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xenoterracide

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About xenoterracide

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    Comment #26745046

    > In any case, enforcing age based job restrictions remotely is not feasible and I would thank the individual and encourage them to reach out to you when they turned 18. I mean, I …

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    Comment #26744988

    right, but what if it is open source code? even though it's something the startup would use. Also it's not clear to me if a minor can actually contribute to an open source project …

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    How should I, legally, deal with a minor as a contributor?

    Ok, firstly, to clarify when I say minor, I mean someone under the age of majority, he appears to be of legal working age in Texas (where I am) and Massachusetts (where he is). In …

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    Comment #1702724

    nothing to see here, move along.

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    Comment #1702376

    I'd much rather have excellent documentation, and less crappy defaults so I don't have to ask so many questions, or do as much search, or blog as many "how to's", but we can't all …

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    Comment #1702358

    sigh I usually only click on other peoples questions if I think I know how to answer it. That's like 70% there's another 20% which might be curiosity, and maybe 5% other reasons. (…

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    Comment #1701687

    Idk about you but my blogs return quite quickly on google if you search for something I wrote about. This seems like a more appropriate outlet for this kind of thing. Of course if …

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    Comment #1701657

    It's really more that it seems to be self serving, because you weren't really asking a real question. The StackExchange model isn't really a Wiki, or a blog, or whatever. If you wa…

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    Comment #1701493

    I think even if you thought the question should have been asked... you should have waited a day (or longer) and given someone else a chance to answer the question. Then you could h…

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    Comment #1701480

    I've answered my own questions many times on SO site's... but I don't think that you should ask a question you know the answer to when you ask. I do not think SO is a wiki for prog…

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    Comment #1688869

    Who cares? the question is when you say it do people understand what you're talking about? This is a holy war thing.

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    Comment #1688852

    'Postgre' is improper always. You should either say 'Postgres' or 'Post gres que el'. There is a Factoid on the Postrgres site about proper pronunciation, and there have even been …

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    Comment #1683587

    I'm not sure 4 is in the right order, considering you didn't name anyone/anything. I would put kernel dev's above framework devs. 0 and 1 are equal in my mind. Basically you should…

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    Comment #1674014

    Looking at the browsers it lists IE aside it seems out of date. I don't know but I'd speculate most chrome users are on v5. I'm running v7

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    Comment #1531371

    Chicken McNuggets because someone just made me hungry for them. oh has to be online? umm... some book.

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    Comment #1507045

    well really it's mostly hacked together with perl ;)

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    Comment #1504984

    coldfusion has that pretty much built in...

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    Comment #1502049

    it's a client to the restful interface... web browsers current suck at restful interfaces because forms don't support all the http methods, and you can use your own image for a but…

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    Comment #1502044

    I personally think you can learn everything you need to know by reading ch8 and on. the appendices are a great HTTP reference. seriously though the book seems to rehash the same st…

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    Comment #1492947

    and the non spamish reasons for wanting to verify an account on a server. e.g. security risk.

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    Comment #1489472

    C, C++, Java, Javascript are all members of the C family of languages... even if created by different people for different reasons.

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    Comment #1487283

    Speculatively, there are more than 2 Pythons. Python, like perl has become a family of languages. Some time ago Perl Mongers accepted that Perl 6 was not the next version of Perl b…

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    Comment #1475091

    call it "Pesticide" hehe... something to do with 'bug squashing' or tracking..

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    Comment #1475054

    * allow more projects for free accounts I have tons of 'tiny' projects on github. (even if you limit the space) in fact I'd say make space the limiting factor. * does user limits i…