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Wickk

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About Wickk

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #5913322

    This. I work in retail and have for a while. My mother has for most of her life, and this practice is not new for the retail level of the job market.

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    Comment #4492962

    How do you find OOP in python awkward? Out of curiosity.

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    Comment #4180275

    So glad I JB. Because I'm using this.

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    Comment #3995776

    I have severe asthma, when I have an attack that will last for hours this used to be how I would describe what it's like during that time. I loathe those periods when I can't think…

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    Comment #3986668

    The items in question are still there, it's just the name itself that is getting formatted. Side note: Why are the post that are giving apple the benefit of the doubt of this being…

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    Comment #3980624

    http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html I stumbled across this incredible article reading Jeff Atwood's now-apparently-controversial post on that subject I'm avoiding like the plague. B…

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    Comment #3976108

    Are we talking content abuse? It's in their ToS if we are. Not entirely sure how effective they're going to be at monitoring malicious content, but it's there.

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    Comment #3952659

    I just hate having unecessary cruft personally. I need to organize everything

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    Comment #3951640

    I'm going to take a wild guess that a large bulk of those 8K+ emails needs to be sent straight to the trash.

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    Comment #3951631

    Prob the age old reason because it's what most programmers end up using throughout their buisness life. Always been my guess anyway

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    Comment #3948138

    Hi, it's called filters that take 2 seconds to setup.

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    Comment #3947480

    Everyone learns differently, so hey to each their own. I dabbled for years throught my HS life in php, but when it came time to actually learn I was completely put off by my first …

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    Comment #3946190

    Thought the article was going to be a question as to why. But I wholeheartedly agree as to why Python is a great forst language. The simple fact that it's syntax light will always …

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    Comment #3877986

    I'm one of those people who when I learn anything, I take hand written no matter what it is. I've even had language books tell me, " You probably won't need to do this" and I make …

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    Comment #3839665

    I don't understand your stance on family time vs skill set? My day to day is usually like this: Get up, shower, pick up my house, go to work for 8 hours, come home where I make din…

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    Comment #3783424

    For as big as Google is, I doubt these all came from the same singular department.

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    Comment #3671217

    It was a poor choice of words on my part, what I meant was; Everyone who does want one. I can understand under an artist viewpoint ( Ideally I would really like apps in the area to…

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    Comment #3670781

    I really agreed with a lot of this article (but not all) but really couldn't get past the juvenile way in which it was written the entire time I was reading. I dont't personally un…

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    Comment #3008442

    "We're sorry, but The Google Puzzle was designed with the browser Google Chrome in mind. As a result, it MAY not work in your current browser." And below that: "-> Enter Anyway"

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    Comment #2800052

    Some users are getting locked out of their entire google accounts, not just G+. That's the difference.

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    Comment #2799814

    "To help fight spam and prevent fake profiles, use the name your friends, family or co-workers usually call you." And this is what bothers me about this whole ordeal. Google's play…

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    Comment #2685665

    Interesting. Not sure why this on the front page unless I'm missing something very important, but interesting

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    Comment #2668695

    >gnome-terminal or konsole? These are my killer apps. And I won't use other platforms because they don't have them. So wait, is it your love of these specific terminal emulators or…

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    Comment #2665967

    This just reeks of arrogance