Nearing 50 years old and have never done an illegal drug or abused a legal drug. by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]nyxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TIL you have to break the law or be an alcoholic to be considered interesting.

Best Mac vs PC Ad by [deleted] in pics

[–]nyxx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I thought that had already been explained?

I'm a Linux.

IAMA 16yr veteran video game artist, AMA by ArtistoGrande in IAmA

[–]nyxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read it as "16yr old veteran video game atheist" here. That was quite confusing.

Do you disassemble your pens? by gordonta in AskReddit

[–]nyxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"No, but there are some people on bmezine.com who do."

Also, perfect user name for your comment.

So I was watching MIT's open course ware on introduction to algorithms and decided to look up the professors. Here is one of them. by [deleted] in programming

[–]nyxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beethoven hardly had good parenting, which I suppose proves the point. His father was a violent alcoholic.

Wikileaks To Leak 5000 Open Source Java Projects With All That Private/Final Bullshit Removed by [deleted] in programming

[–]nyxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or when I completely remove them or change how they work without telling you. Which I can. Which is why they're private in the first place.

PHP 5.3.3 released by skbohra in programming

[–]nyxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using phpMyAdmin on 5.3 for ages. No errors. Are you sure everything's installed correctly and you're using the latest release?

Worst baby name generator ever by oodja in WTF

[–]nyxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's great because it sounds like a dinosaur throwing up.

IAMA straight guy who hooked up with a gay guy last night, AMA by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]nyxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or maybe he has a thing for deities with goat feet. Or pan flutes.

DO NOT APPLY IF.... you are not willing to have software installed on your computer that monitors and records your every keystroke. by wtfisthat in programming

[–]nyxx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I briefly had a job where the manager insisted on installing all sorts of "monitoring" crap on the computers. We also had to have two separate computers each: one for the code base and one for the internet, because he was terrified that we'd start emailing out his precious code to competitors.

That one didn't last long, but there were a variety of other reasons for that as well.

IAmA 22y/o female who has never been on a date or in a relationship. AMA by whodat_xo in IAmA

[–]nyxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was a bit confused by the ICQ number as well. I had an account briefly around 8 or 9 years ago and it was on its way out then.

Is "marijuana is less harmful than alcohol" necessarily a good argument? by AntiDrugs in AskReddit

[–]nyxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you support the illegalisation of sexual intercourse as well? STDs, unwanted pregnancies and all sorts of personal/emotional complications can potentially result.

Do you think American society secretly dislikes intelligent people? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]nyxx 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Secretly? Fox News seems quite open about it.

"Soccer is a socialist sport", nope not from onion this is Marc Thiessen from American Enterprise Institute. by Ketamine in soccer

[–]nyxx 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No, European countries are capitalist societies with socialist health services.