that a cause is worth investing in, or we can force the public I think this is a fundamental distinction. I am surprised and dismayed so many (smart and intelligent) people do not appear to consider it
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    by cema 14y ago

    Aha, but not the European (International) street signs!