oscargodson

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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   You've clearly never been on the internet before. That image is already linked on thousands of sites. I'm assuming you'd say this exact same thing if I posted tubgirl or detroit hardcore?
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   See grammar and spelling nazis are EXACTLY whom my grandmother and people like Stephen Fry despise: http://vimeo.com/15412319 He can illustrate her exact point, and mine also better than I can here.
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   And, how would one learn how to make their own tools, languages, and operating systems? You have to build them to learn how. So how does one build them without ever having built them?
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   I agree :) and yes, but apparently because I spelled itself like it's self they were too stupid to read the article. Funny how many of these people can read code, but can't figure out what I meant from it's self.
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   Are you kidding me? You use IMHO and correct me on grammar?
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   Thanks! I don't read Hacker News often and when I heard the article was here and 2 of the top comments were about my grammar I thought "and that's why I never read Hacker News". I was actually excited to see some discussion around the subje
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   100% agree and a point I was trying to make. This whole thing was a response to a reply to a comment I made. I had made a comment that the library they were doing a tutorial on was stupid because it could be done better and I could do it
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   This is the 2nd time I read someone mention it and I just cringed "extra-hard". Especially when you made a grammar error yourself: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp
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   by oscargodson 15y ago

   Exactly, exactly, exactly. :)
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    by oscargodson 15y ago

    I said, and mean "Reinventing the wheel is what makes good developers legends, not the other way around. Remember that." And i never said i hate what it means, ever. I said I hate when people say it as a bad thing.
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    by oscargodson 15y ago

    1. This was a response to a reply from a comment I made on a blog. 2. My grandmother has a Ph.D in linguistics and knows probably a dozen languages. Boy would it be hilarious for you to talk to her. I can't even mention how many times I've