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Well, what IS the site about? I read your post and went to the website and spent a good 15 seconds trying to figure out what it's about. Easy fix is just take what's on the About p…

I agree with all your points, except for one thing that made me curious: Why would say Reddit is an untrustworthy site, with a system that rewards untrustworthy users? I'm not a pa…

I'm assuming when they boot up (their copy of) the hard drive, it prompts for a passphrase, and if you type an incorrect one it'll tell that it's incorrect (as opposed to simply ou…

But to be a genius, you don't have to be the best, only one of the best. The article also never claims that everyone IS a mathematical genius, only that they have the potential to …

I can get behind that, if we defined genius to be pursued passion. Not everyone has a passion for mathematics, that is true. I just thought what the root post was implying is that …

Any and all skills? No. Mathematical and other related intellectual skills? Why, yes, I do. Despite what most people say, I've never seen a genius who hasn't worked at least twice …

Why is that? Why do you claim not everyone has the potential to become a math genius? Do you have any evidence to back that up (besides Ratatouille)?

I find that most of their software is targeted towards beginner/intermediate hackers. Having to recompile /forces/ you to tinker with the source code. When I was learning how to co…