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What bothers me most about elite colleges is that they're based on sheer amount of work, not actual ability. Thus you get a lot of droids who are good memorizer/regurgitators but n…

"this method of sleuthing would be far less exciting for users, and would probably generate less traffic, than its current free-for-all approach." When people do things for their o…

"But how is that not discrimination masked in sheep's clothing?" That's what it is. The inconsistency in the law has created a niche market, and people are taking advantage of it. …

If you're hiring someone because of their gender, race, etc., that's discriminatory. However, you're also going to be judged by the statistics, which is to say, if you don't discri…

"I dislike your name" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAZOZ5hNN9g Feel differently about it now? I can't think of a better way to illustrate my point about walking a mile in someone…

I think his point is that if we encourage that mentality and don't fight it on twitter etc, soon no accounts will be associated with the employers unofficially, and thus we won't g…

I think it's a terrible idea to judge other people's political decisions until you've walked a mile in their shoes. If you are a professional, you should be ready to work with anyo…

I sympathize. However, I think the most successful WordPress plugins are free, because most WordPress sites belong to dabblers. They are already paying for hosting; in their view, …

Please alert Hari Seldon.

Go to your local 2600 meeting. Or, find a volunteer group; they all need computer people. Then expand your role to something that requires people interaction. Otherwise, you'll get…

It could be that laws in general need to be more flexible, and to keep in mind the end goal more than the boundaries of strict limits in the language of the rules. That way, you do…

I guess it's a good time to post pictures of my junk to Facebook, then?

Notice how many of the comments in this topic verge on the hysterical, paranoid, reactionary and ill-informed. It brings them out. The sheer emotional appeal of the original headli…

The idea of having a site's TOS be law is terrible for almost infinite reasons. None of the rigor of law is applied to it. Thus, I implore you, all webmasters: insert the phrase "A…

I want to meet your parents and grandparents. They sound lovely. In defense of the laws, however, they were formulated only to regulate sex outside of marriage. With love and marri…

You mean, sort of like how we all used to log on to mainframes, or rent Linux accounts from our webhosts?

You mean... Huxley was right?

Part of the reason USENET got abandoned is the same reason that MySpace and Facebook are being abandoned: as newer services came about, the cutting edge flocked to them, which left…

If Reddit is evolution for humanity, I support global thermonuclear war.

One other form of regression: people navigating the web through custom apps on their phone, like "Hail a Cab" or "Shop at Target." The whole idea of the web was to create a neutral…

She's doing this to get away from "me-first" culture, which is common to all dying firms, and to get people toward a "goal-first" outlook instead. The problem with this attempt is …

I love BSD, but the user community is hostile to entry and hostile to causal users, so it's not surprising that everyone but the experts has switched to Linux.