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grampajoe

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    Comment #4560851

    You missed the point of those koans. Vim can use external tools like awk to edit CSV and markdown to process markdown. The author was discouraging use of vim itself for things like…

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    Comment #4319502

    It matters from a security perspective. A bad or inconsistent URL, especially a hostname that isn't instantly recognizable, makes phishing easier.

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    Comment #4082387

    They'll have to add that to the unit tests.

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    Comment #4041018

    The client-side approach would work great if they didn't try to cram in so many features.

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    Comment #3988254

    TED can't show this because they're supported by advertisers, which means they'll never really be free to spread ideas if they go against the will of these companies: http://confer…

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    Comment #3953209

    It doesn't matter whether you agree with a company's technical choices, whether it's Paydirt, Microsoft, or anyone else. If you don't like their choices, you're free to not use the…

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    Comment #3920568

    There's definitely a better context than social: personal. You are not your friends.

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    Comment #3911639

    For me, Hulu's death came when they added subscriptions, but still forced subscribers to watch ads.

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    Comment #3911614

    The site's way too wide on my netbook, 1024x600. Also, the list of domains removed from the results covers up part of the results themselves.

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    Comment #3287125

    Writing skills are always relevant. The lack of them in this article made me stop reading before getting to any actual content.

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    Comment #2704275

    You may be confusing "shitty code" with prototyping.

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    Comment #1657259

    Then your grandmother should pick up a $2 film camera at a thrift store. This is a scam designed to get old people to opt-in to a mountain of spam.