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neumann_alfred

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    Comment #5159057

    That's what I thought. You're a troll. Maybe stop thinking that for a second and pretend you are actually supposed to give me an actual answer. I mean, it's neat and easy and all t…

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    Comment #5159049

    from where I stand, it looks like you were coming up with criticism and theories you never bothered to verify in any way ? "have had the luxury of having great parents who never bo…

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    Comment #5159042

    Which just goes to show you haven't actually bothered to look for those arguments. No, it means I got a LOT of replies goin on and on about strawmen. I consider those replies to my…

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    Comment #5157646

    It's interesting that you're responding from the perspective of a child to a statement from the perspective of a parent. Yeah, it's almost as if it's a relationship between two hum…

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    Comment #5157635

    So you're not a parent, but say the following... that's hilarious and not worth further comment. But here's the reply I would have made to a parent, anyway. The fact that your intu…

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    Comment #5157277

    Funnily you ignore that everybody who was a kid usually has about 10 years of all sorts of adults trying all sorts of things on them. And some of them were bright, separated the wh…

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    Comment #5157254

    What on Earth has "yelling while playing" have to do with "yelling at a person" --- ?? I am truly tired of all these strawman being trotted out. Some actual replies would be nice. …

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    Comment #5157189

    I will grant that using this on someone else without their knowledge is more questionable If you set that alarm, you know why and what for you are conditioning yourself, and that i…

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    Comment #5157130

    Until you talk to a few parents and they say, "2+2=5? Yeah, we tried that. It worked pretty well up until 6 or 7 when we were able to have a real conversation about addition. Why d…

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    Comment #5156988

    Since it's all just anecdotal anyway, I also like to think back to teachers and other adults. As a general rule, those who treated me "as an equal" (not an actual equal, but withou…

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    Comment #5156971

    But of course, it's easier to mod you down than to address even a single point you raised ^^

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    Comment #5156930

    "No, but I was one." And frankly, most of the criticism has nothing to do with parenting but with intellectual honesty and how much you yourself understand about the world. If you …

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    Comment #5156924

    Don't deceive them, let them be kids, yadda yadda are almost funny to read. Like you said, walk a mile in the parents' shoes. Or, have had the luxury of having great parents who ne…

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    Comment #5156902

    No one in this comment thread has expressed an opinion anywhere near one of being opposed to allowing kids to yell out of joy or fright. The topic is about the question how to blan…

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    Comment #5156596

    If they want to yell while playing games, then they can play games outside. Not computer games they can't. And not in all seasons/kinds of weather, either. I'm fairly certain that …

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    Comment #5155797

    How do repressed children make for "better adults"?

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    Comment #5155795

    On what planet do kids not make a lot of noise?

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    Comment #5155479

    There is also CodePen ( http://codepen.io/ ), and dabblet ( http://dabblet.com/ ) now seems to have (alpha) javascript support, too; the more, the merrier :D

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    Comment #5155361

    Wat. I'm sure lots of work that gets done at Microsoft is misguided or redundant. Welcome to working at a big company. You misunderstood me, I don't really care about the fate of a…

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    Comment #5152108

    You can rate the recognition results ;)

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    Comment #5149657

    Not only did he build the worlds largest technology company With what tactics and strategies, though? he's making a global philanthropic impact. How would one measure the destructi…

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    Comment #5144991

    Nah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_courage

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    Comment #5142936

    I pretty much think you should implement all those examples, always, regardless of screen size..

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    Comment #5142621

    Then the cars to each end of the toilet car would still exist in two types, depending of the direction of the arrows; which means you have 3 different units instead of 1. Reduce co…

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    Comment #5142365

    I could swear I read this exact same comment, word for word, in the last few days on HN.