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Comment Apple store asks for it. (Score 2) 258

I was quite surprised that the (very nice) Apple genius asked me for my password when I left my Macbook air for repair. Seemed part of the typical routine. I declined (with a strange look on my face), told him there's a guest account if they need to check anything. He was obviously fine with it. I asked him if many people gave it out; je told me that 99% do.

Comment Re:I really don't get the anti-w3schools.com snobs (Score 2) 138

I seriously question the web expertise of anyone who snubs w3schools as a "terrible", "painful" resource for web development. However, there isn't a resource that is more user-friendly than w3schools on many of the web topics.

I seriously question the web expertise of anyone who snubs w3schools snobs. I'll note that experts don't need user-friendly, they need accuracy, both as a reference level and as a guide for best practices. Check http://w3fools.com/ again...

Comment Re:But that's not the real problem. (Score 1) 1651

"If you ditch the need for helmets, more people would start cycling"

I simply don't believe this.

It is clear that mandatory helmets makes bikesharing much less popular. Check what happened in Melbourne. Other places are looking into changing laws for this reason in particular, e.g. http://www.ibiketo.ca/blog/helmets-may-protect-your-head-mandatory-helmet-laws-will-likely-make-cyclists-less-safe If you've never seen the impact of bikesharing on a city, you should visit Paris or here in Montreal; the number of bikes you see in downtown is quite impressive.

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