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fmueller
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Comment #15471504
Firing a person should not destroy their life. Something else is really wrong if this is the case.
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Comment #15182818
I walked to kindergarden at the age of 5. But that was in Switzeland.
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Comment #15081361
Couldn't he/she just write the text over the image?
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Comment #15035429
The problem is that real Nazis will not do anything of the above. What you describe is just the behavior of the plebs and not of the leaders.
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Comment #14504890
I think he/she should leave the gender there but add an additional field "identified as gender" or something like this. I mean it should still be possible for me to categorize peop…
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Comment #14468969
I don't think this would will be the case as it will only make people who know how to install an ad-blocker move to firefox. I think they target the users not having an ad-blocker …
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Comment #14099104
The code of conduct just applies to behavior inside the community. It has nothing to do with stuff happening outside of it. The community would not tolerate discriminating behavior…
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Comment #14095524
It's a good point but I think it does not apply to my example. Because in my example I don't even have to modify the movie. I can apply the filter while it's playing. And besides t…
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Comment #14095299
According to your logic you are obliged to watch the ads on TV. Because by watching a film you made an agreement that watching the film is only free because you watch the ads.
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Comment #14095236
It's more like some percentage of people change channels, mute or fetch something to drink when ads are running on TV. Just because you watched the film doesn't mean you are oblige…
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Comment #14095205
What you are saying does never apply when using content for personal use. When I buy a DVD I am allowed to watch it with a filter or watch only every second frame. This would never…
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Comment #14095115
The good thing about morale is that it doesn't have to be the same for different people. It's not an absolute value. You can live up to your high morale standards and watch ads (wh…
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Comment #14079466
A small detail: While destroying more life this process is _creating_ more life at the same time... Not that is has to matter.
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Comment #13287702
People have no time to spend the money.
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Comment #13073598
That's exactly the reason I wouldn't sign-up for something "free" when I was required to give away my credit card details.
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Comment #12986511
Nothing a company builds is free. And I think it's better to pay with money than with data. Not saying you're not paying with both here.
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Comment #12906938
When you talk about reading the code then you mean parsing? When you think you gain productivity by parsing the code in strings, variable assignments, function calls, numbers etc. …
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Comment #12889837
The difference here is that on a traffic light the colors are important and inherent to the traffic light's functionality. This is not true in source code. Syntax highlighting "hel…
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Comment #12889798
I turned off syntax highlighting several months ago and never wanted to turn it back on. Scanning the code is now as good as it was before. And understanding und structuring the co…
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Comment #12546770
I wasn't able to sleep in the past. Now I can because of two simple tricks (may not work for everyone): 1) I lie on the side and cover both ears, one with the cushion and one with …
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Comment #12506075
> all they will see is a bearded man staring to the front
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Comment #12504147
He's clearly a man.
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Comment #12085284
> You can't _claim_ guilt, you need proof, and to get proof you need due process. You don't need it when you are at war. Killing people is normal during a wa even without evidence.…
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Comment #12004506
Why should this be wrong? People can be who they want to be. If something is cool it's appreciated, if it's not, it's been shit on. That's life, deal with it. Not everyone is made …
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Comment #11991783
It's a self referential statement.