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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by elliotec on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @11:49PM (#11257429)
Uber == Nazi Germany
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by mattnewton on Thursday March 10, 2016 @12:01AM (#11257456)
That's why you need to use ===
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by AI_Overlord on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:25AM (#11257773)
Fuck me. What does that stand for? I know =,==, but not ===
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by freyr on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:56AM (#11257839)
It's strict equality in JavaScript.

    17 == "17"  // TRUE
    17 === "17" // FALSE
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by beambot on Thursday March 10, 2016 @03:32AM (#11257948)
Heh, just looking at the code rather than the text, my first thought was "type error".

JavaScript. Wat? https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by jonesb6 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @01:57AM (#11257712)
Despite the comment you replied to having no substance, I honestly wonder if people associate Uber with German and German with something negative.
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by elliotec on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:39PM (#11261648)
Thats a funny point.
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by loumf on Thursday March 10, 2016 @03:03PM (#11261859)
It's not just that "Uber" is a German word, but that it's a word associated with Nazis (via "Deutschland über Alles"). Another association is the Ubermensch:

> The term Übermensch was used frequently by Hitler and the Nazi regime to describe their idea of a biologically superior Aryan or Germanic master race;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch

When I first heard of Uber, it's what I immediately thought of.

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