williamgb

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by williamgb 9y ago
I'm at all sure that follows.
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by williamgb 9y ago
His words seems to be have been said with not a small degree of (inappropriate) sarcasm.
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by williamgb 9y ago
> What’s happening now, though, is the rise of the female archetype. Examples Ismail gave that embody the female archetype are open-sourcing, the maker movement... One might say open-sourcing and the maker movement equally embody the mal
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by williamgb 9y ago
OK, so the implication being that we need more democrats from the far-left, or a collective shift by existing members in that direction? Neither extremes of the spectrum have a particularly good track record, so you'll have to excuse m
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by williamgb 9y ago
The right are mostly moderates too, no?
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Shenzhen: China’s ‘skyscraper capital’(bbc.com)
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by williamgb 9y ago
Wouldn't the label "western tourists" be wildly inaccurate though? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbi...
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by williamgb 9y ago
How so?
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by williamgb 9y ago
Matthew, the person you are arguing with, or rather, hurling snark at, did not make the claim that language should never evolve. I'm not sure why you felt so compelled to end a reasoned comment on such a nasty note. I am in full suppor
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by williamgb 9y ago
> However, because this mistake has stood since 1985, I have changed all of the pronouns to be female, to make up for lost time. If someone would like to revert this patch or switch to neutral pronouns after 30 years, feel free to set yo
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by williamgb 9y ago
Interesting! I cannot recall any such marketing materials for Ovaltine. The only reference I can find regarding this strategy is from 2000[0]. Both the drink and the brand, in my experience at least, have always been associated with comfort
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by williamgb 9y ago
Putting aside your condescending commentary, and disregarding for the time being your hysterical proclamations of closed borders, pray tell... What is it you feel my non-EU wife and I, both living in Edinburgh, are putting up with (or not,
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by williamgb 9y ago
We saw prominent features on the BBC, furious headlines from the Daily Mail and self-congratulation from the Guardian. What would you have considered sufficient coverage for yesterdays demonstration?
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by williamgb 9y ago
What point were you trying to make? You made one great statement, with which I agree fully, but followed with statement drawing a comparison between the documentation for a funded open-source project, and a typo in a comment thread. It&#x27
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by williamgb 9y ago
I absolutely do not share the opinion of person to whom you are replying, but to state that their comment is invalid due to a trivial typo is unnecessary, and has potential to be incendiary.
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by williamgb 10y ago
And vice versa. The Guardian in particular were rather more relaxed regarding Hilary's usage of a private email (and the highly questionable activities which followed) than they are here.
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by williamgb 10y ago
I'm British and would prefer to remain in the EU. Yet I am quite satisfied to remain here in Edinburgh, both for employment and the quality of life. Believe it or not, there are a great many who share my opinion.
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by williamgb 10y ago
Excuse the slight deviation from the principle of the linked article. I am compelled to speak out about one egregious paragraph. > Meanwhile, in the Essex town of Harlow, a Polish man is murdered in the street by a gang of white youths w
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by williamgb 10y ago
At this point in time, you'll do well to justify the statement of difference, insofar as comment threads for President Trump related submissions. Hysterical and partisan comments are as present here as they are anywhere else. Let'
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by williamgb 10y ago
He was holding a rally?
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by williamgb 10y ago
I understand your situation :) I keep a long list of seemingly innocuous words which, through no fault of their own, are repugnant to my ears. It's utterly irrational.
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by williamgb 10y ago
Interesting! I have somehow developed the opposite opinion. The phrase "to reason" is plain English and uncomplicated. Grok, by comparison, is arcane and to the uninitiated is semantically opaque. The latter strikes me as a more s
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by williamgb 10y ago
No, that isn't accurate. Predominance does not necessarily equate to exclusivity, as you seem to be hinting.
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by williamgb 10y ago
The anti-globalism revolt, for better or worse, has definitely been noticed by great many people here in the UK in the wake of the unfortunate referendum result in June! Regarding corporate influence in politics, I'm a combination of t
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by williamgb 10y ago
I've noted several negative reactions toward Clinton based on prior leaks from people who had simply inferred wrong-doing on the basis that the most notable leaks tend to reveal duplicity. This handful of people whom I have observed fe
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by williamgb 10y ago
One could ask a similar question about most media vendors, replacing Trump with Clinton. WikiLeaks, whether deliberately or not, is simply doing its part to redress the balance in negative and scandalising news coverage. It should be made c
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by williamgb 10y ago
As a man in tech from an underprivileged background, I couldn't disagree more. I worked as a cleaner for three years while educating myself, at the same time slowly winning freelance work. I know and worked with other men who went thro
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by williamgb 10y ago
I have no doubt that is true. Utterly unnecessary and somewhat jarring! I can remember being made to feel uncomfortable and quite unwelcome upon witnessing a renowned female* developer and entrepreneur joke about killing a group of men who
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by williamgb 10y ago
Software Engineering Radio[0] is a useful resource for in-depth discussions on software and development practices. Developer on Fire[1] tends to feature more personal interviews with software developers. Software Engineering Daily[2] produc
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by williamgb 10y ago
Interesting to see that "white" managed to lead the spate of pejoratives toward the end of the article ("Each of 4 white, ignorant, racist asshole police officers"). I've been the victim of interracial crime, at lea

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