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Comment · 15 years ago
Emotionless? This proves that you're not a Data fan. He had tons of emotion.
Comment · 15 years ago
You've got to understand that it is very hard for highly technically proficient people to be nice to everyone. For someone at Linus's level, a LOT of time is spent answering what seems like the worst kind of stupid questions.

This causes massive compassion fatigue. Take that into account, and it becomes clear that Linus is not as big an asshole as you think.

Comment · 15 years ago
He was just reading over the guy's shoulder. Nothing weird there.
Comment · 16 years ago
Was he always thin?
Comment · 16 years ago
ahahaha. The idea that bee brains contain a structure known to exist already in many other types of brain is equivalent to bees being able to use virtual particles for computation?

That's crazy talk, and you know it.

Comment · 16 years ago
That's why they work with journalists, relevant experts and, when possible, the governments involved to filter out sensitive names. They seem to be doing the best they can, and so far they haven't been called out on it.
Comment · 16 years ago
Gray's Sports Almanac.
Comment · 16 years ago
Wikileaks edits its releases to avoid harming human sources of intel, sir. Put away your strawman.
Comment · 16 years ago
My mistake, I was thinking macroeconomic instead of microeconomic.

You're right, it's yet another aspect of the "Australian invents something, Australia refuses to invest, Australian goes overseas and makes tons of cash" phenomenon.

Comment · 16 years ago
The BNP is an overtly racist party. If you join them, it is assumed you follow their policies and general belief structure. Those policies and beliefs are incompatible with what the police are ordered to do as part of their jobs.

It's better than a policy of ignoring the beliefs of your officers, isn't it?

Comment · 16 years ago
Yes, our finance system lacks sophistication, uhuh... which is why we banned credit default swaps BEFORE the financial crisis, and our banks were never in danger of collapse because of the currency reserves we make them hold. And our foreign debt is miniscule.

So call us primitive if you like, but look at what your sophistication has brought you.

Comment · 16 years ago
wait... I had that clock on my Amiga 500! And Reversi! And notepad! ...or something like it. So what gives?
Comment · 16 years ago
Important safety tip there, thanks Egon.
Comment · 16 years ago
She was trying to go to the goddamn toilet in a pub! Exactly what did she do wrong here? The drunken twat asked her to come have a talk, she thought it was a professional thing, since they were at a conference, it's what you do. He tried the kiss, she pushed him off and said no. He shoved his fucking hand into her pussy. After she said no.

I am getting sick and tired of "it must be her fault".

Comment · 16 years ago
Probably because she's mentally ill. Same thing happened to a friend of mine; a girl who turned out to be schizophrenic accused him of rape; luckily her story didn't make sense and she later realised that she'd been delusional. On the other hand, I know at least five women who've been raped; only one went to the cops. The rest had credible stories and witnesses; they still couldn't do it.

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