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Re:Hacker News API doesn't obey RFC 4627 on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @03:54PM (#8429087)
Isn't null an object?
If you go through to google translate the actual app then you get a much better answer http://translate.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sl=en&tl=la&text...

This is output from the WORDS program http://archives.nd.edu/whitaker/words.htm

=> quod: Pronoun

who; that; which, what; of which kind/degree;

person/thing/time/point that;

who/whatever, everyone who, all that, anything that;

any; anyone/anything, any such; unspecified some; (after si/sin/sive/ne);

who?, which?, what?; what kind of?;

lesser: Adverb

with respect to which;

lesser: Conjugation

because, as far as, insofar as; [quod si => but if];

Re:Ask HN: was there actually a language called C+? on Saturday February 01, 2014 @02:45AM (#7161153)
C++ is a play on the increment operator (++) in C. The language was originally called C With Classes, but this was dropped in favour of the less wordy C++ or C increment. To describe a language which was C but a step improved / increased.
I can only speak for my personal preference but if you could show good works for that period of time I don't see it being an issue. Use the few years and huge vacation to contribute to major open source projects, stay current and keep coding. I don't see why it should be an issue. It shows flexibility, aptitude, and a drive to better the self.
Re:Ask HN: Why do we pay for domain names? on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @05:06PM (#6884128)
Monopoly and regulation. Rather, monopoly is why it costs so damn much. Regulation is necessary because we need to have one internet, not many.
Re:Ask HN: Why does Github go down so often? on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @03:42PM (#6401435)
I don't think they actually have a higher failure rate than other large scale web applications. They are just very open about their failures and data. http://status.github.com/ reports an uptime of 99.8% for the month. Not _fantastic_ but very very good.
Re:Ask HN: What alternatives to floppy disks exist? on Thursday September 12, 2013 @03:27PM (#6376344)
You can purchase USB keys in bulk for around 1.50 U$D. How is this not a viable solution? Floppy disks today seem to cost only about half that price.
There are already two letters which serve this purpose. Eð /ɛð/ (capital Ð, small ð;) and Þorn (capital Þ, small þ;) What's the point of yet another letter?
Re:Above The Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome with Women on Thursday June 20, 2013 @12:38AM (#5910180)
Agreed. To quote the words of the author from http://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/1dvnem/above_the_...

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"[The greatest seducers in history] aggressively escalated physically with every woman they were flirting with. They began touching them immediately, kept great body language and eye contact... Even when a girl rejects your advances, she KNOWS that you desire her. That's hot. It arouses her physically and psychologically."

"Decide that you're going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don't ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances."

"Pull out your cock and put her hand on it. Remember, she is letting you do this because you have established yourself as a LEADER. Don't ask for permission, GRAB HER HAND, and put it right on your dick."

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This is not okay. This is sexual assault trumped up as "Dating Advice".

Thankfully there is a report button: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tofutofu/above-the-game-...

Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Paranoid Linux? on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @10:26AM (#5861923)
Because it's a pain and users, when given the choice between proper security and videos of dancing pigs will pick dancing pigs 90% of the time.

Also shameless Shmoo group plug: http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/

Re:Meta: Stack Overflow on HN and /r/programming on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @08:29PM (#5790221)
While I am not a mod on SO I have been on the site for a while and have been answering for most of that time. As such I do have edit rights on questions general and have the ability to recommend posts for deletion.

Generally speaking mods close questions for quality reasons or because they don't fit the format of the site. The F.A.Q. is fairly explicit about what SO is for and while I can only speak for my self, I do my best to adhere to those rules when closing questions.

As for locking questions, that is a bit more subjective but in most cases they are locked because they are well known and they have been solved. Being that there is no need for additional answers they are closed such that you don't have the spam issue of "Thanks" posts.

I doubt that there is a systemic pattern of censorship and rather what you see is the normal operations of a very large and famous Q.A. site with a very specific purpose.

Neither. I'm not going to give up email just to try something out.
The HOPE conference is generally held every two years on the even years.

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