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  1. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, someone should go ahead and tell that to all CEOs, politicians and salesmen.

  2. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How about this:
    Back in the day, when i was in school, I had to write essays on various things dead people wrote. I was good at it and got high grades. But after a while the tasks became boring as hell. I was still able to write a good essay, but it was painfully dull to do it.
    At the time there was no Internet to speak of in my country and essay services were definitely not invented (probably not for another decade). So I simply stopped doing it. Told my parents and my teachers I literally don't want to d it anymore. eventually, after a few bad grades, they got fed up with my stubbornness and left me be.
    Since then I wrote two novels and a poems book, haven't published any because I underestimate their value (according to people who did read them). And yeah, I work in IT.

    Now, I'm sure I'm not unique and there are many others like me, who are perfectly able to write decently on a variety of subjects, but don't feel like doing so because they're not interested in the subject.

    One more thing: school usually teaches you to write extensively on a subject, but writing a summary is next-to-impossible for most people. "Describe this book in 200 words or less" is a nightmare :)

  3. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Counterargument: Trump.

  4. Re: I can see it now.. on Facebook Reaches Its Natural Conclusion As A Dating App (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Hah, I wish!

  5. Designed in WHO?
    Hopefully not Copernicus.

  6. Re:I can see it now.. on Facebook Reaches Its Natural Conclusion As A Dating App (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    I met my wife through an online dating website, 12 years go.

  7. It's always a tragedy to see your project, the one you raised from zero and cared for, be deeply fucked in the ass by a faceless corporation.
    Much like when your daughter gets married...

  8. Re:Exactly on Pristine Lakes Are Filled With Toxins (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, the water you drink isn't toxic because it's been treated and filtered and whatnot.
    Anyway, I've been to Lago di Garda back in 2009, it was beautiful, and I genuinely believed its water to be very clean (it was clear and without a shred of garbage in sight).

  9. I dare you say the common Romanian words "cum" and "precum" :)

  10. As a matter of fact the vast majority of helpful entries on the Internet related to my main work-related area of interest were made by Indian people. For that, I thank them.

  11. NSA, is that you?

  12. (Filter error: You can type more than that for your comment.)

    I give up, this game's shit.

  13. No, as a matter of fact I can't make any assumption because the information is insufficient :)

  14. Stating facts doesn't make anyone racist. And FYI, I've been working with Indian people for more than a decade, both with them as customers of mine and me as customer of theirs, and most experiences were pleasant and productive. Cultural clash is a thing, though, but once you get over it, all's good.
    FYI I am guilty of being fascinated by their culture.

  15. I didn't say you OFFICIALLY become the government.
    So the rephrased sentence is:

    "Between a private citizen and a government, the government (or whoever's behind it) usually wins."

  16. Forgot to mention, it's a male name.

  17. The name is of Hindu origin, so there's a good chance the user is Indian or of Indian heritage, from which you could derive the race. From the number you could infer the age, and from how he writes you can confirm your assumptions.

  18. I tried to play his game, entered N, tried to submit and received an error message on the form.

    His game is buggy.

    (it was my jab at being funny, clearly it didn't work out.)

  19. "Hi i am ramamurthy23 please intimate me on this question"
    That's, for example, how you can determine someone's race and gender.

  20. N
    (Filter error: You can type more than that for your comment.)

    Your game is buggy.

  21. So... humans being humans, is it not?

  22. Re:Font fetish on Design Commentary on Google's New To-Do Tasks App (pxlnv.com) · · Score: 1

    Pick your poison :)
    https://www.droptask.com/featu...
    http://www.trello.com/
    http://www.thoughtbox.es/
    http://www.weekplan.net/
    http://www.teamweek.com/

    There was a gamey app called Toround or something, Nine for photo-based tasks, etc.

  23. In that case you BECOME the government.

  24. Re:Font fetish on Design Commentary on Google's New To-Do Tasks App (pxlnv.com) · · Score: 1

    Incorrect analogy, Task managers with similar functionalities were tried and abandoned in the past due to lack of customer base.

  25. .co.uk being one of them?