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ctrlfrk··on Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs: judge
It has been pointed out that $2.7 Million is exactly the amount that her husband owes in unpaid legal bills: http://nypost.com/2015/02/18/case-builds-against-former-ny-h...
ctrlfrk··on When GIFs serve JavaScript
Would this be blocked by the X-CONTENT-TYPE-OPTIONS header? (source: http://ibuildings.nl/blog/2013/03/4-http-security-headers-yo... )
ctrlfrk··on Lay off W3Schools
That's the problem though, people who have been misled by w3schools often don't even realise it.
ctrlfrk··on Lay off W3Schools
Oh no, if you follow the instructions on that site you're going straight to code hell. Yes it is very approachable and enticing, but it's wrong.
ctrlfrk··on Lay off W3Schools
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
ctrlfrk··on NPR Intern Gets an Earful After Blogging About 11,000 Songs
Whoa calm your jimmies, I'm not saying she's not a thief. I'm just saying that in order to get that many songs you'd have to pay a shitload of money.

And it's very likely that she doesn't listen to all those songs. She does want to work in the music industry though, so I can kinda see how she might want to sample a wide variety of songs. She should probably have used streaming services instead I guess.

ctrlfrk··on NPR Intern Gets an Earful After Blogging About 11,000 Songs
I don't want it to look like I'm defending her position, because I'm not. I think artists need to be paid. But I can't let that letter's maths go unscrutinised.

He starts off by saying "I’m gonna give you a break" and then ignores the record company's cut, which is about 80%. And then proceeds to use this drastically reduced value to lay a guilt trip.

It doesn't work that way, the record company isn't going to cut her a break, it's going to charge her the full 99c. Which means instead of $17.82 a month, she would need to pay $89.10 a month, for 10 years between the ages of 10 and 20.

ctrlfrk··on NPR Intern Gets an Earful After Blogging About 11,000 Songs
Correct me if I'm wrong, but songs are 99c on iTunes? Is it reasonable to expect a 20 year old intern to drop almost $11,000 on songs? It would seem being a music lover is an expensive hobby.