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by pi18n 14y ago
RMS is pretty brilliant, he's predicted exactly the kind of closed platform iOS turned out to be, and has been fighting against it. I think it's important that people be allowed to code and mess with their devices, and know what their devic
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by pi18n 14y ago
He's not a comic genius, he's a marketing genius. His comics are actually quite banal; everyone hates their printers, a list of reasons why makes us feel good but isn't actually funny.
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by pi18n 14y ago
The psuedo-Ruby code posted there is characteristic of someone who is having a knee-jerk reaction against something they don't understand. The person we are arguing against is obviously a Java zealot that will never consider using another l
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by pi18n 14y ago
> Each to their own though. I'll agree with that wholeheartedly.
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by pi18n 14y ago
> By changing two lines, it can also respond to POST requests. If you think this is a feature, you might actually like Sinatra/Ruby :)
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by pi18n 14y ago
You'd much rather read a Java program because you are already biased towards it. Yes it's easy to read, but you need to acknowledge that many other skilled developers would find it easier to read Python, or Ruby, and indeed would rather rea
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by pi18n 14y ago
I had a language class once with a student that was clearly not at our level constantly asking questions that the other students all already knew. As a mature adult, I attributed this lack of consideration for others to the individual, not
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by pi18n 14y ago
I'm with you. Scribd offers absolutely nothing other than an obstacle in between me and what I want to read.
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by pi18n 14y ago
Don't worry, I am sure they'll find a way to separate content slide-by-slide on a number of ad-ridden pages.
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by pi18n 15y ago
I will not be upgrading to Lion or later -- I prefer Finder to have ~/Library, I don't want to see all the thousands of tiny UI images on my computer, I don't want the mouse to scroll backwards, or a stray finger on the mouse to go back a p
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by pi18n 15y ago
That's good. In Chrome, when Flash crashes, it only takes out a couple of tabs.
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by pi18n 15y ago
anospic ||= ... # average numbers picked The Ruby convention would be to write out the variable with underscores anyway, just sayin'.
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by pi18n 15y ago
I agree and so do past rulings. This judge needs brush up on US law.
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by pi18n 15y ago
"I'm not only a founder, I'm a member too!" #foundersexchange
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by pi18n 15y ago
They could use a new book, they've finished reading Brave New World a while ago.
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by pi18n 15y ago
A good point indeed.
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by pi18n 15y ago
I have a problem buying politicians for the right reasons. We are already paying them handsomely to act in the country's best interests. I'd rather start an organization that supports real governing than pass more money to these goofballs.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Yeah, I think once you pass the $50,000 mark maybe it's time to switch to your own distribution channel.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Pretty soon we're going to be emigrating to other countries and making jokes with punchlines that start, "in corporate America..."
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by pi18n 15y ago
You are very cute and innocent, like a child.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Chilling and unfortunately accurate, I am sure.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Haha, yes, but I mean it seems to imply it requires a starting pair; one additional photo selected by the human as a match in addition to the one we desire to find matches for.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Although I don't know if it's fair to tar them all with the same brush, I find it ironic that a Chinese company would cry foul on trademarks.
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by pi18n 15y ago
That seems to imply they do need one human-generated positive match, though.
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by pi18n 15y ago
I was thinking more like farewell to Java
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by pi18n 15y ago
How is that relevant in a discussion about publicly shaming people working for you.
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by pi18n 15y ago
What happens if you make the stipend contingent on educating yourself somehow?
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by pi18n 15y ago
25 people is not a "clinical study". It is a survey.
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by pi18n 15y ago
Tall basketball players wouldn't extort money from a short basketball player, though, would they?
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by pi18n 15y ago
No, they could still make empty promises.

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