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sintaxi

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About sintaxi

Co-creator of PhoneGap, Harp, & Surge.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47955113

    Im sure you're aware that the record of global average temperature is also influenced by urbanization as well as "data adjustments".

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    Comment #40460927

    The market is you and me. We decide with our purchasing habits.

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    Comment #38073699

    Actually yes. The chart is put together by "The 2 Degrees Institute" which has a stated objective of influencing "behavioural and lifestyle changes". That isn't science.

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    Comment #38073417

    Propaganda presented as data. * data source on x-axis changes at 1958 * y-axis does not begin at 0 Fundamentally dishonest for the purpose of manipulation.

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    Comment #37439657

    You may not be aware that node created a situation where ESM maximizes compatibility when consuming libraries and CJS maximizes compatibility when producing libraries. Its a circul…

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    Comment #37279274

    What makes you think the free market doesn't regulate?

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    Comment #37279121

    Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what is for dinner.

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    Comment #37245840

    Good-grief. 20k a year is $55 a day - for a company that was burning $1M a day. $55 ain't doing jack.

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    Comment #37030009

    I'm Canadian.

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    Comment #37029923

    This is verifiably incorrect. Members of the Canadian House of Commons swear their allegiance to the monarch. They make no such oath to the People nor the Constitution in Canada. "…

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    Comment #36798441

    Agreed. Great job.

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    Comment #35334288

    The issue with large JavaScript files is the overhead of the browser parsing, interpreting, and executing of the JavaScript. The network transfer size has nothing to do with it.

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    Comment #34984732

    IIRC they banned Southern not for her politics but for being closely associated to people who had unacceptable politics, and then banned her parents for being closely associated wi…

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    Comment #34866587

    I suspect the regulatory compliance is not easy to meet for their business.

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    Comment #34601778

    Thanks for sharing. Im always on the lookout for good teaching aids. Unfortunately I find this too stimulating for me to present to my kids. I prefer to show my kids media that is …

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    Comment #34388469

    The "For You" & "Following" tabs are exactly what I have wanted for ages. Even still, I'm pleased to see that people are exploring other options or logging out altogether.

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    Comment #34114895

    Let me guess, possession is the last charge for many repeat violent offenders that violates their parole and finally lands them in prison.

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    Comment #33861621

    We don't know.

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    Comment #33860400

    You should be more angry if people within your professional field still claim the pyramids were built as tombs by people wearing sandals and loincloths with bronze and copper tools…

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    Comment #33701215

    I offered this asshole money years ago when he seemed in trouble. Him pretending to "fix" the colors.js lib while the bug was obviously put there on purpose was beyond the pale. Wh…

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    Comment #32727497

    There are no criminal consequences to speech in America. Fraud is theft. Harassment is forcing a non-consenting party to listen. Libel is a civil issue, not criminal.

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    Comment #32727282

    There are mechanisms in law for courts to order removal of illegal content. ISPs don't ever have to define "hate speech". Sounds to me want to censor speech you hate.

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    Comment #32727205

    I run a web publishing product with over 10M deployments. The easy-to-enforce content policy is this "Are we breaking the law by hosting this content?". Basically the answer for an…

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    Comment #32647183

    This is like wanting your internet to operate like the local DMV. No one in their right might would conclude the Canadian Government is in any way capable of improving internet ser…

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