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by galactus 16y ago
ok, ok. They do an excellent job entertaining people. That's not the same thing as real journalism.
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by galactus 16y ago
There's one thing that scares me about the coming death of the physical books. When I was a kid there were a lot of books at home. Frequently, some book would catch my attention and I would read it (or try to read it, sometimes I was too yo
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by galactus 16y ago
How are they counting people with rich parents who started their own business? As having inherited their fortune or as entrepreneurs?
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by galactus 16y ago
What I find seriously bad is that even a huge site like stackoverflow has to optimize its search engine strategy to fight the problem. Little web sites are doomed.
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by galactus 16y ago
Innovations are not necessarily a risk
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by galactus 16y ago
Same for me
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by galactus 16y ago
So did I. I wonder if wikileaks will still get that money.
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by galactus 16y ago
Canada is the worst country ever for cell phone users.
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by galactus 16y ago
Great article. I specially liked this part: "At a recent meeting I heard "The only thing that matters is innovative and passionate people." These people do matter, but they are very far from being the only ones. This attitude misses the poi
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by galactus 16y ago
I agree. And he does not pretend he is changing the world, as some people here seem to think they are.
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by galactus 16y ago
Noam chomsky, on taxes: "In a democracy, April 15th, when you pay your taxes, would be a day of celebration. Here we've gotten together as a community, we've decided on certain policies and now we're moving to implement them by our own par
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by galactus 16y ago
Linode indeed has great support,from my experience
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by galactus 16y ago
And I think you aren't properly envisioning what living like a real king was.
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by galactus 16y ago
Being rich is not about buying larger TVs and better cars. It's about freedom to do whatever you want to do instead of having to work to survive. Rich in 1900 beats middle-class now, for sure.
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by galactus 16y ago
Do you really think having to work 40 hours per week to pay a mortgage is better than the life Louis XIV had, only because you have a SUV, a large TV and access to 4chan and reddit? It's not about stuff, people. It's about leisure time, pow
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by galactus 16y ago
I don't know if you are being serious, but the spanish language is defined by the R.A.E, and it is influenced by other national academies, so it is more or less supposed to be country-neutral. If, say, peruvians speak closer to R.A.E's span
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by galactus 16y ago
I guess I can't bitch about bad weather either, since I'm not paying anyone for sunny days. Read again the examples you quote in your post. What does exactly make you think those people feel entitled to a perfect service for free? They are
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by galactus 16y ago
Interesting. I have lived both in France and in Canada and I find the french health system so much better that I find it hard to believe both countries spend almost the same per capita.
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by galactus 16y ago
Yes, you need to work 16 hours and, at the same time, make sure your kids go to the library instead of watching TV. He sounds like an expert.
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by galactus 16y ago
It is the same thing, no? You could just downgrade back to your old ram, for less money.
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by galactus 16y ago
I have had the same experience. I have only had to contact them twice, but they were pretty responsive.
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by galactus 16y ago
So, if he has to fire someone does he find him another job first?
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by galactus 16y ago
amazing. They found out, it seems: right now everyone seems to have 0 following and 0 followers.
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by galactus 16y ago
because it pays?
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by galactus 17y ago
Compilers javascript
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by galactus 17y ago
That's awesome.
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by galactus 17y ago
> If it's durable, inexpensive and introduces thousands of children to programming then it's "64-ish" enough for me. Amen
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by galactus 17y ago
In short, forget interesting projects, spam and SEO are the way to go :P
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by galactus 17y ago
It sure does, he provided a counterexample to an absolute statement (".. is simply not possible").
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by galactus 17y ago
I have a problem with this part: "Given a choice between a part-time or easy job paying $60,000 and a demanding, stress-ridden job paying $120,000, Lederman would be wise to take the former" So, people making 60k a year have either part-tim

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