smazero

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by smazero 7y ago
They shouldn't "blithely step into these very complex issues" but I'd argue they have a moral and societal responsibility to address them seriously and responsibly somehow. I think this means spending money on teams with
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by smazero 8y ago
oof, the curmudgeon is strong in the comments here and I think some perspective is required. 1) no one is actually implementing these changes; this is just a design exercise from someone who has no connection or influence with Github other
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by smazero 10y ago
I'm a little cautious about asking but DGRN? A brief search gave me nothing.
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by smazero 10y ago
That's a rather extraordinary statement to make without providing any substantiation! I had a quick search around to see what I could find, and I did find a recent tweet from Wikileaks showing a clip from some pundit on Fox News called
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by smazero 11y ago
The use of the term "expat" rather than "immigrant" is interesting. I read a piece in the guardian the other day which framed that distinction in terms of white vs non-white ( http://www.theguardian.com/gl
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by smazero 13y ago
All a bit petty and grubby isn't it? I don't think the claims of libel or defamation really hold much water given the evidence presented (I am not a lawyer), but it seems to me DOs clause of avoiding embarrassment could cover pret
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by smazero 14y ago
I read that as a typo, i.e. "not" -> "now"?
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by smazero 15y ago
But by that argument someone who carried out a sustained stalking campaign against someone might actually be guilty of just standing in places. I don't think it's necessarily the mundane details of what they actually did that should be the
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by smazero 15y ago
Minor nitpick, but I'm not also not sure I buy the argument that a group that any member can add other members to, automatically and always gets better over time. I don't have any data one way or another, but it seems entirely plausible to
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How Google PowerMeter got it wrong and how to fill the gap(blog.pachube.com)
2 points by smazero 15y ago|0 comments
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by smazero 15y ago
Wait, what? Now I'm confused about how I've been saying libre. Isn't it a french/spanish word anyway (same word different pronunciation)? Which non-native english speakers are you talking about? My pronunciation (as a native english speaker
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by smazero 16y ago
Yeah but this wouldn't address the key problem outlined in the article. The issue this is trying to tackle is that of people being forced to pay bribes for things they are legally, perfectly entitled to. The corruption this is aimed at is t
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by smazero 16y ago
this is a bit of a dumb comment I think; it's a bit like saying you've known people who've headed a soccer ball repeatedly every weekend for years, so you find it hard to believe that heading a cement block could be harmful. It's a differen
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by smazero 16y ago
Snowcrash is fun but doesn't have anyhere near the depth of his later books. Cryptonomicon is fantastic, you shouldn't let the first one of the System of the World put you off, and I love Anathem. Unfortunately Neal Stephenson is terrible a
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by smazero 16y ago
I think 'legal tender' doesn't mean what people think it means; I heard some lawyer talking about this on the radio the other day: I don't remember exactly, but the gist was that the term legal tender is just to do with money that can't be
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The Fable of the Keys: evidence in the case of Qwerty vs Dvorak(utdallas.edu)
1 points by smazero 16y ago|0 comments