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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by txus on Sunday April 15, 2012 @06:40PM (#3845027)
Just like a tattoo, it shouldn't distract critical thinkers when judging the contents and the point of my argument.
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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by nupark2 on Sunday April 15, 2012 @08:12PM (#3845259)
In a discipline such as computer science, appeals to emotion are inherently untrustworthy and distracting. A reader shouldn't have to shift through pandering rhetoric to find the kernel of a supportable argument.
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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by txus on Monday April 16, 2012 @04:21AM (#3846483)
My article has nothing to do with computer science, but with a human community built around a technology.
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