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Comment Re:Former subscriber (Score 1) 156

as a full-time programmer I haven't cracked a single book or magazine related to programming in over a year. My extensive library collects extensive dust.

I'd suggest you read something, perhaps something outside of your professional area. Reading up on things outside of your area of focus can help you develop as a programmer, see things in a different light, etc...

Comment Re:Gay? (Score 1) 764

President Obama identifies himself as a black man. I can't find the exact quote, but he once described himself as "a black man of mixed background". Another time he said “If I’m outside your building trying to catch a cab, they’re not saying, ‘Oh, there’s a mixed-race guy.’” The point is part of the reason he probably identifies as black is because that is how other people see him. Most people think in terms of simple race categories. (I myself am of mixed-race and I know it is a pain to have to explain this, often multiple times to the same people.)

Comment Re:Being Gay is still technically "abnormal" (Score 2) 764

If you look up the definition of abnormal in a dictionary, such as this one or this one. You get definitions like: ": different from what is normal or average : unusual especially in a way that causes problems" or "Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant. odd in behaviour or appearance; strange". So even if the word has a sense as you indicate, other senses of the word are pejorative.

Comment Re:Title seems a bit racist (Score 1, Insightful) 128

I was wondering when the ugly racist interpretation was going to raise its head. So, far a long time Neanderthals were thought of as more primitive than humans, but now that it is known that most Europeans have Neanderthal DNA (and most Africans don't), they are being re-interpreted as being the origin of the master race.

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