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chiggsy

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    Comment #44006852

    >some engineer actually decided No sane person would flaunt Apple secrecy in such a fashion whilst employed there. >instead of his work quietly improving everyone’s experiBence Lau…

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    Comment #43606562

    > Having to deal with senior managers has always been the most unsavory part of my job, because when it comes to technology, these managers exist on a whole other level of stupid v…

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    Comment #41888474

    You could use your engagement to live a live infused with your values, as a beacon to other like minded people, or people who were unaware they were like minded, until they saw you…

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    Comment #41888403

    Those lawyers know all about it, and why it's legal. If you want a lawyer to elp you, hire one.

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    Comment #41888384

    >I don't really see putting important links in the footer as anti-pattern. For my entire internet life, many important links were put into the footer of a webpage. Careers, About U…

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    Comment #41437238

    >Trust the market. We do not.

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    Comment #41437230

    >(despite being very higher-educated-Danish which means most employees are very environmentally-everything) Sounds expensive. These academic purists are happy working in a factory,…

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    Comment #41122384

    This reminds me: Stem cells. Whatever happened with that?

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    Comment #41121849

    I have no faith in this statement. Let's see how it plays out.

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    Comment #41119424

    Why do you feel it is unreasonable for this person to have human failings? What label would you find suitable?

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    Comment #41116116

    >Those who need a car for longer distance travel should accept living further away from city center Strongly feel this acceptance will be difficult to actualize sans coercion.

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    Comment #41116070

    I live in Vancouver, and I find this discussion utterly fascinating. Thank you all for sharing.

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    Comment #40605141

    Gravitational waves would "wiggle" all of you the same way, so not sure how they would do something different for one part of your body, so you could hear it.

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    Comment #40280762

    But resources are what you are, hoss. Sounds like the youth of this manager got you messed up. Old head move is to pull him to the side, with the sotto voce, give him a chance to s…

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    Comment #40280674

    And you are mocking his authentic feelings. Slaves are an abstract kind of human for him. Feelings are not comparable, right? Now this poor dude can't even vent a lil in an online …

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    Comment #40280619

    >For some people what i described is exactly what would bring them joy. Backbreaking manual labor sucks. The heat. The cold. The shit. The frost. I'll format my fucking code any wa…

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    Comment #40280505

    > I suddenly became incapable of doing work that I found meaningless. This attitude will fail you. The meaningless work must be done as carefully and joyfully as the meaningful wor…

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    Comment #40280447

    Seem to be forgetting how often these swaggerin dude's got the story wrong. No need for swagger, just tell the goddamn truth, verifiably.

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    Comment #40266853

    What???? Keep reading buddy. Ridiculous.

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    Comment #40266607

    Sounds like an argument for C, honestly. After all, that complexity is either in the language, or solved on a case by case basis. Every patch adds complexity, because it reflects c…

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    Comment #40266547

    No, the complexity comes from people, both the taxed, and those who impose them, and those who manipulate the legal process for relief. Computers actually give the sums a chance to…

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    Comment #40266485

    >By the 1960s, the systematic selection for competence came into direct conflict with the political imperatives of the civil rights movement. During the period from 1961 to 1972, a…

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    Comment #40138115

    The actual DK study is far less assertive about it's conclusions, from what I can recall. People who think they don't suffer from it love to prove that they do by raising it almost…

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    Comment #40137678

    >I mention Alfred Wegener, the balloonist who proposed that the continents must have drifted, given how clearly their coastlines fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Blinded by scien…

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    Comment #40131840

    Recent American efforts at regime change have fared poorly in hindsight. Attempted during the fall of the USSR, led directly to the oligarchs, and eventually Putin. Deposing Saddam…