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madair

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About madair

is a technologist, thinks technologists are morons

Recent public activity

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    Comment #2106164

    the point is not whether advertising is effective, what i see here is laying bare the subtext juxtaposed and letting the reader draw their own conclusion. the picture isn't pretty,…

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    Comment #2074539

    i don't think Bill is into your fallacy dude, your "see you someday" fallacy killed him, have a little respect. (clearly the promoters of the comment above either didn't read the n…

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    Comment #2008851

    wha...? rape is coercion. good luck on that correlation. if incest is psychologically or physically coerced then it rape as well incest has a negative physical effect on society as…

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    Comment #2007985

    the "debate" here is simply the utter failure by so many to recognize power abusing non-power for ideas deemed unsavory just as is the inability of so many to recognize that it is …

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    Comment #1997828

    in this story npr presents itself as concerned about one thing: is it effective at catching 'terrists' okay, so yes, we live in a utilitarian nightmare, not news. what about where …

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    Comment #1995844

    next book: how i made a million dollars in real estate by writing this book about making millions in real estate

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    Comment #1982939

    my post discusses exceptionalism , a conceit which blinds us from reality by convincing us that we are different , a notion frequently addressed: -- everything is new again just li…

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    Comment #1982153

    Ahahaha, life lessons from someone who thinks Dexter is worthy of intellectual consideration. And who gives The Republic serious consideration for the present?...Oh i see you're sp…

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    Comment #1982098

    When N+1 is good, they are really good. When N+1 hosts writers just out of college, this is what we get. It happens. This is your typical "we're special because of xyz" conceit. We…

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    Comment #1973878

    we have reached the pronosingularism. p0rnography is sentient. it is engaged in simultaneous cyberwars, battling skynet & the alpha-centauri-based bi-located lobster uberbeing, nor…

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    Comment #1964949

    "It's all just business" <-- the unquestionable ruler of our times

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    Comment #1957437

    a call for action on behalf of the world bank is political. that is the problem for the site, the original poster, and the up-voters to consider along with the dissenters. besides,…

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    Comment #1957363

    no, i'm complaining that people DO X, please get it straight. They DO advocate X. They DO advocate the world bank marketing effort, which is governmental making it intrinsic propag…

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    Comment #1957362

    the construction of voting on this site is intrinsically skewed toward bad ideas. sure it may seem awesome for awhile, i mean, yeah, we do have to put up with penis enlargement pil…

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    Comment #1957316

    do your own homework. i'm not the one voting up the world bank. the voter uppers have the burden of responsibility for advocation. not all ideas are equal. this site does not allow…

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    Comment #1957255

    man you gotta be such a sucker to fall for this one. debt, assumed by despotic and self serving governments, 20% of which goes to fund their militarily held regimes without providi…

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    Comment #1947816

    1. Early adopters of ideas is not the same as early adopters of gadgets & services 2. That said, some new gadgets & services are stand-ins for others which are more expensive or le…

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    Comment #1947793

    national security has a direct-line relationship to the bottom line of u.s. startups... we get to witness the dividing of those who will make an atom bomb, and those who will not. …

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    Comment #1947785

    yes, an ad hominem, brilliant tactical response dude

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    Comment #1947782

    it wasn't that long ago the fbi had hoover, i think you give bureaucrats too much credit

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    Comment #1941788

    come on people, this dude is and always has been a penis enlargement pill, seriously, this still showing up on the front page?

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    Comment #1939400

    >> I am a scientist. This sure doesn't seem like science to me. maybe it's nietzsche or one of the romanticists you should start with then