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nollidge
13y ago
Oh, gotcha, agreed!
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13y ago
I'm probably missing something, but if it's going to be of variable size, why not just a null-terminated string? Why does the size itself need to be specified along with the string? EDIT: Nevermind, this thread [0] has more discus
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nollidge
13y ago
The two top-voted answer includes WAAAAAY more information than the XKCD comic, so they're not really comparable. The third one explains it pretty simply.
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nollidge
13y ago
Yeah, sorry, you don't get to just declare "fallacy!" and not explain yourself.
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nollidge
13y ago
That's not "nuance" it's "pedantry". You're not "broadening" the discussion by pointing out the obvious.
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nollidge
13y ago
Except that question was asked by free citizens, not by a government.
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nollidge
13y ago
> So why is this any different? I don't know, I guess it's that free citizens voting with their wallets is not at all similar to powerful governmental figures conducting an oppressive inquisition?
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nollidge
13y ago
Understood, sorry about that.
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13y ago
So you're participating in the "witch-hunt", you just don't want it to seem like you are?
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13y ago
> Has she been indicted by any international courts? Has she stood trial and been convicted? No, but that's not really the standard for an individual human making a personal moral judgement.
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13y ago
You're losing karma because your complaint has no basis in fact, not because of aesthetic concerns.
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13y ago
I actually really like this... Consolas still seems to have better hinting, but this is pretty cool.
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13y ago
Christ, thank you, I thought Ghostery was blocking something important or something.
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13y ago
Software Development?
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13y ago
Note that he did not apologize for his actions, or say that his actions were wrong. "Words are wind."
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nollidge
13y ago
Uh, no, I think that even if Eich had "merely" spoken out against gay marriage, there'd still be just as much uproar.
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13y ago
No, neither of you get it. All you have is the right to speech free from governmental impedance ; you do not have any sort of right to speech free from civil consequences . Boycotts are a form of free speech too, you know. How come you&#x
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13y ago
> you can think the the beliefs are stupid, but you can still respect them. I have no idea what you're saying here. What does respecting stupid ideas even look like? EDIT: I respect people's right to hold and express stupid ide
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13y ago
> Or we can live in a world where we respect everyone's beliefs. Why? Some beliefs are stupid and/or harmful. Why should I respect bad ideas?
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13y ago
> It really hurts to know that a person is being ostracized for having political views. Are you also Super Concerned about LGBT folks being ostracized by oppressive policies? This isn't some abstract fucking debate to them. > We
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13y ago
It depends heavily on where you live.
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13y ago
You're on a trial at every single company anyway, they just aren't as up front about it.
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13y ago
Because UI concerns don't always (or even usually) drive requirements.
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13y ago
How many of them, though? Just because "some" of them were accurate doesn't mean he's any more accurate than any of us would be if we took a stab at it.
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13y ago
Wait, what? Don't get me wrong, I'm on board with the notion that misogyny is rampant , but I don't see how this is an example of it. SPOILERS: She transcended him in the end. In the end, she did not need him. How did he sol
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13y ago
Stomping out polio is not short-term.
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13y ago
I'm too busy coding my 2048 riff to work on this.
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13y ago
IDEA: put the letters on the sides of the hexagon so that I don't have to think so hard.
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13y ago
C# - Java is too low-level.
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13y ago
I'd rather have cat pictures and memes than this humorless intolerance of whimsy.
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