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Re:Hum on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:17AM (#7328411)
this is my favorite comment
Re:The Programming Steamroller Waits For No One (2013) on Sunday February 09, 2014 @04:06AM (#7204936)
Man this is depressing.

I don't want to learn tech because I'm afraid of getting my bones crushed by a steam roller.

I would rather learn tech because of the new and interesting things I can do with it.

Re:John Carmack: Thoughts on Haskell [video] on Monday August 26, 2013 @08:48PM (#6280804)
Agreed. I listen to him because I want to know what's practical, not necessarily what's theoretically stimulating.
What do people think about soylent just replacing like 1-2 meals a day? And then you have your full course chicken breast and brown rice meal for dinner or something.

It seems like that might be a good compromise for people who are scared of their bones deteriorating, their kidneys waning, or their tissues slowly inflaming.

No one says you must eat only soylent day-in and day-out. But it sure seems like a nice way to save time and money on, say, a dozen meals per week.

Re:Who Says C is Simple? on Thursday July 18, 2013 @12:31AM (#6061784)
Monads are easy. Do bother.

=D. Just need to be the discord to the Internet's harmony.

Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @11:10PM (#5447584)
I'm jealous of this kid.
Re:Don't Buy the Snake Oil of Beamr Video on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @09:56PM (#5290231)
At first I was all, "oh man -- another small company trying to rip me off."

Then I was all, "oh man -- this actually seems like a pretty cool product"

I actually hate choosing compression settings, so for a piece of software to choose compression settings for me seems really nice.

Up to 4x -- so what if it is "over the top"? That's advertising. You present your best results. You pick the stuff that sounds the best. Why? Because people are usually too ignorant (not necessarily a bad thing) to know what is good for them.

Anyway. Props to you guys (drorgil) for making a good product and standing by it.