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Both 'sit up' and 'stand down' mean very specific things. But yeah, unqualified 'sitting' & 'standing' definitely don't need that disambiguation.

Looks like the post means 'either already burnt or will be burnt easily'? So what exactly is your nitpick here?

Netflix - Essentially a paywall for great CONTENT. You subscribe to their service with regular payments. Youtube - Ads for free content. Both seem to be working just fine as far as…

I don't think the OP has a problem figuring out how to try a new DE. The question was whether it's worth it. The nuanced answers of users with considerable experience is more valua…

To help you out, "Couples therapists estimate that only 5% of relationships ever break out of the power struggle and into true intimacy and self _actulization_." s/actu/actua/ I gu…

A "confusion matrix" is statistical analysis you're looking for. An entry (i,j) is a score on how much the ith character is mistakenly typed (inputted) as the jth character. This c…

Are the particles found first and retrofitted into the Standard Model? Or does the model act as a map of sorts by telling us where to look? If latter, does that mean we're not look…

Going to Tirupathi is a pilgrimage. Its misrepresenting religion. Faith by itself isn't irrational. You're putting 'Going to Tirupathi' and 'Not cutting your hair on Tuesdays' in t…

no RSS? :(

That argument doesn't really help the discussion. Except for very sensitive data, usability is generally a bigger factor. And anyway, its not like you have a lot of options to choo…

If you're able to pull it off, good for you. Rest of us, as this and numerous other discussions here on HN show, find it hard. Its a pretty big deal. You don't really have to compl…

Its like how you're asked to restart your computer everytime you call the support with an issue.

thanks! Will check it out. I use noscript, which is a slightly easier option in this case than a text based browser. :) But having a very strict whitelisting policy, I have to allo…

My interpretation of that rule. I think the author is only asking readers not to goof off or postpone work that can be right away. Like mentioned very often, getting into the right…

Isn't that a bit extreme? I'm not saying there should be implicit trust or that there is no risk of insider trading, but still. Its not right to deny them of all rights to have oth…

It would have been really true if it had said, > "Any program can be really useful if it complies with the Unix philosophy." (sans "only").

Er, are you saying they were incompetent because they were Indians?

If you're telling me about hacks, I want them to be short and to the point. This article seems to go on and on.

wow, now i'm running through all possible parses of that title to figure out the funniest interpretation. The longer I think, the less funnier its getting. :|

Why the bitterness against CS? As jarvic says, > However, CS and software development are not the same thing. A lot of schools offer a separate degree in Software engineering as op…

In this context, taking help shouldn't be considered cheating. Its better that s/he looks up the API calls. It wouldn't be a comprehension test if all that is required is knowing a…

Comparing IIT/IIM entrance exams to caste system is a very cheap shot. IITs are no more exclusionists than Harvard or MIT. Its the country's premier place for education, so everyon…

why are they 'aesthetically ugly'? do you mean they don't have windows with glossed borders?

USD20k is a very large sum. It works out to just over 1.2million in INR. Now that's a lot. If all it took to make USD20k a year was 40-50hour work week, I wouldn't feel underpaid a…

very well put. Both obscure and implicit/obvious information can be very hard to find by just reading the manual. (Aside from above) I love Python. I only know enough to get by tho…