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um, "where you went to school" does not matter only to people who didn't go anywhere. when you go to school filled with very smart people you really get used to working with really…

thanks for this, I would love to hack as an "Accounts Payable Specialist"! The problem with every new tier of these types of new ideas is that they think they are new ideas. "All t…

The Science of Politely Ending a Conversation? FTFY: The emotional well-being to hear when a conversation is being ended, and being polite about it.

no, what you describe is not an argument against EMH; not defending the poster, I have no idea if the poster understands this, but your critique is faulty and is explained by stand…

my comments are not appreciated by the mob, so I'll remove them. you sheeple can all return to thinking the same thing while you wait in line for a new iphone. But I do think this …

When there is an accident, injured parties go after rich people, like the expression "deep pockets", and juries aren't sympathetic to them. Rich people are advised to get (and can …

i just want to add, you have actually introduced a bug. if your program has any longevity, this misfeature of it will, i predict with confidence, break the program at some point, s…

yuk. this is the sort of issue that should be solved at the level of the OS, not for every app. *nix is pretty much "the" cmdline people refer to, and the unix cmdline was well est…

and when they do apply pressure on Airbus from their side of the cockpit, they can't tell if countervailing pressure is being applied from the other side?

It wasn't infidelity that was the problem, it was honest emotions.

Because US citizens need somebody from Google's business model and school of thought fighting for us on the inside and helping the gov't formulate our data and privacy policies?

that little voice in your head that is screaming "i hate this" is your problem. It really is not a big deal to type a password, and even to type it a few times, just try to have a …

YCombinator is all tied up with VCs and incubators and such, right? In other contexts such as applying for various types of placements, are people's comment histories reviewed (inc…

First, to give you the answer, in your position you need to exchange your knight for his, and after he takes back with his queen, attack his queen with your bishop, which seems to …

yeah but... the real problem lies elsewhere... VMware (and that style of virtualization) is so popular because of the utter failure of OSes to do what they are supposed to do. Prot…

the scientific method includes independent confirmation of results, so duplicating others' work is actually learning and understanding the scientific process. publication on the ot…

I don't think (as I said) the guy was intending to chase around the world protecting his copyrights, he was trying to show the absurdity of the definitions that copyright law depen…

mp4 actually tells you more about a file than mpeg4 does, because mp4 is only one thing, the file. mpeg4 is another thing, but that thing is not a file. So, calling files mpeg4 act…

I just can't sympathize, at all. I would prefer (I realize this is not the law) an internet that was considered public domain. If you don't want you picture copied, don't put it in…