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Tecnically, an XML file/stream is a form of database. Just not a relational one.

GLASS, truly a name that connotes rock-solid system architecture.

Of course. I was merely making the point that it's manipulative. Not that it shouldn't be.

Yea, good thing we never have to sell software to people who don't care how elegant the code is...

I think only western culture can produce someone with that kind of boldness and lack of humility.

So you're saying they didn't intentionally compose this picture in such a way as to increase the likelihood that people will donate? This is not hacker news. There are lots of kids…

Wow, that picture is really manipulative.

Right. Because a tattoo becomes less idiotic of you use equations instead of skulls or random chinese characters.

Exactly. For maximum outsourcing utility you should learn Kannada or Tamil instead.

This could be the best-written, most well thought out blog in the history of the internet, but I will never know because I can't get bast the title.

It is possible to speak your mind without being crude and callow, actually.

Is it a job requirement for tech super geeks to have the maturity of a high-school kid?

I didn't downmod you, but I believe your post is being downmodded because it has no content.

The classic nurture side of the nature vs. nurture debate. The problem with your argument is that it's simply not backed up by evidence. There are plenty of cases of children who g…

Why are there so many of these "I finally understand [cloures | pointers | misc CS concept]" posts? I mean these are pretty fundamental concepts that any first year CS student shou…

Didn't they get the memo? You're supposed to add more cores now instead of clockspeed.

Again, spoken like someone who hasn't lost someone. You may become progressively less likely to let any given person become that important to you over time, but losing someone trul…

Only people who haven't really lost someone say this kinda stuff. The pain of loss eclipses all the good parts of having loved by a large margin, in my experience.

He's taking credit for Linux now? wtf?

"i still think i'm smart, actually." Not smart enough to use proper capitalization, it seems...

Because the copied rocket actually came from another photo. The original analysis showing it copied from the adjacent rocket was wrong.

No. No no no no no no. Please no Onion on the Hacker News front page.

Proprietary software is never better.

Geez. Please tell me these pun threads are not spreading here from reddit.