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Re:How to Write 225 Words Per Minute With a Pen on Monday June 30, 2014 @07:38PM (#7968358)
"Maintaining eye contact" is pretty creepy regardless of whatever else is going on.
Re:Rappers, Sorted by Size of Vocabulary on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:30PM (#7696587)
So funny comparing this to the same graph they did for pop lyricists.
Re:Uber’s Algorithmic Monopoly on Friday April 11, 2014 @11:44AM (#7573557)
> This surplus is passed to the consumers who are lucky enough to get a cab but many are literally caught in the rain. Uber raising the price is simply allowing the person who wants the ride the most to benefit from it.

I think people understand that. But they might feel like distributing the limited cab supply based on luck is more fair than based on who will pay the most.

Re:Burnout on Monday March 17, 2014 @01:25PM (#7416512)
> I was one of those 12 year olds hanging out on usenet and slashdot about 15 years ago. I was exposed to [goatse] at a very young age, and it is most certainly a part of my core identity.
Re:I Still Don't Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @12:31PM (#7306245)
My car and phone both "have" Bluetooth, but I can't use them together because the car doesn't "support" the phone. Doesn't really make sense to me.
Re:Why Isn’t Programming Futuristic? on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:40AM (#6605502)
Fortran is totally known for its computational prowess.