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stevew20

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    Comment #18578667

    As someone who has dropped almost all social media (mostly so I can get more done, but also for privacy), I can point out some non obvious consequences. This blog post mentions tha…

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    Comment #18578580

    I think he's saying that in the persuit of security, Google has engineered the usefulness and useability out of this application. There are good, sane, safe ways to hold login cred…

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    Comment #18549132

    Fantastic example. I've had more than a couple of my Marines end up in hot water for accidentally violating ROEs, and they paid for it. On foreign soil, against a country we were a…

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    Comment #18549117

    I completely agree. As for old laws used as leverage... Look up the laws for "gravity knives" in New York. If you live in New York, and carry a pocket knife, you are likely a crimi…

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    Comment #18547126

    #MeToo is... Disobedient? To whom? 17th century white male Lord's who live by rule of thumb? It is just ridiculous. Apparently this is just a generic "Good Award", for doing "Good …

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    Comment #18547091

    For the good of the human race, let's all assume that catacombs was just being petty, please!

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    Comment #18527515

    Local strip club has same practice. It is to keep you from making bad decision, unless you are really, really sure you want to make bad decision.

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    Comment #18524982

    Yeah, sexist comments are what female empowerment is all about!

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    Comment #18511975

    Jeez, I think this specific comment chain illustrates one reason why the OP decided to make a new text editor. And this is why I don't use vim anymore. You have 4 people, all somew…

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    Comment #18507253

    Groupthink and Yellow Cake.

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    Comment #18497028

    This headline is garbage.

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    Comment #18489985

    It's only condescending if being a designer is "lesser" than being a front end developer.

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    Comment #18488889

    Where's the downvote button?

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    Comment #18476579

    No, takes a ridiculously long time on my school's network, which is blazing fast. It's limited by my laptops cpu and ram, which is maxed the whole time it's loading

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    Comment #18471714

    Hell of an article.

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    Comment #18465068

    No shit. This has been common knowledge for a long time, except among people who go to major media outlets for health advice, rather than factual scientific literature...

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    Comment #18465029

    How about "As one tends toward absolute power, they also tend towards absolute corruption". I think that is a more accurate analogy.

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    Comment #18452947

    Ew Java...

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    Comment #18452890

    "Soldiers are required to not fire unless fired upon" Not necessarily true; it depends on the rules of engagement (ROE). I've been under orders to not fire back unless I receive ac…

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    Comment #18446372

    Score! Another AI assistant, we are all saved! I bet it'll be at least 2x more helpful than those other AI assistants... Let's see, 2 × 0...

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    Comment #18438081

    Marine here. Sounds like a perfect description of a missile.

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    Comment #18428149

    Orgy whiplash.