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go for it. and let's see the extrapolation to a economic juggernaut like the U.S. It's always the "norway" argument. If Norway (pop 4 million or so) can do it so can the U.S.
Yes, I guess Los Angeles could do something like that, but..
Yeah, I'd like to hear your "course correction" I can guess.
Another clown(writer) with an agenda.
"Biometrics is fundamentally a technology designed for oppression and control, not for securing everyday device access."
Yes
I was curious what kind of hoops they had to go through to get the woman on stage. Obviously there was a concerted effort to get a woman on stage for a dog-n-pony show. Or maybe she is a major player in the Linux kernel development scene, but I absolutely know there was talk behind the scenes to get her up there.
And before the P.C. gestapo gets on my case. I think it's great that women are involved in software engineering. I'm more interested in the P.C. dynamics to promote it.
Yeah, right. Just like the Soviet Union was the happiest country when their people sat in line for toilet paper.
I'm sure Krugman would fit right in Venezuela.
In your bubble, you believe all of those things are good things accepted by the HN hive mind. Hilarious.
And in 2013 where do you banish to? All I see is swift execution by either the banishing fiefdom or probably swift execution by the resulting "accepting" fiefdom.
Paul Krugman is a leftist operative - nothing more.
Yeah, the PETA crowd argument, which gleans over the fact that the cow wouldn't exist to begin with if not for those evil farmers and human carnivores.
These anthropomorphic arguments tend to be the result of emotional immaturity, something you find in small children.
Yeah, once I read his explanation web components immediately came to mind. You know what the status of web components is in the major browser engines?
Like many who visit HN, I am an atheist. I am coming to believe, however, that the production of CO2 is the greatest sin, in the religious sense, that exists today
Yes, global warming has become the religion of leftists.
I found that a previous job where I could work remotely here and there, I was extremely productive. So much time is wasted on the getting ready to go out (more than just grabbing a shower and throwing on some jeans/shorts and a t-shirt), doing the half hour or more commute, "settling into the office" (chitchatting with your co-workers). And then I was ready to blow that taco stand by the end of day. While at home I tended to work longer hours and sometimes twice as productive.
But remote desktop just sucks no matter how fast your connection is.
So what's the problem with the CL culture?
I doubt Rich Hickey is interested in those few remaining CL stalwarts that won't come over because he doesn't open up the reader. It's just a non issue.
That's the party line that the FSF has been spouting for decades now and I don't know why anybody keeps on repeating it. I think the people that give a wink and a nod to that FSF talking points don't even really buy it.
First of all, "users" (as in non-developers) don't care about the code..never have, never will. Secondly, the code never goes away. It's not like someone can physically snatch up some BSD code and lock it away for no one else to use.
But what I find most disturbing about this line of reasoning is that it doesn't take into account the developers decision on how she or he wants to license his or her code. If you want to GPL it, fine, if you want to give it a liberal license fine too.
You appear to have some gripe that goes beyond your ridiculous accusation. It sounds like you're bitter against closed-source in general, but just won't come out and say it.
Wrong. I consider that action by the teacher a direct threat to the student's civil rights at the very least.
The leftist, statist thought police is alive and well in the U.S. educational system.
Students, parents, and others need to stand up and get in the faces of these immoral leftists.
So you dispute the story and the reporting is "pushing an agenda"? Why do I have the feeling that you don't think that the "teacher" was wrong in what he did?
"internet hate mobs" are the people that oppose this pretty douchey teacher?
This "headteacher" should be arrested and prosecuted.
Yeah, and then on the other side we have RMS.
Is there really a controversy that Steve Jobs wasn't "selfish, greedy, and untrustworthy"?
6502 reminded me of one of my favorite books Hackers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer.... I wonder what happened to John Harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harris_(software_developer... I heard he stubbornly refused to move to C from assembly.
From your previous anti-American POV, I doubt you actually care about true freedom and you're more interested in anti-americanism
Oh please...is Sweden so socialist that there's an ambivalence of western vs eastern bloc ideology?
Why would Sweden be neutral during the cold war - putting aside nuance, you're either pro-eastern bloc or not?
The core ideology of leftism in action...barbaric.
"Supporting the revolution" means supporting who exactly?