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"...to the extent we think it necessary for the Service."

Those are completely valid appeals to emotion, because it is the emotional context of the reminder that makes it significant. If you don't understand why someone might feel bad aft…

printf debugging is too simple and intuitive to justify an entire blog post. ;)

Stash, pull, stash pop. Arguably not the most intuitive solution, but there ya go.

Nope, not giving you my Netflix password at least until I know exactly how this works and whether it's worth the risk. A demo, a video, a description , something.

It rapidly consumes your precious battery. Of course it's not a common case.

They're hard to distinguish up close, too. No matter how you get there, whether it's mostly by choice or mostly by circumstance, rock bottom will likely involve you doing whatever …

It's pretty rare that I head over to Wikipedia so I can read any random article, but I'll use it to satisfy the mildest curiosity about nearly any noun I interact with. For instanc…

It's free. When that's your starting point, "it doesn't suck" is pretty compelling.

That frequently regurgitated phrase means that execution matters more than an idea for a business, not that ideas are literally worthless and therefore undeserving of attribution.

History of Computation. Read some old papers, study the people who wrote them. I would've loved a class like that.

Reddit was acquired in 2006. http://techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/breaking-news-conde-nastwir...

Most people just want to work, get paid, and go home. That implies a certain apathy that I didn't (intend to) convey. Strlen's comment is a good expansion of what I said: http://ne…

Wow, that's way more elegant. Mine looks obfuscated by comparison :)

This is amazing. You're forced to do some really complicated stuff. Here's my solution to Rocket Planes that uses all 4 colors, 4 subfunctions, and recursion: http://dl.dropbox.com…

I'd dare say you have a civic duty to answer questions that aren't about you if a Cop asks them. I think this is the key difference of perspective between you and the people you're…

If your job was to get information from someone else wouldn't you be upset if they just said "no comment" and wouldn't tell you why they were saying it or even if they had the info…

I don't see how you could be detained or have your car towed for refusing a search or any requests beyond your name, driver's license, and insurance. Maybe the officer could fabric…

The more you say the more that can be twisted against you. "I'm not guilty." -> "Not guilty of what? We haven't accused you of anything. Why are you acting like you've been accused…

If everyone who is innocent cedes their rights then yeah, asserting your rights will make you look suspicious. So never cede your rights to a cop under any circumstances. That's to…

This might be a matter of recent circumstance. iPad release, Apple's new developer guidelines, Gizmodo iPhone scoop, the Facebook privacy hubbub, and Google IO happened one right a…

Someone mentioned http://www.reddit.com/r/coding/ in a comment a day or two ago. I've been enjoying it. Edit - I found it in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1365094 which has a…