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So are you saying I can copy and paste some useful functions from your GPL code into my BSD code? And then the next person can use my code (with the pasted code from your project) …

I expect that tracking every single transaction would be a great deterrent to corruption, theft, and tax evasion. On the other hand, a lot of corruption, theft and tax evasion alre…

I'd go further and say that even with context my comments on hacker news are practically useless. I see online discussions as a pastime, not something that needs to be conserved on…

I must disagree with the command-line part. I don't think that the command line is fundamentally more powerful than any other interface. Why is the command line powerful? Because i…

While numbers don't lie, the conclusions you draw from them can still be incorrect. Look at the second graph (website visits peaking on Dec 24th for giftcertificatefactory.com). Th…

I find it funny how they try to use iTunes and the music purchased from iTunes as an example for how this legislation would affect people, even though music purchased from iTunes h…

> you probably won't know your restrictions until you've already put in the work Do people really start putting significant effort into projects without thinking about legal issues…

I'm amazed how many people actually complain about that funny letter. To me this proves just how right she is. Apparently making fun of Oxford is off-limits for some...

The Objective C runtime on MacOS 10.7 also does this for NSNumber objects.

The problem with his 'noob' example is not only that the comments are overly verbose, but also that his variable names are generic and totally useless. 'counter' and 'pos' or 'ref'…

Microsoft did it exactly right if you assume popup notifications are necessary . I firmly believe that popup notifications are unnecessary and distracting, and that's why I prefer …

I didn't have such a flawless experience. I was first baffled because I didn't understand what kind of website that is. I thought, well doesn't matter, it looks nice, let's try iOS…

I'm so happy that OS X doesn't do notifications. Dock badges are already distracting enough... I always like it when someone gives a talk, attaches his windows laptop to the beamer…

In my eyes, configuring growl and tweaking notification settings are part of the "impossibly distracting productivity suck". I feel that configuring notifications is a total waste …

This is truly mindblowing. But apart from the obviously neat 3D effect, this is the first time I see aerial photos that look beautiful. Those you find on Bing and Google often suff…

I have contributed a little bit to Sequel Pro, and I'm a bit familiar with the codebase. Adding support for PostgreSQL is not trivial, a lot of MySQL is hardcoded into the user int…

It reminds me both of Microsoft, but even more of Google. Can anybody clearly state where Google is going today? There are so many projects at Google that it is hard to see a coher…

Yes, you are totally right. But don't overrate the language barrier: I sell a software product that is English only (localization is too expensive), and the majority of my customer…

But the ajaxload spinner is evil and they still haven't fixed it! http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/10/spinner-rage/

Please spell out the month name. In many countries dates are formatted as DD.MM.YYYY rather than MM/DD/YYYY. For example, a native German speaker will have a lot of trouble recogni…

Yes, I take responsibility for my own feelings. I know what it's like from the other side too: as a software developer I can't accomodate every user request. It's difficult to tell…

In defense of the bully, at least he is completely clear about his feelings, and it is obvious that he is just insulting. I know from experience that is is extremly frustrating and…