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minkles

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    Comment #41590464

    I certainly didn't intend it turn it into a flamewar. Posting the link was poor judgement on my part. My intent was to outline a particular branch of ideology, not a whole religion…

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    Comment #41590438

    The unix way is re-parsing text 5000 times in separate programmes with no consistency or contract between them really. That's not great.

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    Comment #41586447

    I don't disagree but if America distances itself now it will lose credibility, something which is somewhat low on the international stage at the moment. It has however done wonders…

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    Comment #41586407

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    Comment #41586385

    > Or programs writing to and others reading from a Unix pipe. write(message), read() -> message > Or programs talking to each other using HTTP. request() -> response > Or Erlang pr…

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    Comment #41586361

    I am criticising the ideology of Islamic extremism, which notably does not include non-extremists. That includes my white caucasian ex-Muslim friend and my Kyrgyz friend who is sti…

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    Comment #41586270

    Interfaces are just collections of function prototypes.

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    Comment #41586260

    I think they are better funded than Russia :)

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    Comment #41585803

    Those are called functions.

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    Comment #41585726

    Humanity is pushing it. There are some serious lunatics on there.

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    Comment #41585705

    And the fact that it’s under NDA makes IBM look even more shitty.

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    Comment #41585683

    IBM and execs are full of shit and say that because they want other company execs to buy their AI products. They will lay people off because they cost money. No other reason.

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    Comment #41585551

    You’re making an exclusionary argument to discredit mine and use the rewrite history point. Come on. My point stands as do your secondary points. But that was a principal contribut…

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    Comment #41585502

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    Comment #41585137

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    Comment #41583462

    No, it wouldn't. An interpretation of an ideology is not a race and conflating the two is disingenuous.

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    Comment #41583455

    It might be but no one is checking the rules before they do stuff.

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    Comment #41582411

    I agree there to some extent, but believe me it's not going to be all roses if you change the leadership. It will just be different actors. And in the transition time, things will …

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    Comment #41582150

    Thanks for clarification - have retracted my original comment. Much appreciated.

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    Comment #41582135

    The Geneva "Recommendations" are pointless until someone wins decisively and has the ability to enforce them.

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    Comment #41582036

    https://english.alarabiya.net/2016/03/11/Arab-League-declare... I suspect it's somewhat inconsistent but they are a big problem for many states who are looking at political and eco…

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    Comment #41581952

    So what's your solution then? Incidentally it does work. It's just horrible. Nagasaki / Hiroshima are a fine example of forced capitulation. Now I'm not suggesting nuking anyone bu…

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    Comment #41581901

    > It killed and injured more than 3 thousand people, including children. Well the number of killed versus injured is significant and not mentioned. The mention of children is bundl…

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    Comment #41581871

    What about The Arab League? They're designating them as terrorists, US or not... Edit: Above is retracted - cjbprime found later information.

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    Comment #41581791

    It's how you tell them > It killed and injured more than 3 thousand people, including children. That can be rewritten with some academic honesty added if you try.