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ekc

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    Comment #21912735

    You might find this paper interesting for a counter perspective. http://joelvelasco.net/teaching/3334/block99-how_heritabilit... The person is biased and dismissing is a good optio…

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    Comment #21659999

    You're forgetting that developers exist.

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    Comment #21501919

    They released their product months ago.

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    Comment #21425548

    > Most people probably realize it. What we need is for the American CEOs, financial elite, members of government that have investments in China... The person you were originally re…

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    Comment #21265681

    This isn't relevant to the article.

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    Comment #21099153

    They are running rival concentration camps, I can't imagine the competition is welcome.

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    Comment #21023788

    KISS is great. Been using it for two months. No complaints.

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    Comment #20831088

    The goal is to force every other company to do it as well, protecting the long-term prospects of Uber. A smart thing, and possibly a good one in the short term.

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    Comment #20783795

    UNIX philosophy. You mean the UNIX philosophy.

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    Comment #20725591

    A company being filled with stupid people is not the same as a license being anti-commercial.

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    Comment #20725350

    The GPL is no less commercially friendly than the MIT, given it allows commercial usage, and explicitly protects commercial usage.

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    Comment #20725115

    The GPL is a commercial-friendly license, and in fact, that's one of the freedoms it explicitly protects.

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    Comment #20716442

    No. You're either misinformed or intentionally lying. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/an-eye-for-an-... https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/medic-shot-in-eye-durin..…

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    Comment #20713771

    Ignoring that police shot a medical volunteer's eye out.

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    Comment #20711281

    That is what freedom of speech implies, yes.

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    Comment #20706272

    You can read Twitter.com in a browser.

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    Comment #20705821

    If you had read the thread before commenting, you'd find that the developer of this used to work at Canonical, which lends them at least some credit.

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    Comment #20679712

    No, not for an online company, and especially not the exceptions it has.

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    Comment #20679669

    This is interesting, given Automattic has one of the...weirdest views on free speech there is today. Near-absolute free speech, within the means of the law, with really odd excepti…

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    Comment #20641089

    I don't believe so, unless it's changed recently.

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    Comment #20637948

    Blizzard launcher.

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    Comment #20622876

    >They easily became obsessed and were violent when removed, even with a tightly controlled schedule. They would try to connect to offer WiFi networks to get access and would steal …

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    Comment #20607829

    Medium, The New York Times , and Washington Post all have easily circumventable paywalls, though I can't vouch for the other one you listed.