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They have their own compiler for a custom VBScript derivative. If there's no C anywhere in it, I'd be surprised, but I am operating without knowledge of its implementation or outpu…

This isn't a C-specific problem; of course people are going to be more relaxed in their comfort zone. If you asked me to write a Web server in Python, I'd be a lot more relaxed abo…

Thank you. I looked for it and couldn't find it, and actually did mean yours.

You're not the only one that feels that way. Sadly, the elitism implied by "wow, our community sucks now " is overlooked by everyone practicing it.

Ah, but neither does yours! Why does the mediocrity apply to the comment you're replying to, but not your own? Your comment is dripping with snark and someone called you on it (tha…

That's your definition of quality, and I'm glad you shared it, but disheartened that you consider it the one true quality . Reading your second sentence strictly, we can infer that…

This really bugs me. What defines mediocre to you? We're defining the problem in relatives. I mean, look at the exchange that just happened: > Comments are getting worse. >> What i…

Your comment is ironic given the comment that you started with. I am speaking from the perspective of improving HN, so I'm startled (should I be?) to find that the first reply is a…

That your last parenthetical is necessary to have an opinion about the direction here is telling, to say the least.

Standing my ground. Common sentiment is now comments are declining in quality . Wherever that came from, that's now parroted fairly often and is undoubtedly planted in the back of …

What I haven't seen anybody acknowledge yet is that "critics" includes everyone who tiredly mourns comment quality. Everyone. Depressingly, HN would rather front page an article ab…

It's amusing how you went from "you're misunderstanding me," admitting that there might have been a mistake, to "you failed to fact check". I'm willing to admit that I'm wrong, be …

If you have a day job, look for the problems that your day job has to solve. Undoubtedly, these problems will be echoed at other companies like yours (and maybe even not like yours…

I'd love to see your evidence that it is beyond drawing a conclusion from circumstances. That's a zero-sum game, right there, because there's no way either of us could have evidenc…

It sounds suspiciously like you're accusing me of something. The statement after the word "because" in your quote kind of matters to the original sentiment, and you happily ignored…

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It's dead, Jim!

Botulinum, I'd guess (among natural toxins). A casual Google seems to indicate I'm right.

Please do not infer that I was accusing anybody of dishonesty. I wasn't aware that disingenuous carried that overtone -- to me, it means "aware of a couple explanations and intenti…

The mockups look great. Gut reaction is that you are clearly inspired by Facebook, but there's only so many ways to peel this particular orange. I'd consider a primary color change…

Dark liquidity still affects a market, it just affects it less. BitCoin is fascinating to me because there are people who are absolutely absorbed in it, but it's unlikely to get tr…

> Anybody can send 300,000 BTC back and forth between their computers. You assume that's what it was. Calling the bounty in the headline ~$6,000 is disingenuous, too, because dumpi…

Wasn't there a transaction of > 300,000 BTC? Or does the headline specifically mean a bounty ?

Granted. I can see your point, but I'd argue that Jacob is a means to the end, not the end. I don't think ruining his life is the goal here. They just want to beat him up until he …

Fair enough. Perhaps I'd rephrase as: you've weighed the risks against what you have to lose, and determined that it's a risk that you're willing to take in light of the consequenc…