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dpres··on Perl is no more accurate than randomly-generated language
If you give a noob the task of writing a program in a language the noob has never seen before it makes sense the noob would write code that looks like random gibberish to a Perl programmer. Therefore, it's not surprising the random gibberish code would would resemble "a language design by chance" more than it would look like Perl.
dpres··on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to get extra-long desktop support cycle
Pray there is a fix for Unity before the LTS release and like your link :)
dpres··on Nissan develops 10-minute electric car charger
You can quickly monitor a battery and get accurate stats on how long it will provide amps.
dpres··on Secret U.S. memo makes legal case to kill a citizen.
The SWAT team who shot Aaron Bassler didn't have a shoot-to-kill order and made a hasty decision with their lives at risk. The decision by President Obama to kill Anwar al-Awlaki via drone without a trial is on a different level.
dpres··on [dead]
It's meant to only be placed next to signs forbidding photography so you shouldn't see this sign by itself. I think its a good way to protest those signs and doesn't set a dangerous precedent if only used as a reaction to "photography forbidden" signs.
dpres··on Academic papers are hidden from the public. Here's some direct action.
Sounds like your describing WikiPedia...
dpres··on Can Windows 8 save the PC from extinction?
No.
dpres··on Ask HN: I need you but have no money. What can I offer you instead?
Offer users a competition. The competitive nature in most people can be enough motivation for them to work for free short-term.

A small prize/perk for the winners is good, but only if multiple users can't join together to increase their chances of winning.

dpres··on You have exactly three passwords, don't you?
The passwords won't work at Gmail if the sheep enabled 2-step authentication.
dpres··on Venmo Review
Venmo's privacy settings need work. You can't hide the $ amount and publish only the payment description. You can either publish it to all friends or keep the whole payment private.
dpres··on Judge: U.S Copyright Group can subpoena ISPs for identities of 23k file sharers
I think this is the list of IP addresses your talking about:

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/05/expend...

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