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Comment · 3 years ago
Sort of off topic - but Django was actually created by the author of this post! But in Lawrence, KS to run a small little newspaper's site (Lawrence Journal-World). WaPo then adopted it, which was obviously a huge boon to the growth of the framework.
Comment · 3 years ago
On the other hand, there were 10-15 more possessions per game in Kareem's career relative to LeBron's and, on average, approximately equivalent points per game. So a lot of this is a wash.
Comment · 4 years ago
Overnight "justice" precludes due-process which is necessary for a fairer world.
Comment · 4 years ago
Not necessarily...

https://www.engadget.com/an-apple-machine-learning-director-...

And in this specific case, Elon's pride may make him see everyone as replaceable.

Comment · 8 years ago
Because then any pull request introducing something into Chromium essentially becomes the web standard. For example, Google has a ton of influence on the project. If they want to, they can introduce something that benefits their services but eschews the web standard.
Comment · 8 years ago
I assume this is a big incentive to improve those lines and Amazon will hopefully lobby for such. Similar to their support for public transportation in Seattle.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I think it makes it more concrete to have actual victims talking about specifics of their incidents and then applying those to the bigger picture. A hashtag movement is much more abstract and harder for readers to connect to, which would be less powerful and do a lesser job of getting the message across.
Comment · 9 years ago
Not at the crazy level they've let their valuation rise to. VCs won't accept that.
Comment · 9 years ago
To be fair, you could make a similar argument with a lot of these high-growth VC backed companies.
Comment · 9 years ago
> ghost town

They've wedged themselves deeper into your mind than you even know (referring to their logo.)

Comment · 10 years ago
Universal Windows Platform. A development platform for making apps that work similarly on regular desktop Windows as well as the touch interfaces of Surface/Windows Phone, etc.

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