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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by rictic on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:12PM (#17229910)
A person is a midlife crisis[1] or a railway accident[2] away from being a totally different entity. There is no absolute trust, just risk assessment and reevaluation.

[1] I thought it was just a cliche until I saw it happen to someone. She went through some things and upended her whole life.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by sakuronto on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:26PM (#17230021)
The story of Phineas Gage is a lot less common than that of a company undergoing routine changes in leadership, so it's a bit of a silly comparison.
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