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nollidge

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    Comment #7817697

    This is the most comprehensive list of gateways I've found: https://github.com/cubiclesoft/email_sms_mms_gateways/blob/m...

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    Comment #7786109

    Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no ." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

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    Comment #7778052

    > I like using a word beyond my normal inner-dictionary that is the right one, in the right place. This is often referred to as le mot juste .

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    Comment #7773141

    Yes, that is absolutely what I'm saying. Obviously not because it's Wikipedia's policy, but because all information is provisional. All information should be regarded with varying …

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    Comment #7773106

    I don't see why you have to impersonate me to make this point.

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    Comment #7773103

    How would you know I'm telling you the truth?

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    Comment #7772571

    It seems to me the problem is that people think there even exists such a thing as an authoritative source.

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    Comment #7722550

    How can there be no screenshots?

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    Comment #7704190

    > That 250MB password will be run through scrypt by javascript No, it will not. Nobody does this.

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    Comment #7688229

    How is this a rebuttal? If anything, this furthers the author's case. EDIT: nevermind, the language was fixed.

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    Comment #7685736

    I did not successfully parallel park in my test and still passed. Thankfully I learned how on my own, but still.

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    Comment #7685722

    U.S.? If so, me too, and I think we have horribly insufficient driving instruction here. Maybe it varies by state, but yeah, we didn't go on the freeway, I didn't really learn how …

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    Comment #7681339

    Agree completely, that's why I said "probably" :) EDIT: Comments are useful for explaining things like: 1. Non-obvious side effects 2. Code that's working around a bug in a 3rd par…

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    Comment #7681327

    I just hit "donate" and it took me to: https://mayone.us/fec_compliance/ Sincere thanks to everybody who complained to them about this - I wouldn't have donated without HTTPS.

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    Comment #7680666

    Yeah, I'm of the opinion that if you need a class/method comment to explain what it takes in or spits out, you probably named it badly.

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    Comment #7679860

    > When you stop by the local coffee shop, do you take note of what its address is? Postal address? No, but I do know (for example) I'm on Main street, in that tiny alley one block …

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    Comment #7675760

    > I suppose it still tells that service that I have a FB account. Which barely more invasive than telling them you breathe air, no?

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    Comment #7675736

    If anybody else is wondering what the hell "f8" is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_f8

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    Comment #7675331

    See this post elsewhere on the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7674630

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    Comment #7675283

    Can't you just adjust your LI email settings? I don't get any LI e-mail anymore after I went through the settings - no need to spamify anything.

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    Comment #7668670

    QBasic on a 386/25MHz!

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    Comment #7642074

    You should've started off with the hedging or formed your hypothesis as a question if you were unsure. People aren't going to read past the presumptuous claim to see if you walked …

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    Comment #7634720

    They're downvoting you because it has nothing to do with "hipness", it's just the way it's done in some cultures.

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    Comment #7610856

    And it really depends on how the company breaks down their development teams. Some do it by function, but some large enterprises divide things by business area - so you'll have a t…