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When I first started using git via GitHub, I worried that I was making too many small commits. Ofc it seems like there is a fine line between many, small needless commits, and effe…

> For what it's worth, this still at least looks like it's mostly code from test frameworks... Actually it doesn't look that way according to what appears to be Florian Mueller: ht…

Twisted has always seemed like its own ideology altogether. Not that this is inherently bad per se, just that it might make approaching it a little more difficult.

Is there a live feed anywhere? I love to watch this thing launch in real time!

You're missing the point: The difference between 17 and 16 million, is not a statistically significant /majority/, please be careful when quoting, because you missed the most impor…

Please see, quoted below: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2121525 Now for a quick lesson in grammar, sorry it had to come to this but besides the colloquial instinct, the gramm…

Now for a quick lesson in grammar, sorry it had to come to this but besides the colloquial instinct, the grammatical roots of 'most' will show, unequivocally, 'most' should not be …

> Why are you inventing arbitrary rules for the usage of “most” that have never before existed? I'm not. The rules aren't arbitrary, they're based on the grammatical roots of the w…

> The usage of “most” was completely correct... This is simply wrong. When dealing with numbers, esp financial data, it is poor form to not make specific analysis in the descriptio…

Regardless, saying ~5% is more instructive than simply saying 'most', which might confuse people who aren't reading closely or if it becomes quoted out of context. It's poor form t…

> I would take it to mean that there are slightly more woman in north america than man. That's a terrible assumption. The problem with 'most' is it doesn't imply an exact number, i…

It's a majority, certainly. But isn't it more elucidating to say sales are nearly split between the iPhone and iOS devices other than the iPhone? 'Most', at least colloquially, see…

I couldn't help but notice the timing too. Steve steps out just as Apple is about to post phenomenal earnings: smart moves on Apple's part I think.

> Most iOS devices being sold are, in fact, not iPhones! Pedantic reply: half ≠ most, half = half But that aside, I see your point: clearly iOS can still be influential regardless …