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Comment · 13 years ago
Naming my cat "dog" does not make it a dog. Nor does naming anarcho-socialism "anarchism" make it such.
Comment · 13 years ago
My brain needs sleep because of AMD/ATI drivers. It's been a decade and they still suck in linux.
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Comment · 13 years ago
If you settle and close your matter civilly (even if it is a criminal matter), you do not have to disclose. Vince Neil of Motley Crue does not have an obligation to disclose his vehicular manslaughter conviction for this reason. There are other examples, but Vince's is the easiest to google.
Comment · 13 years ago
It never made it past DR0.14. Patches welcome.
Comment · 13 years ago
Not knowing the passwords, and keeping them in a locked database you copy/paste from creates plausible deniability if in a situation where one is beaten with a $5 wrench.

For some people, the risk of disclosure by violence is more a worry than the risk of disclosure by the clipboard.

Comment · 13 years ago
> According to the very letter of the law, the queen could become absolute ruler over Canada aswell :). All hail Empress Elizabeth II, terror of all the known world?

You are more correct than you could ever possibly imagine.

Comment · 13 years ago
There should be a prize for taking things out of context. You'd win it. Here's some more relevant quotes from that citation [1], to show how you twisted it:

> For the first time in the fifty-five years of my life I found out what it was like to feel racist, from the inside.

> I was able to notice that, when paying attention with the top of my brain, I could not notice any rational reason for me to even dislike these people, let alone feel disgusted and revolted by them. I began to analyze my revulsion as though it were a specimen on a laboratory slide

> The most important point is that black people in particular have never made me feel repelled in the way minority X does. I’ve had black girlfriends and might not implausibly have ended up married to one of them,

> my hindbrain thought it was surrounded by alien shit zombies. My forebrain, meanwhile, was all like “What is up with you, hindbrain?” Apparently my human-recognition template needed some updating.

> The pressure on me eased a bit when I realized that what I was experiencing was a really severe case of Uncanny Valley reaction, and that more exposure to minority X might well stretch my template to the point where they didn’t seem so creepily repulsive any more.

So basically, you took him out of context, and selected choice quotes from your citation in order to make ESR look as bad as possible. You're an excellent propagandist. I'll be adding your nickname to the list of known trolls on HN. thanks.

[1] http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5001 "Preventing Visceral Racism"

Comment · 13 years ago
There should be a prize for taking things out of context. You'd win it. Here's some more relevant quotes from that citation, to show how you twisted it:

> For the first time in the fifty-five years of my life I found out what it was like to feel racist, from the inside.

> I was able to notice that, when paying attention with the top of my brain, I could not notice any rational reason for me to even dislike these people, let alone feel disgusted and revolted by them. I began to analyze my revulsion as though it were a specimen on a laboratory slide

> The most important point is that black people in particular have never made me feel repelled in the way minority X does. I’ve had black girlfriends and might not implausibly have ended up married to one of them,

> my hindbrain thought it was surrounded by alien shit zombies. My forebrain, meanwhile, was all like “What is up with you, hindbrain?” Apparently my human-recognition template needed some updating.

> The pressure on me eased a bit when I realized that what I was experiencing was a really severe case of Uncanny Valley reaction, and that more exposure to minority X might well stretch my template to the point where they didn’t seem so creepily repulsive any more.

So basically, you took him out of context, and selected choice quotes from your citation in order to make ESR look as bad as possible. You're an excellent propagandist. I'll be adding your nickname to the list of known trolls on HN. thanks.

Comment · 13 years ago
I'm curious as to your opinion of tptacek's deleted comment, and whether that was above or below the positive contribution threshold.
Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
All it takes is an unrebutted affidavit to get a Judge to retire, or have disciplinary action taken against him. It's a wonder more people don't hold them accountable.
Comment · 13 years ago
Fantastic app. Thank you for making this.
Comment · 13 years ago
Yes. they should. now think real hard about why that might not be happening here.
Comment · 13 years ago
Zeller's

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