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zhazam··on Tron Legacy (2010)
In the Swedish version, they just make up the commands.
zhazam··on The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3's Source Code
It's also worth checking out Sanglard's code review at http://fabiensanglard.net/doom3/index.php
zhazam··on Adobe CS2 + Serials Free
You're only meant to use the downloads if you already own CS2, but as CS2 is seven years old at this point, this is just enforced with an honesty system.
zhazam··on Introducing the 4chan API
People really like to dismiss that by calling it transgressive humor, but it's really not? You never truly get made fun of for being part of the majority.
zhazam··on Does every company have be evil/mean/douchey to become successful?
you don't have to be dishonest, a ripoff, "evil/mean/douchey", someone selling themselves and their principles out for a dime, or morally bankrupt to become successful

but it helps

zhazam··on How Reddit went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force
Then perhaps you shouldn't get legal counsel from Wikipedia ;)
zhazam··on How Reddit went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force
Possession of it was grounds for conviction in US vs Knox.
zhazam··on How Reddit went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force
Arguably the bigger problem is that interesting content is determined by popular consensus, which rewards ingroup signifiers and pandering to the majority.
zhazam··on How Reddit went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force
> it may become a target of the US government.

The FBI might target them, but most likely for their laissez-faire moderation where deleting a subsection literally dedicated to child pornography caused a major uproar.

zhazam··on Trolls (2008)
What about HN voting specifically prevents the first case (agree/disagree) from happening?
zhazam··on Forth Inventor Chuck Moore's $20 144 core CPU now in full production
At $20 you'd only need a single decade to make up the costs :)
zhazam··on The World's First Bitcoin Conference
I'd wager it's more the fact that its worth is effectively entirely based on its reputation.
zhazam··on Google Launches The Ultimate Jobs Killer
Yes, "ultimate job killer" is the right way of writing it.
zhazam··on British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong Guy?
This seems likely - the "police are dumbasses" mentality, and popular image of LulzSec as clever hackers really doing it for "lulz", allow them to present stories like this -and- gain support.

Not to dismiss the possibility entirely, of course - but it is awfully consistent with their previous attempts to hide the fact that they're on a sinking ship.

zhazam··on EA exec jumps ship for Zynga
"...[Zynga] now looks like the Facebook to EA's Google."

In the "up-and-coming business" sense or the "don't give a damn about privacy" sense?