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I find that the site has definitely spread apart in it's values. And the real problem is as "undesireables" flood in, the people who are truer to the original culture get disgusted…

Of course 13589999047 is art! It's a incono reactive absurdist challenge to those who would have us destroy the sanctity of art! ... Not quite sure what point exactly I was trying …

Oh yeah, cause I just demand to have balloons and a cheap plaque for my first day on a job.... or, you know, maybe not? My gen is probably unreasonable (few people are in any gen m…

Well, I think Python has one obvious preferred way of doing things, but then tends to let you do it anyway you want. Which I guess is a part of the whole "Python supports multiple …

Apparently. I stand by my decision though. Time\effort is worthy of defending. Edit: It occurs to me now that I don't think I even dismissed the author summarily, just that website…

Looks like an interesting article, but 11 tiny pages and no print link that I can find? As much as I hate to be the guy saying it... FAIL.

"And once again, financial innovation is moving faster than rules can keep up with it..." More like the rules are being written out of the way to allow for "financial innovation" t…

I guess I'm just outpouring all the frustration and rage I've felt whenever people turn to focus on all the cool shiny technology related to a problem.... when the problem at it's …

If we had sufficient numbers, sure, that'd be a great way to go. But as it is with almost no one caring\learning about technical\political issues like those involved in this.... I …

DRM has never been about stopping piracy. It's been about controlling how you use your content. For example, I'm sure the media companies would love to recreate that part of histor…

Sadly, a test for strep will not find cancer, but nor most likely will a doctor looking for strep notice other problems... you have to watch for unusual frequency and severity of s…

I think the idea of "impossible ideals" is very important tool. For example, when you decide you'll crack down and never have another bug again, on the one hand you're obviously do…

I doesn't matter how much power it generates, what matters is how economically it does so. Add in wear and tear costs in the form of maintenance salaries and new parts, and pretty …

I would prefer Python's competition come from something based on a better and presumably newer paradigm, rather than an old tired mess of a language... maybe Perl 5 isn't that, but…

I think jwilliams summed it up nicely, but here's a site to read all about batteries on. http://www.batteryuniversity.com/

This rant comes from a narrow view point, but I wonder how much Python is going to slip on maintaining things... I've already been using the older Python 2.5 just for PIL (Python I…

I seem to remember that, but maybe it was just a fabled long lost golden age of myth... when headlines were fixed, children respected their elders, and digg content stayed on digg.…

It was always amusing to me when my British drama teacher would use a word that Americans rarely use like "coach" or "metro" (as opposed to bus or subway). I had just big enough a …

I've no first hand knowledge of Europe, but given what I know of human nature, I'm pretty distrustful of someone describing a place the size of a continent as intellectual... still…

"boutique consultancy"? I'm not sure whether to applaud for a precision application of language or cringe at the pretentiousness of a deluded grab at prestige....and of course on t…

I'd like to see the rare but useful types of clothing become more available. Like long sleeved shirts that attach to your fingers to keep them in place but leave your hands free ( …

I think this is particularly important given that often the biggest cost in using a new product\tool is learning to use it well... if it's changing all the time, with no release sc…

"break the connection between money and results" Ha! We've already done that, just in the wrong place! Check the massive crash\bailouts!

Supersonic? In reference to what? I smell a hyped up headline... The article doesn't seem to mention the reference but it seems likely they're assuming standard sea level Earth con…

What makes you so certain that humanity won't be wiped out by a full nuclear war or a massive asteroid impact?