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by parfe 14y ago
Talk about wrong tool for the job. I understand you spent a lot of money on the iPad. I don't understand the obsession with editing on it. If you need to edit text, then get a laptop. Text editing is a round peg people keep trying to jam
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by parfe 14y ago
>I'm impressed you only had to go back 13 months to find a bad quote? If it's all horseshit use the latest column as evidence. Very well. How about if Mueller references his own 13 month old horseshit this very day? http://www.fosspate
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by parfe 14y ago
Just the last one I remember. It's not a straw man. The guy you so plainly think is a legit source for information is literally paid by one of the litigants. May as well be recommending people read Oracle's press releases for some good in
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by parfe 14y ago
"Angry Birds game and the Adobe Flash Player -- would actually have to be published under the GPL." http://www.fosspatents.com/2011/03/googles-android-faces-ser... How'd that story turn out for you? Still read the guy's complete horses
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by parfe 14y ago
Ask Qwest how the government encourages "voluntary" participation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/qwest-ceo-nsa-punished...
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by parfe 15y ago
Why would you need free shipping for a digital purchase? (Which is why kindle purchases don't count towards the $25 super savers shipping).
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by parfe 15y ago
I really enjoy reading this judge. He's seems like a good guy. THE COURT: All right. I don't see the point in taking up our time now with that because who knows how they will come out, but, all right. You are ready to argue it? Are you the
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by parfe 15y ago
I think #1 gets ignored when talking about that list. Tech Schools and University programs offer syllabuses which outline teaching a breadth of knowledge. If you assign an unpaid intern a project based on a need of your company then you li
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by parfe 15y ago
I wouldn't go around bragging about breaking employment law. I don't understand how this person can be doing useful work that isn't worth $8/hour to you? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html?pag... edit: The U.S. Dep
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by parfe 15y ago
I saw one post mention File.world_readable? I don't know Ruby and the result surprised me. irb(main):002:0> File.world_readable?('/etc/passwd') => 420 irb(main):003:0> File.world_readable?('/etc/shadow') => nil
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by parfe 15y ago
Of course the situation is complex. http://storify.com/charlesarthur/oh-hai-sexism But the tech community just effuses sexism.
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by parfe 15y ago
I personally theorize BBS's, which got popular in the mid 1980s, and later the Internet, gave spiteful and poorly socialized men a anonymous veil. Reddit keeps the legacy of woman-hostility alive and well with comments like "tits or gtfo".
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by parfe 15y ago
Sweet, sexism doesn't exist because experience doesn't happen! Forgot I might be talking to a robot and I must have a repeatable scientific experiment to validate my individual experience. Otherwise it means nothing. Oh, except those rule
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by parfe 15y ago
" In 1967, when Cosmo’s “The Computer Girls” article ran, 11 percent of computer science majors were women. In the late 1970s, the percentage of women in the field approached and exceeded the same figure we are applauding today: 25 percent.
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by parfe 15y ago
No surprise about the weakness of the charges. The goal has already been accomplished. Megaupload has been destroyed without a single valid argument being upheld.
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by parfe 15y ago
The gender pronoun wasn't actually relevant but thanks for doing research! Georgieporgie is tired of working with 25 - 35 year old man children. How is that hating all men or generalizing to all men? In fact he specifically said "working
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by parfe 15y ago
> Biologically, men's brains light up when they see a woman's cleavage. WoW! I did not know that. Thank you for that fact. But how do the men function in tribes where women walk around bare chested? It's a wonder more men don't drow
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by parfe 15y ago
This isn't true. When my co-workers have gotten into political discussions that were completely against my beliefs, I could have easily gotten offended. But you know what? I don't, because I'm an adult. Some people are going to say things
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by parfe 15y ago
You deny her very experience?
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by parfe 15y ago
Ah yes, the ol' "You're being negative by pointing out the negative thing I'm doing!" argument. Anyone trying to point out a hurtful behavior is being positive. They're trying to help you not hurt other people. You telling someone they shou
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by parfe 15y ago
So you based your original comment on nothing but his 254 character assertion that UI changes would scare people?
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by parfe 15y ago
A quick (but not comprehensive, conclusive, or popularly agreed upon!) guide for determining if you plan on doing something sexist, ask yourself: "Is this for Men? Or is this for People?" e.g. Advertising/Hiring "all-female serv
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by parfe 15y ago
Any issues dealing with a Zynga and their business practices? Will the founders and later employees of OMGPOP be protected from Zynga's underhandedness (reported aggressive clawbacks)?
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by parfe 15y ago
You mean the 2 line submission pointing to Gruber on daring fireball where he stated, without any citations at all, that a UI update would freak people out and cause unspecified issues? Despite the fact that multiple platforms get UI updat
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by parfe 15y ago
>Why do we do such a bad job of developing people who are good managers/leaders AND understand technology? From my experience I think the issue stems for looking at management as the next rung on a ladder. A good developer might neve
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by parfe 15y ago
Ah yes, I obviously share a piece of the blame for being sensitive about how hard you work to secure the future of sexist jokes. Wouldn't want to have to spend half a second considering the implications of our actions, now would we, Mr orbl
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by parfe 15y ago
Mal either died or kicked up a level. She used the top as a totem, not Cobb, and multiple people knew the properties of it. The top could not measure dream or reality while in Cobb's possession. His own dreams would render that totem use
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by parfe 15y ago
I don't understand why you think there is some sweet spot for a professional event where a sexist joke can be appropriate. Problems with your rewrite: Women: Yes, we aim to make a welcoming atmosphere for women who want to participate in o
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by parfe 15y ago
I recommend anyone interested in learning about online tracking to install Mozilla Collusion http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/ After seeing the amount of seemingly disparate information certain organizations can track (Google/Doub
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by parfe 15y ago
The entire content of the submitted article is: "[T]he vast majority of Galaxy S II users are not technically savvy, have no idea what “Ice Cream Sandwich” is, and, most importantly, would totally freak out if they OK’d an over-the-air sof

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