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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…