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Comment It's not forgetting, it's replacing (Score 1) 329

The reason humans forget things is because we are constantly learning new things. If older information is constantly reused, it is considered 'important' and we keep it around. Anything that doesn't matter gets pushed aside to make way for new things. Most of the time, we'll consider those things forgotten, yet we sometimes find that, under the right circumstances, remembering these is still possible. The internet works essentially the same way. If the only mention of you on the web is that time you got arrested for vandalism in high school, you can fix that the same way you'd fix a relationship with a high school classmate who only remembered that fact. Show them that you've changed by creating new content that paints you in a more positive light. Maintaining your public image is an important skill, and for certain positions, it even makes sense for employers to screen for it.

Comment Re:Their banks don't cheat? (Score 1) 553

Actually, they did have their own banking crisis several years before the US did, and they dealt with it quickly and efficiently (a lot easier with a more powerful central government). When the American banks were having troubles, a lot of people were talking about how the ideas the Chinese used (bad banks, etc) could be applied.

Comment Re:Chrome, you're losing me! (Score 1) 285

It's not "I like browsers that don't have features," it's "I like browsers that don't have extra features," where 'extra' means anything I don't need. We'd love for developers to read our minds and make their software with everything we want and nothing we don't, but failing that, it'd be nice to have some degree of customizability. It's part of why firefox is so popular.

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