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_cipher_

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    Comment #24858528

    Yes, you are correct! Thanks. Shame though that neither common lisp or scheme are present.

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    Comment #24858482

    I think this survey was populated without any thought. 1. it does not specify to whom this website belongs to, neither what the purpose of this survey is 2. in programming language…

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    Comment #11901293

    Too pricey. They could buy more spambots with less $$.

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    Comment #11047648

    Because wearing glasses makes me feel insecure. Yes, a person with disabilities can be ridiculed and feel like crap. A fat one can too. Also one with glasses, long hair, or long no…

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    Comment #11047520

    > Are people with myopia discriminated against in society? Yes. I am offended by the small letters in ads.

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    Comment #11047516

    > Call it what it actually is: short sighted, greedy, foolish, etc. Don't use a word that puts down people with disabilities. No. Language is a liging thing and the meaning of a wo…

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    Comment #9665828

    The sad thing in this (politics) is that no one gives a sh!t about real people and real situations besides imaginary currency. Over the last few years, while Greece sinks slowly du…

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    Comment #9549341

    Introduced to his music ver yearly in my age. Loved (and still love) this kind of music (even if I live outside the states). After him, I discovered and appreciated so many artists…

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    Comment #9497958

    While I'm not going to comment on the programming side of this project[0], I'm going to say that it's very beautiful. Trully. It runs beautifully on an i386 1.5GHz in surf browser.…

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    Comment #9464046

    I'm a bit skeptical about this "feature". While as a developer I can understand _why_ companies scream against adblock (and that applies also to simple blogs/etc), as a user I unde…

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    Comment #9458817

    > Also coding in the browser has been a miserable experience. Basically that ^. Having tried some web IDEs, I can say it's not a pleasant situation when browser crashes or hangs. P…

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    Comment #9442948

    I'm sitting in front of my keyboard for like 10 minutes trying to find where to start from... Honestly, I cannot. > Can you imagine in the year 3,000, when the NSA's documents are …

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    Comment #9438433

    vim ftw. (there is an incorrect solution at link) :) Gddggdd :g/creditcard\":null/d # to get rid of null credit cards :) gg qa 9x f" d/creditcard c2f" , ^[ f"d$ j^q After that, jus…

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    Comment #9432244

    I agree. The situation with "safety" is getting out of hand. What could possibly be the danger from reading in a bus? Even if some car crashes with the bus, due to the mass of the …

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    Comment #9394824

    When I saw this thread, the initial thought I had was "pff, another emacs thread about vim users". But this is absolutely perfect (either for transition, or for someone like me tha…

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    Comment #9347969

    Is this only about facebook tracking users via the like buttons on websites? If so, I'm expecting the same reaction in the future about google analytics. From the other hand, {face…

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    Comment #9332569

    > Truth hurts, doesn't it? Except when it's not truth but a random rant. You say: > If you want to discuss the collections programs, lets start with how you expect police to actual…

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    Comment #9323657

    > Safety trumps all and there simply isn't a compelling need (that I can think of) that requires the need to tinker with the auto software. So you won't have any problem in years i…

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    Comment #9277247

    > There is no slavery on Foxconn plants[..] While it's not slavery in the traditional way, it sure is when you pay workers virtually nothing for a product that's overpriced. Think …

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    Comment #9270004

    > Besides the domain name there's not a lot to suggest that this is a 'parody' site I think it's just a trolling site based on stuff like this[0]. "amd64 only ~ no 64-bit intel". :…

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    Comment #8946326

    I'd like more to see how these editors are handling big files (>1G) and performing substitutions. I feel editors are taking a step backwards recycling and repackaging the same idea…

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    Comment #8934103

    > I've tried a number of things like wget to "offline" a website and had mixed success. Does anyone know of a proven way to do something like this? What about httrack[0]? From desc…

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    Comment #8904031

    > The OS is optimized for firewall and security. Not for desktop or anything like that. It lacks both hardware and software in almost every respect for anything more. I'm doing web…

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    Comment #8866680

    Probably doesn't matter as a comment (there are so many great comments expanding way more), but when all classical composers composed music, they didn't assume something like "Temp…

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    Comment #8859254

    Nice! Proposal: I'd like to have an ssh multiplayer so I can kill the other players' systemd's. :)