porphyrogene

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by porphyrogene 8y ago
This is not Reddit. Hacker News is a place for respectful discourse.
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I understand that this issue is a sensitive one and there is a great deal of justifiable criticism of tipping culture. However, this comment is snarky. We all know that many countries have higher minimum wages in place of a culture of tippi
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These categories seem senseless to me. What does remembering a name have to do with holding a compelling conversation? What does remembering language syntax have to do with performing quick mental math? If someone has been doing poorly soci
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Programming languages are tools, not religions. If a project like this can help people use and understand their tools that is a good thing. Reacting as if the infidel language is defiling the sacred is absurd and indefensible from a practic
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Where do you think the nicotine comes from?
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What is the significance of that question? If the answer is no should Juul not be banned? This just senseless what-aboutism.
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It's more likely because of Pixar's longstanding practice of keeping its core technologies openly available (Blender is rife with technologies originally developed by Pixar gurus, not the least of which is RenderMan). Disney may b
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It's the title of the article, not the posters editorializing, and the title also points of that the court dispute is taking place in Canada but you don't have anything to say about that. The publication is Israel-based, owned by
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Insisting that the federal government obey by the Constitution is petty? For the government to enforce any religion on any level is strictly forbidden and the interpretation is even broader than that. It's the very first thing in the B