ceol

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   by ceol 15y ago

   > How much have algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, physics, chemistry, history, geography, philosophy, etc. changed over the years for all but the most advanced levels of study? Not much, if at all. You could easily argue that,
2. 542.▲
   by ceol 15y ago

   > Unfortunately he's a bit of an extremist. That's my personal problem with him. The world, to him, seems black-and-white. There is good and evil, and if you don't agree with him, you're evil. He believes his views are perfect. I also
3. 543.▲
   by ceol 15y ago

   You're not the only one. Most of us avoid posting because of our ambivalence.
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   by ceol 15y ago

   I just bought that C++ book. Thanks!
5. 545.▲
   by ceol 15y ago

   Do you have a link to your encrypted application?
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   by ceol 15y ago

   One of her points, stated towards the end, says, How on earth can Randi Zuckerberg — who knows how one frame of film will be taken as gospel over a thousand books, blog posts, or real interviews — sleep at night? People are stupid. They a
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   by ceol 15y ago

   > The whole point is to reduce the impact that class and socioeconomic background has on who can attend the institution. And the whole point of Etsy's scholarship is to reduce the impact that gender has on who gets into the tech field
8. 548.▲
   by ceol 15y ago

   Which ISP are you using?
9. 549.▲
   by ceol 15y ago

   By your logic, scholarships "based on need or because the person comes from a poor socioeconomic background" would be considered classist. Grants based on gender attempting to correct an imbalance are not sexist. Classifying them as such is
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Your service is most definitely dependent on the whims of other people. Even Amazon relies on UPS, FedEx, and USPS.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    They don't struggle. It just doesn't exist.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    I'd imagine these small companies dream of being big some day, so why would they invest the time to use SQLite when, should they hit it big, they would have to completely switch databases? Of course, that's my speculation, but what's the do
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > Guys from HN disappoint me with their conservatism. It's quite easy to repeat "It works fine, Google and Mozilla have best programmers, well known attack, popular sites are protected(ORLY?!), go home kid". > That was an expecte
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Not if CSS gradually turns into JavaScript.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure the ones with money have always made the rules.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    My house isn't necessarily invisible, but having photographs of my (and every other house) sitting in some company's database makes me uncomfortable. It's kind of like those cars that drive around recording everyone's license plate. Sure, t
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Specifically, <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?logout" style="display: none;"> When your browser loads the page, it requests that "image", which logs you out. I don't see a way browsers could effectively enable C
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Why are you spacing out the "release" of your information? I assume you've found some CSRF vulnerabilities?
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    by ceol 15y ago

    It's more so the photograph of my house than knowing my street number.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    From a privacy standpoint, what effect does this have on us? I kind of cringed at the thought of my house number being spread around the Internet for strangers to solve. Then I realized I don't really have a problem with people solving my a
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > in Python's console, if you hit "q" or escape or ctrl-C or something, you get an error message like the 'source :rubygems' error message, which says "hit ctrl-D to escape." Ah, I think I know what you're talking about. I wasn't usin
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > We're charging a cover at the door now? It's like charging a cover at the door to help write the songs for the band you want to hear.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    It's also insane the amount of gore and violence allowed on TV and in movies, but show a little skin and you get fined. The reason Family Guy has so many fight scenes is to prove how stupid the FCC's regulations on violence are compared to
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    by ceol 15y ago

    I can't take you seriously when you link to a white, male comedian telling people not to get offended.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > I can't think of an equivalent anti-female law with such devastating long-term impact on the woman. Child support law in the United States doesn't discriminate. The office that handles child support may, as may the judge (I've heard
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > Both sides have legitimate issues which need to be addressed if we are ever going to have real gender equality. They do not need to be addressed at the same time as one another. You do not need to bring up sexism against men every s
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    by ceol 15y ago

    You know there are probably more men in positions of power in the fashion industry than women, correct? Prada, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole were all started by men, and there are quite a few male fashion designers.[0] [0]: http://en.w
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Is this sarcasm?
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    by ceol 15y ago

    > I'm a girl and never felt objectified by bosses/colleagues in the tech world, nor suffered any kind of sexism. Many others have, though, and you shouldn't dismiss their experiences because you were fairly lucky.
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    by ceol 15y ago

    Also, "define <word for which the definition is obvious>". If you can't write a mathematical proof of it, it doesn't exist, and any discussion of it will inevitably lead to a bunch of people arguing semantics. This site is one of my