This jar of animal-shaped cookies contains the following varieties: a fish, a bird, a cat, a chicken, a rabbit, a duck, a turtle, an owl and an elephant. What is this, spot the mismatch?
"If your definition of liberalism includes an inalienable right to make another person miserable, then this kind of liberalism can go right to hell."
The question is not whether or not the end justifies the means, but under what conditions.
The music in my head changed into something more peaceful. Those tranquilizers must be working.
Passing the Turing test is not as impressive as it sounds. Even some actual *people* can't.
I get so little time for myself, that when i do, i can barely remember what i wanted it for.
Be right back, announcing all of my secrets through a megaphone in the street between the CIA building and the annual crime lord convention.
"The Terms of Service explicitly prohibit speaking poorly of the Service. In the jurisdiction in which the Service operates, breaching the Terms of Service is a criminal offense. Checkmate!"
"Leave the cat alone. I'm pretty sure he'll be able to handle his primary job — being a cat — even without your help."
"Great job, Simon! You're my right-hand man!" — "Maybe, left?" — "No, right! The left left, leaving you the right!"
When setting up some trivial piece of hardware, like a webcam, requires bypassing several OS safety mechanisms, it's probably a good time to stop and think really hard where you went wrong.
When a suspicious-looking man settles in your living room, constantly peering over your shoulder, you don't ask him "Why?" or calculate the benefits and drawbacks. You kick him out.
Nothing in the world can cause as much damage as a sufficiently motivated teenager.