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by nocman 12y ago
"And C++ isn't just for large, complicated programs; it's for small, complicated programs too." hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- I was thinking that, but hadn't put it into those exact words yet. I was thinking
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by nocman 12y ago
Perhaps, but there are definitely people who just stick in a string of verbized/adjectivized nouns in order to sound sophisticated or intelligent. In reality they just sound like they are full of hot air. It's one of the many r
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by nocman 12y ago
Oh, nice turnaround! That one was funnier then the orignal pun. Nicely done. :D
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by nocman 12y ago
Yes, this should be edited. It is very misleading. Rings of someone trying to get more people to click the link because instead of asking if it might be happening, it sounds like it definitely is going down forever. It needs to be change
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by nocman 12y ago
"the common media use is more ancient than ours" ^ That is by no means a settled debate. Even in the comments section of the link you produce as evidence ( http://imranontech.com/2008/04/01/the-or
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by nocman 12y ago
Actually no. It is apparent that it is you who are unwilling to "have an actual conversation". Two separate people have asked you completely legitimate questions. You didn't evidently like the questions, so you essential
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by nocman 12y ago
Like matteotom (and I'm sure a lot of other readers here), I would very much like to hear what you are referring to when you say "historically proven measures". You made the assertion that giving disposable income to the EFF
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by nocman 12y ago
"Why become a Christian out of multitude of religions?" "So why should one believe Jesus was the Real Thing and Brian was not ?" Those are fair questions. I would suggest that you read the book I recommended. It might
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by nocman 12y ago
A cousin of mine recently lost her life in a very short battle with cancer. She was only 41 years old -- both of her parents still living. In the past few years there have been a lot of deaths among my family and friends. Some of them we
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by nocman 12y ago
I agree that some people just have very little ambition and determination. However, I think the statement "If they're not normal humans, it's only because they have more willpower than you." is way too overgeneralized
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by nocman 12y ago
IMHO the long list of items you added to the restaurant analogy does not make the analogy a more accurrate representation of the relationship of Microsoft to the users of their products. In fact (again IMHO) your description is laughable
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by nocman 12y ago
When he said "Whatever happened to that Lisp clone?" I'm pretty sure he was referring to the part of the article that mentions the folks on comp.lang.lisp who were discussing writing a competitor to Reddit in Lisp. The discus
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by nocman 12y ago
It didn't sound like an invitation to a flame war to me at all. It sounded like his honest personal experience.
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by nocman 12y ago
I'm a little confused about what the author is really trying to say. In this article, it sounds to me like he is saying that all of this interaction with the command line is arcane, stupid and just needs to go away. But then I read th
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by nocman 12y ago
Am I the only one that doesn't find this the least bit funny? It just seems stupid to me.
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by nocman 12y ago
Thanks for clearing this up. It was not at all clear from the announcement. I would suggest that you update the original post so that others don't get the false impression that I did. It would be a shame for that to be the case. T
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by nocman 12y ago
Yes, I agree. I was very much interested in LightTable. If I had given money to the kickstarter fund I would be very ticked to find out that those funds were being redirected to a different project (and I would not give funds to those in
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by nocman 12y ago
Unfortunately, the thing that I think would be the most useful doesn't seem to be available. I would like something that was somewhere between a trade school and a university. I have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, which
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by nocman 12y ago
"If you want to use emacs as if it was vim why change?" -- to get all that juicy goodness that is the emacs environment, that's why. Emacs is far from perfect, but there are a lot of things to like about it -- especially if
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by nocman 12y ago
I realize that the "S" in ANSI stands for "Standards", but I think it is obvious to anyone who cares that the things which come from ANSI are produced by a non-profit national standards committee ( http://en.w
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by nocman 12y ago
You're wrong. I'm in the USA, and I just tried to read it. (and the link doesn't work for me either) There have to be so many "night owls" on this site, I can't imagine why you would think it would be too late
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by nocman 12y ago
Yeah, I think that the idea was they wanted you to focus on the cup of tea in her lap. But I think I would have chosen another picture as well.
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by nocman 12y ago
The success of this venture leaves me asking some questions. Have we become so isolated in our tech-centered world that we no longer have friends/family/neighbors that we can talk to? Does everything have to be done on the interne
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by nocman 12y ago
"that is actually the reason why drugs won't be decriminalized in the US anytime soon" (emphasis mine). Well, I think you could say that it is a reason, but I don't think you can say it is the reason. There are sti
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by nocman 12y ago
Because people get sick of misleading page titles. It is obvious that the title was chosen just to get you to the page. However, the implication of the title is that Google destroyed this business by listing its hours incorrectly. I agre
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by nocman 12y ago
The old Styx song "Too Much Time on My Hands" comes to mind :-D Still looks like fun, though.
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by nocman 12y ago
"in the comments" doesn't count??????!!!!! I'd wager that most people who read Hacker News spend at least twice the amount of time reading the comments as they do reading the actual articles. The discussion is one of th
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by nocman 13y ago
Fair enough. Just to be clear, I don't want to give the impression that I don't think spelling/grammar matter (even for blog posts). I just think it is easy to get so pedantic about it that you place far too much weight on t
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by nocman 13y ago
While I agree that numerous spelling and grammar mistakes can indicate a lack of maturity in writing skills, I also know that some of the most brilliant people I've ever worked with were absolutely terrible at spelling. One guy in par
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by nocman 13y ago
Perfectionist much? While I can agree that pointing out the spelling and/or grammar mistakes could be constructive, calling the article "un-shareable" because of them seems terribly over-the-top.

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