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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:36AM (#9039608)
Over-reaction or not, freedom of speech does not guarantee a receptive audience.
Re:China Plans to Strip Mine the Moon for Rare Helium-3 on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @09:50AM (#8886538)
Wasn't this the basic plot of Iron Sky? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/
You can't ignore a request. But you can make them work for it. For example:

http://www.diynetwork.com/about-us/dmca-digital-millennium-c...

Re:Star Trek 1971 Text Game (2008) on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @11:40PM (#7557552)
I learned to program typing this into the mainframe at the college where my dad worked and then fiddling with the code to see what happen. I still learn that way.
When did Wired start using the Buzzfeed article title generator?
Re:Google will make it easy for strangers to email you on Thursday January 09, 2014 @09:22PM (#7034702)
You can only DM someone who follows you. As described, people don't have to be in your circles, it's open to the world.