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hnyc

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About hnyc

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    Comment #9663766

    Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/399/

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    Comment #9663764

    Demos, the great God of demonstrations and examples. He preferred to teach other Gods, as opposed to humans. Usually he could be found skulking nearby or with API, the God of docum…

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    Comment #9646555

    No, sort by total.

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    Comment #9593530

    I would listen to that news... I kind-of like it...

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    Comment #9580924

    > POP, SMTP and IMAP would seem contrary the whole idea of a public stream of email communication I disagree. I believe it would create for easier access to a public stream of emai…

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    Comment #9578546

    It seems so far that I'm immortal.

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    Comment #9547130

    Indeed. And apparently ʻAkepa is a Hawaiian term meaning "agile" According to Wikipedia.

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    Comment #9483807

    Putting the code up on, say, GitHub would also help with stopping people from doing malicious things to the site, because people aren't always mean and villainous, they can be nice…

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    Comment #9483764

    Cursed are those that search in private browsing mode.

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    Comment #9361743

    Although it does not have a chapter on the semicolon, check out the book "Shady Characters". https://amazon.com/dp/0393064425

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    Comment #9223361

    Interestingly enough my father and I do this for a couple of hours straight about once a week. One of the few differences is that the story is usually finished within said few hour…

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    Comment #9222846

    > I discovered that there is a huge community of people that are interested in (or obsessed with) flashlights. http://xkcd.com/1095/

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    Comment #9155773

    True, however, in defense of the writer perhaps the writer was trying to balance out the story, because throughout most of the story above her backstory was pretty much "it's her f…

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    Comment #9150524

    Then take a look at Freenet. :P

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    Comment #9150491

    In my opinion, her upbringing and life have everything to do with this. If it were not for how she was brought up and how she was treated during her life, she may or may not have d…

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    Comment #9055843

    True. Let's wait and find out if this catches on. :)

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    Comment #8988195

    I still stand by what I say that "first impressions are important". Perhaps they are less emphasized in public software, however, they still count for quite a lot (as is seen by re…

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    Comment #8984582

    Because first impressions are important. If you see a car with a small knob for a steering wheel, you'll find that it is more difficult to use. And even though the engine of the ca…

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    Comment #8394343

    At first I thought that it was left there on purpose, but it seems like it may be accidental.

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    Comment #8310653

    This looks interesting, and seems surprisingly similar to http://noflojs.org/ (at least at a first glance).