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looser

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    Comment #7499662

    I often hear people say: Get a 9 to 5 job... But a job probably will not teach you much about business. I have a different advice that will give you two important lessons at the sa…

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    Comment #7428272

    I advise you to also: "Take off the bureaucratic hats". If a developer has source code/projects available, why only look at his resume? Look at what he's DONE, and take your judgme…

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    Comment #7201149

    Please, use the right words. America is not a country, it is a continent. America != United States We know that an "United Stater" is also an American, but there are Americans who …

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    Comment #6801757

    Well, the moment you become part of the state (government), you agree to FOLLOW the constitution. The question here is not who broke "promises", but who acted against the constitut…

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    Comment #6786567

    No, that would not simply be an act of war. If that was the case, it would actually be a war crime, according to the international humanitarian law.

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    Comment #6732077

    Thinking about this scenario: Imagine they succeed with these policies, and implement it. If a given amount of users start using some tool that exchanges only encrypted content, wi…

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    Comment #5460766

    I wouldn't say this is so obvious. There is also an study that the microwaves (from mobile phones) are affecting the bees and the birds. [Random link]: http://www.beeman.ca/sitebui…

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    Comment #5091106

    Probably the reason Haskell's introduction has more explanation is because for most, functional programming language is unusual. Evaluating a language by just reading the introduct…

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    Comment #5088340

    Creativity is a tricky area to dive in. Sometimes the more you fill your mind with (judgemental?) thinking, the more the creativity escapes. Sometimes the more you empty your mind …

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    Comment #5038194

    If C makes use of a virtual machine, then why we have to recompile it for every new machine/platform?

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    Comment #5038028

    It may be the parent comment is referring to the Runtime-Library when using the term Virtual Machine.

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    Comment #4976190

    Ah! So Linus argument makes sense indeed. No need to test if the file exists in a process that assumes it is already opened... Thanks for clearing that up.

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    Comment #4976100

    Using some logic here: 1 - It seems Mauro added a new error message called ENOENT; 2 - After this change, Mauro noticed an error at pulseaudio; 3 - Linus says that always the users…

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    Comment #4974667

    Philosophy.

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    Comment #4974436

    One more pubkey/privkey layer I assume. Some people think that several locked doors are more secure. I shall say that several locked doors would be more secure if the time is limit…

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    Comment #4968399

    What if one likes the potentials of mobile technology but doesn't like the tracking mechanisms that may be involved in it?

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    Comment #4871309

    Just thinking about: Couldn't it be that software is heading a paradigm shift in the economic model? I would enjoy dealing with indie carpenters but still can't find them :)

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    Comment #4573067

    > Saying, "McDonald's Sucks" is cause enough in Brazil to get yourself in trouble. That's an hyperbolic statement and is not true. Brazil and USA have a similar law system regardin…

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    Comment #3178081

    Ok, thanks.

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    Comment #3178012

    I only read the slides, but at one point the author mentions that they've built an hybrid app using (Haskell + C#). Next, the author mentions about several limitations that C# has …