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by penprog 12y ago
I never said it took away from the good. I said that the damage he caused doesn't disappear because he is doing good.
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by penprog 12y ago
So, because people can "always get another job", you think it's right that Microsoft under Bill Gates (unethically) crushed the companies that they put their time, money and effort into? Man you must be drinking some crazy co
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by penprog 12y ago
His charity (while good for the world) doesn't undo the damage he caused when he was CEO of Microsoft.
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by penprog 12y ago
So pretty much everyone in the US who owned a computer was on in the inside.
35.
by penprog 12y ago
HTML and CSS are not programming. This is not controversial.
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by penprog 12y ago
What does it even mean to be on the inside? Nobody in my family had any experience with computers. My first programming book was a gift for me when I was ten that I asked for (it was a learn C++ in 24 hours book). You can imagine how that t
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by penprog 12y ago
I would say they are less innocently confused and prioritize money/benefits over working on interesting tech.
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by penprog 12y ago
They pay well and if you leave the HN/Reddit bubble, there are CS students out there (that are pretty smart) that really would LOVE to have jobs at Microsoft/Facebook/Yahoo/ (insert any company unpopular on HN here).
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by penprog 12y ago
Considering Dell sells a display of similar quality, I can believe it.
40.
by penprog 12y ago
Why would we want to tax consumption of the wealthy (or anyone)? Don't we want to promote spending? The tax code should reward those that make investments, purchases, and donations. Not punish them. They should punish those that sit on
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by penprog 12y ago
Systems, maybe not, but we definitely have the best researchers and minds in the field.
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by penprog 12y ago
I think the CDC wouldn't even let it get to that point and if they had to we would have a bunch of soldiers in hazmat suits going door to door to find the people we need.
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by penprog 12y ago
Considering that for most websites one can easily reset the password to your account if they have access to your email, this adds no extra security risk (for those situations which are most common websites eg. Amazon, facebook, twitter etc)
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by penprog 12y ago
The author's argument boils down to "when I use my second monitor (which I put twitter and other inane distractions on) I get distracted by it. Therefore 2 monitors are bad" no way! My argument is "When I have my editor
45.
by penprog 12y ago
How did you get a computer?
46.
by penprog 12y ago
2nd generation Cuban American here. My family has a massive anti-Cuban government sentiment and pretty much all the older Cuban people in Miami feel the same. I don't blame them considering most had their homes and belongings taken fro
47.
by penprog 12y ago
Did he really rise to being CEO of Microsoft by believing the bs he said? If he did, he has to be one of the most fortunate people on the planet. Male or not.
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by penprog 12y ago
isn't there a massive waiting list?
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by penprog 12y ago
I really don't know what he was thinking. How many times have we heard the story of the hacker that does something and is asked by law enforcement to work for them. Or the student that gets arrested or expelled when he discovers a vuln
50.
by penprog 12y ago
A 100 dollars in credit in digital ocean is better than a backpack considering most backpacks cost >$100
51.
by penprog 12y ago
You really believe you can fit an eink display, a touch screen digitizer, a microcontroller, bluetooth and nfc on a card that thin and sell it for 155 dollars?
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by penprog 12y ago
Ok, I agree with you then that the company should have released a response. I think what the root comment was discussing was not the fact that they released a response but how they released it and the content of that response.
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by penprog 12y ago
I disagree, when statements like that are made in such a public area it will possibly negatively affect who decides to apply for a position at reddit. A dignified response on the reddit blog would have been the right move imo
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by penprog 12y ago
You are taking the CEOs words as fact when the reality of the situation is, we don't know what the truth is right now. Judging from the fact that the CEO responded in such a childish manner I really have no reason to believe anyone in
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by penprog 12y ago
Agreed, this post only makes reddit look like a very unprofessional workplace.
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by penprog 12y ago
The company should have had a long discussion with legal and posted a public statement. The CEO shouldn't have gone on his website and posted a comment as a response that sounds like a 5 year old having a temper tantrum.
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by penprog 12y ago
At first glance this question seems easy to answer but on a second thought I could see how someone could argue that Facebook provides more value.
58.
by penprog 12y ago
So wait, in 4th grade your destiny is basically decided for you? Fuck that
59.
by penprog 12y ago
Apparently the difference from DK2 to Crescent Bay is just as large as the difference between DK1 and DK2.
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by penprog 12y ago
I could listen to John Carmack talk all day. Awesome keynote

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