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I'm sorry, I think I'm going to need a citation for that "incredibly popular" claim. Or is it that I run in the more moderate circles, so I am unaware? Is he popular among everyone…

Ted Cruz is an extreme outlier. Everyone else in the Republican party hates him. Please don't take his dumb remarks as representative of anyone else. Here is a quote [1] referring …

Sorry. To me, it looked like the issue had already been politicized, and I was just throwing in a quick sarcastic remark. Didn't think it would be taken too seriously. I get your p…

You don't get it. That would only be wrong if a republican president did it. When a democrat does it, it's fine.

Extreme liberals do not want "equal opportunity". What they actually want is "equal outcome in all circumstances", which is obviously never going to happen, not even under socialis…

I don't really understand the "greedy old white men" part of your comment... What do you mean specifically? By the way, touch screens in avionics are gaining a lot of traction in t…

Rockwell Collins (big avionics maker) has a good touch screen product line that has been gaining traction in the commercial aviation market. Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion: http:…

Netflix is unusable on my Apple TV. I can't even get through a 20-minute TV episode without it dropping to sub-480p quality and/or stopping completely. I've never been able to figu…

He didn't say anything about the quality of Windows RT / Windows Phone products. Sounds like he was just implying that they have a relatively small installed base compared to iOS /…

I agree with your main point that long-term health is very important, but I'm hoping you're not saying that healthy food and tasty food are mutually exclusive.

In my mind, I think of Soylent as "food for people who don't like food". In the same way I think of Nickelback or American Idol as "music for people who don't like music". There ar…

Because on the internet, and especially in internet comments, the world only exists in black and white. Something is either 100% true for everyone everywhere at all times without e…

Haven't similar products existed for a while now? I wonder how Soylent compares to a product like Ensure, or other meal-replacement powders / shakes that have been on the market fo…

I'm sorry you feel that way. I simply looked on the front page of HN, and didn't see any Microsoft / Nokia-related articles. So I went out and found some on another site. I can't c…

Again. So. Much. ANGER. RAAAAAGGGGGEEEE!!!!!!! Addressing your last paragraph: But why am I arguing with you? You've made it perfectly clear that you don't feel that I'm welcome he…

...it's actually a pretty big fucking problem. LOL, what is it about Apple that brings out so much ANGER on the internet? Seriously, I'm just having a field day, reading all the co…

"if I was teaching someone Django/Python development from scratch today, I would definitely include pip, virtualenv, and git/mercurial as part of the baseline." They DO show you ho…

Ok, let's start over. Hello, how are you?

> It's my unqualified opinion that you're reacting emotionally... Oh, I see, so if ANYONE disagrees with you about ANYTHING EVER, it must only be because they are reacting emotiona…

Actually, I'm not sure. Is it really not technically straw man? I think it is, but am tired of typing and I feel like I have wasted a lot of time in this thread. Everyone have a go…

Of course we could all imagine a bunch of made-up names for rooms that would be inappropriate in a business setting. Nobody is arguing that no such names exist. My problem is simpl…

Except that there's no room called the "Coworker Fuck Room", so that's a straw-man argument...

That doesn't sound accurate to me... You're not always talking to everybody . On Facebook you can create friend lists, and then post things that are only visible to the people in t…

"a guy that didn't bother to use comments or any documentation and his idea of versioning system are a bunch of folders" What does this have to do with the Objective-C language its…