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oldmandutch

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    Comment #31048011

    Netflix had a product to sell, not just a crowd.

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    Comment #22545318

    Society would do well to follow Chesterton’s charge. We are seeing many changes for supposedly good reasons, with no apparent thought to the knock-on affects.

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    Comment #21810889

    I think you got your forms backward in the first javascript macro. It’s returning result if null instead of throwing an error...

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    Comment #21810854

    Short answer is yes. Lisp can be as poorly written as any language. But it does give you more rope to hang yourself.

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    Comment #21781476

    Funny that Bloomberg posts this, given their bosses strict policy to no investigate Democrats.

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    Comment #21100791

    And that’s as it should be. We should each be proud of, and willing to defend our country.

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    Comment #15663597

    People also choose to smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, not exercise, lay out in the sun, engage in unprotected sex, all things which can lead to health problems. So your anti car …

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    Comment #15611502

    Or MitM and swap out G ads for someone else’s ads?

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    Comment #15569816

    Nah, the USC would say it falls under the Inter State Commerce Clause. That thing has been twisted like a pretzel to support expansion of govt power.

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    Comment #15449364

    The same argument could be raised about health insurance and welfare... sometimes we do things for the common good, where do we draw the line as a society?

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    Comment #15397795

    And they are a (mostly) homogenous society. Racist, structurally rigid, and dying (birth rate below replacement).

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    Comment #14998393

    Congrats on enjoying the fruits of your labors sir!

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    Comment #14812952

    Funny story(so anecdotal): I'm male, and 50. From the time I was a small boy, I kept my wallet in my back left pocket, and keys in my front left pocket. As an experiment (late 30s)…

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    Comment #14688081

    Common Sense.