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Comment Only have themselves to blame (Score 1) 283

Betting the farm on Parrot and then waiting *years* to start implementing the Perl 6 spec is what killed it. Besides, around these parts we wait for Netcraft to confirm. We haven't succeeded in killing off the *BSDs yet have we?

Comment Re:makes no sense to me (Score 1) 370

despite the fact that anyone who had ever been in an IT project before knows that version control is not just a good idea.

Please tell that to the older cowboy coder I have to deal with who refuses to use git more frequently than once a month and has a hissy fit if I check anything into the mainline branch that he's working on as it will mess up his "merges".

Comment Re:I have a better idea (Score 1) 548

The answer is simple. Young men have figured out that the "everyone needs a degree" sales pitch is BS and are opting for other career options. That leaves an excess of women in the university system who are never planning to be the primary breadwinner after they get married and can afford to fritter away time getting a degree that will saddle them with a debt their mate can pay for.

Comment Invest with all the money I pay you scumbags (Score 5, Insightful) 343

My Comcast bill is $57.99 for 10Mbps internet only. I just got a couple of "threat" letters saying that my "promotional" pricing is about to expire and I will pay even more for their lovely service. Never mind that my promotional pricing actually ended six months ago.

They are already making money hand over fist off their customers. They should use that money to invest in their own infrastructure improvements.

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