mantraxD

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by mantraxD 12y ago
Oh come on, I have one post that's been substantially negatively modded and the little nerd detectives are coming out of their basements to shower me with their investigation insights. Yes, Sherlock, I have a few accounts, but I do i
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by mantraxD 12y ago
Well there was a complication during his birth that caused extended oxygen deprivation, and he'll never be quite right his entire life. Then people gave him millions worth of their savings. That's what went wrong. I actually happe
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by mantraxD 12y ago
Well. It's... it's good he calls it "Summary", because if he called it "Brief" it'd be very ironic, correct? Like any experienced developer I have a lot of respect for Martin Fowler and his work, but somet
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by mantraxD 12y ago
I know open source folks don't consider branding important, to the point they intentionally give their projects stupid names for the "irony" and so on, but I don't even have this key on my keyboard, and I don't eve
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by mantraxD 12y ago
The government isn't censoring information here, citizens are. Any explicit mention of "there is censored information" would mean Google are back in court. I honestly doubt any big scandal can be hidden by removing it from Go
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by mantraxD 12y ago
It needs to happen more, but there are exactly zero reasons for the U.S. to give a shit about some business Verizon lost in Germany. No taxes go to the U.S., no jobs go to the U.S., and thanks to high taxes, no profits get repatriated in th
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by mantraxD 12y ago
Not that Verizon are angels, but notice how all those "government doesn't like another government" passive aggressive actions end up hitting people and companies who have no fault at all for a given government policy. Case in
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by mantraxD 12y ago
What would the benefit of that be?
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by mantraxD 12y ago
Don't you know almost every shop tracks you by your CC, and they literally put up fake wireless networks, so they can track your phone MAC address when you walk around a store? The world on the street is exactly as cynical as the one o
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by mantraxD 12y ago
So the author thought, "I'll make an article about pro/con lists", but he thought he'd make it sexist and racist while he's at it. That's hilarious. Couldn't you pick something less controversial, lik
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by mantraxD 12y ago
If machines are flying over your head, would you feel safe going out without a helmet on your head? Despite all safety measures, you know it'll happen at some point. One of those will fail, its safety will fail and it'll drop on t