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Well, I think the author is alleging (and it concurs with my experience) that at a number of companies patterns are misapplied much (most?) of the time [and the more complex the pattern, the less like…

I guess you could attribute this to cargo-culting / resume building. It sounds like the problem is with inexperienced people wanting to (and not being stopped from) using patterns/technologi…

I find this video really confusing. It presents the "simplest" functional solution [19:00] then shows us a bunch of complicated solutions and argues against them. But most of these complicat…

How can you prove a vulnerability isn't deliberate? We've seen deliberate security vulnerabilities before (DUAL_EC).

That's a bad argument. Firstly, it's my understanding that there have already been root-access 0 days discovered in the ME (and since patched since exposed). AND The USB jtag backdoor is the…

If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in…

That provides enough weight to take everything out of wikileaks with a grain of salt. However, I don't think it's sufficient reason to flag/dismiss anything.

Well I lived in SF and in NYC presently. Unless you count corner stores (and I don't, because they are exorbinantly expensive) 10 minutes is better than average for those two cities.

Yes, but why should they? If a community likes wide roads, low traffic, short buildings, are they somehow obligated to knock down those buildings so that other people can live there?

Sure but let's differentiate jackass tech CEOs from jackass engineers. Because face it, yes many tech CEOs are pseudo-psycho jerks, but then again so are most CEOs, it's just for whatever re…

Good. I don't think one dramatic incident outweighs the importance of privacy for entire world. I also am appalled the media continues to hype shootings and "terrorism" when they are in…

I don't get it. Is your premise is that every person making minimum should be able to live anywhere they want in the US, and if they can't the government is responsible?

If you want to go to an actual grocery store and you live in a city you're going to spend more than 10 minutes walking. Plus you won't even have access to Walmart, Costco, etc.

It's not unsolvable though. HN is an example of a technology that shapes the rules of the forum in such a way that a top spot cannot be purchased. Forum design is the new frontier.

This is good, but simplistic. Firstly the downfall in the geocities-web came in many phases: 1. Spam Email Phase 2. Phishing / Nigerian phase 3. Popup phase 4. Autoplaying Flash/ActiveX phas…

That's the point of this article. It shows that both sides get very emotional over the things they take pride in. Conservatives get emotional over pride in their national identity (Don't bur…

I think this is the "pot of gold" that people employing political correctness are hoping for. What's unclear is: A) Is this largely effective? B) What are the side-effects of this? For …

When you say "America has fallen into," it makes it sound like you believe that this is specific to America, and recent. Was there some historic golden-age that I'm unaware of when peop…

Though published by Cato, an institution with a clear leaning, for me at least these statistics seem to broker an overdue potential peace. By offering a better understanding of another party's vi…

Let me give benefit of the doubt instead of simply doubting - Can somebody provide a justification why performance-centric implementation-details justify an entire new project? Couldn't this be d…

Why should they die until somebody with 0 conflict of interest does a proper test: Speak targeting words in front of 10 random phones and check ads 3 days later. For example, aside from simple dishone…

I think commenters are trying to challenge her interpretation of events without critiquing her directly (individuals may or may not succeed). I think the commenters who are doubting her interpretation…

> At what point does the line blur between needing special treatment because you're a different gender and equality? Well, as I read this piece she's describing potentially abusive behavi…

what? that's no excuse. A doctor is entirely responsible for the quality of his research.

Great point. Also worth asking, can a city not just find a comfortable homeostasis? Is it every city's goal to become increasingly dense? Do we measure the "success" of a city on GDP? I…

I used to consider this type of sarcastic response counterproductive, but based on my research the facts are pretty disconcerting. - There are over 1,200 active chemically distinct pesticide active-in…

Actual court briefing: https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/MDLLetNothingGo... …

How is it tricky? If a company wants to defend itself, it shouldn't do so via paid individuals masquerading as private parties ("Let Nothing Go"), the only purpose of that is to misrepr…

On a different note I recommend you also google "Let Nothing Go." [Monsanto is being accused in court of hiring 3rd parties to shill public forums including facebook, and it's alleged t…

I agree that GDB isn't substantive to the author's point, it's merely an example and validity of the argument as a whole isn't contingent on that one example. However, I guess I&#x…