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    Comment #509166

    >the submission detection script does not think that "www.domain.com" is the same as "domain.com", and treats them as different links. Those two are not the same. Just like mail.go…

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    Comment #507924

    If pg doesn't delete your comment, isn't he guilty of the same thing as The Pirate Bay are being charged with? (actually I guess he is protected in the US unless he gets a DMCA not…

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    Comment #507921

    I'd be so freaked out about great whites if I was swimming around with an oblivious seal like that..

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    Comment #507806

    Python already has a solution for callbacks: @reg_callback(button.onclick) def callback(): do_stuff()

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    Comment #502460

    >Maybe this isn't "rational", but it is empirical Actually it is perfectly rational; it just doesn't have as much to do with with a progressive tax as you might think: http://en.wi…

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    Comment #502450

    BS. Money's marginal value goes down the more you have--your 1st house is worth more to you than your Nth super car. After around 500k net worth, money is more about status and ran…

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    Comment #499676

    Maybe he didn't design this for phonologists? I doubt anyone else has too much use for intra-word diffs.

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    Comment #499343

    There are two ways to enable everything to talk in a slick manner like this: brutal monopoly, or open standards. As evidenced by this video the "new" Microsoft has all sorts of coo…

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    Comment #497064

    Knuth: Selected Papers on Computer Science http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Computer-Science-Language-Inf...

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    Comment #491240

    Why would anyone want to do this? It is completely zero sum. You aren't creating any wealth, even if you are making money.

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    Comment #491235

    Bankruptcy is by far the fastest way for this special case where you are using the profit to eliminate a debt. Warning: won't work for student loans from the government.

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    Comment #486765

    So you liked the prodigy solution better than email? Sure there was less spam.. but you couldn't talk to people

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    Comment #486748

    So if I get the gist of his argument, when an aspiring tyrant-king decides to take over a democracy "due to the unsual structure of [congress]," the new structure "is not [a fascis…

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    Comment #486741

    If V8 gets threading support and auto-vectorization, then if processors-graphics cards ala Intel's Larrabee take off, it may be a non-issue. Developers can just do a 3d engine in p…

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    Comment #486477

    The real goal of it is to have mathemeticians available to translate journal articles into english for the curriculum-setting elder mathemeticians =P.

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    Comment #484179

    So when I click reply to an email, and preserves your entire text at the bottom of my reply, I'm guilty of copyright infringement? How about when I forward the school newsletter to…

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    Comment #484172

    I'm pretty sure we only get to hear the ones that complain.

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    Comment #484169

    Irrelevant. "So in colour [...]" not "so in sound [...]"

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    Comment #482414

    'LOLs' (and related cats) are fine on reddit, but not on here =).

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    Comment #481268

    Manages to break alt left-arrow "back" shortcut.

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    Comment #480734

    Unless everone thinks like the parent and those numbers become underrepresented.. and you can take it into the Nth level like a Keynesian Beauty Contest.

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    Comment #479136

    Give me one example where you would ever want a copy of a tuple rather than another reference to it.

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    Comment #479130

    Not just time available but also units sold; if you are looking for a niche item, you don't expect a lot of ratings.

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    Comment #479125

    In Lassez Faire economy anyone who creates a systemic risk discounts said risk by how big they are in relation to how big the system is.

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    Comment #479106

    It isn't total vapor when the OLPC already was a compelling proof of concept.