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by xlnt 18y ago
It's not a very useful number. The name is very misleading because it uses the wrong prefix, and why is having a word for this particular number valuable? Just say a googolplex+100 instead on the very rare occasions you want to refer to thi
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by xlnt 18y ago
Two hints, guys: -9 != -10 -11 != -10
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by xlnt 18y ago
get ~25 karma, then you can
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by xlnt 18y ago
his account name says he's not karma whoring. in other words, he made a new account just to avoid getting free karma on his main account.
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by xlnt 18y ago
guys, downmod him to -10, as a demonstration. edit: or me, whatever floats your boat.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Why are you getting snarky? I was perfectly serious. I think it's best to ignore silly things. Most people seem to give them a lot of attention. That's important. I want to know why they do that. Possibly related, many people I know find it
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by xlnt 18y ago
I replied to you because I was curious what you'd say. I am interested in human psychology.
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by xlnt 18y ago
if it doesn't matter, why reply?
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by xlnt 18y ago
You aren't speechless. Accuracy, please ;p
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by xlnt 18y ago
And how much extra did it cost to build the tower? This isn't free energy. It has a cost. Any serious analysis would consider how much energy we could get spending the same money on additional power plants.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Twitter has a better name.
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by xlnt 18y ago
last time i tried to get a low score here i got banned.
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by xlnt 18y ago
the problem with downvotes is that the parent of this comment being downvoted is more likely to be because someone didn't know what || means rather than because someone wanted fewer comments suggesting minor, helpful improvements on the par
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by xlnt 18y ago
Oh, you found the wrong AfD page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/IM...
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by xlnt 18y ago
EDIT: he linked to the wrong AfD page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/IM...
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by xlnt 18y ago
Edit: Oh hell, they deleted some of the keep arguments. I think they deleted keep arguments by people with recently created accounts, or which were not formatted properly. I am absolutely certain of this. For example, my keep argument isn
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by xlnt 18y ago
imao.us it still exists, but now it's a group blog and not as good. if you want to try reading a post, this is a good one: http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm
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by xlnt 18y ago
lol :) In addition, they seemed to have decided that any reason given by a recently-created account could be ignored, without caring if it's valid. Oh and the real reason it was deleted is that it's a right-wing humor blog and some of the w
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by xlnt 18y ago
This is relevant to PG's essay about lies told to children. It's an example. http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html
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A Lie Told To Children(msnbc.msn.com)
10 points by xlnt 18y ago|4 comments
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by xlnt 18y ago
without a clear consensus to delete, the article isn't going anywhere This isn't true. A blog I like got deleted from wikipedia a while back (IMAO.US back when it was only Frank J) on the charge of not being notable. There wasn't a consen
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by xlnt 18y ago
How do you know what you're worth? I've read "post your salary" threads and other things that show up on yc or programming.reddit, but I still can't really tell.
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by xlnt 18y ago
test-second can be kinda boring sometimes. test-first is more fun.
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by xlnt 18y ago
if you don't know the reason for a vote, then you shouldn't feel bad about the vote, since you don't know, was my point. the parent said he cared about karma.
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by xlnt 18y ago
you should care about the reasons behind votes, not the votes themselves.
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by xlnt 18y ago
i can testify that getting mass downmodding for saying something unpopular was common about 9 months ago. it seems the same to me now.
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by xlnt 18y ago
This post is a gem if you want to hire a ruby programmer.
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by xlnt 18y ago
oh no, profit! we're all gonna die.
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by xlnt 18y ago
maybe if you stopped wishing people would be "kicked in the teeth" you'd be a happier person. what you need is a better attitude. as you say, apple made something amazing. we should all rejoice.
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by xlnt 18y ago
oh that makes sense.

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