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   by eel 17y ago

   The author seems to me to be arguing that it is now more accessible to be a hacker, and while I would agree with that, I don't think that really translates to a rise of hacking. There is a key point in here: If someone wants to learn about
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   by eel 17y ago

   There is clearly a subset of hackers that is intelligent, thoughtful, logical, motivated, resourceful, and creative. If you go to TechCrunch and read the articles and comments, that subset is either diluted or non-existant. On the other han
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   by eel 17y ago

   thesixtyone, probably. It's replaced Pandora for me. It's a little too social networky (I just want to listen to music!) but it works.
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   by eel 17y ago

   What about "he or she" and "his or her"? This is what I was taught was proper, though it does sound clumsy in speech.
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   by eel 17y ago

   Yes, JavaScript arrays are not true arrays. Yes, all property names are strings. If you use an integer as an index, it'll be converted to a string. I suppose it's silly at first, but hopefully at some point, you grow used to it. Crockford's