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> I bought my first firearm 15 years ago solely because it was a right I considered as important as voting and free speech, and I wanted to exercise that right. (Yes, I know this i…

> In the legal sense, the third party doctrine is as inherent to the 4th amendment as anything can be--it's the Supreme Court's binding interpretation of the contours of the phrase…

> Many Apple Stores are too crowded, noisy and smelly for me to feel comfortable. Well, if being the only person in the store is your thing, you can always try the Microsoft stores…

> The singular man acting as CEO did all this, and more! He is smarter than everyone else ever. Doesn't matter is he was the smartest or not, all those happened under HIS watch. Th…

> Regarding your #4: just shut up. The problem with racism is not that it targets people of color. It's that it targets them in order to treat them bad. The KKK wouldn't be any bet…

> These are the Chinese we're talking about.. Is this supposed to mean that the Chinese are too tame and subservient? They already had a huge communist revolution -- and two more r…

> I don't know why people focus so much on "default" desktop environments. No desktop is more supported than another one, as long as there is a package That's not true. The "defaul…

> There is no place for humor or overly subjective terms like "evil" in a software license or other legal document, and the problem with Douglas Crockford's license is that he fail…

>It's almost as if the market, left to its own devices, doesn't always make the best long-term decisions when short-term benefit weighs in opposition. It does not. To say it does i…

People that "stopped reading" after some point, but still went on to rant about an article, rarely provide any useful insight. Case in point. Oh, and "those two things" are not unr…

That it can be cumbersome for an expat, doesn't mean it's not a broadening experience and an intellectual delight. For broadening experience, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling…

> Human translators are so expensive today that they are only used in situations where the translation has to be correct -- diplomacy, courtrooms, books, etc. Professional translat…

No, looks interesting, I'll check it out. Thanks.

> How am I supposed to know which is best? Do I need a degree in Keynesian economics or can I just listen to a few talking heads on the local news? You're not supposed to vote for …

V8 for Javascript is also that much faster than Ruby/Python in almost all benchmarks. And Javascript is as dynamic as Ruby is. Seriously, even V8, speed wise is up there with Go an…

Exactly as you described it. I had the privilege to discuss the issue with the late Russell Means ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Means ) a few years ago. What's disgusting …

> Revenue also increased from the previous year, coming in at $35 billion. However, analysts expected much more for the quarter, estimating EPS of $10.35, and revenue of $37.2 bill…

Well, Hitler was inspired by the american concentration camps for native americans to build his own concentration camps for Jews: “Hitler’s concept of concentration camps as well a…