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powerhouse007

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    Comment #45772683

    As much as I dislike metaphors, this sounded reasonable to me. Just don't go poking holes in the metaphor instead of the real argument.

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    Comment #45772654

    If intelligence is a measure of problem solving, then politeness should not affect outcomes one way or the other.

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    Comment #45772647

    If software allows changing install location, it should work from everywhere. And there's no excuse for hardcoding Program Files anymore with multiple package managers on windows. …

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    Comment #45532729

    Honest but hard question: do you believe evolution applies to humans. I am worried what happens when those people who would otherwise be in prison instead have children and those c…

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    Comment #45532697

    This is why we need to teach critical thinking o everyone. Not to help those people but to stop them from harming us by making stupid decisions.

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    Comment #45532674

    Everybody used to believe in gods, some people still do, the predisposition to beliefs in illusory protective father figures is still present in our genomes.

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    Comment #45520912

    Sexual orientation cannot be changed as far as science knows.

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    Comment #45511050

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    Comment #45510976

    Anyone who researched this topic knows one thing about cp: it's not made by predators, it's made by children. Overwhelmingly. It's a lame excuse. They are using the A word exactly …

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    Comment #45510890

    Any software mandated by the government should be required to be open source to diminish the incentives for big spyware firms lobbying for their product.