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So where do you draw the line?
This is a sponsor, which CP obviously needs to keep it free.
But every article uses one product or another.
Is it not advertisement when an article uses C#?
Only because C# is more widely used or because it's free?
C# comes with Visual Studio, which has a paid subscription.
And don't forget the Windows you need to run it.
Ultimately, they're all advertisements, except that we only tolerate those whose products we already use.
Personally, I don't care as long as the article is good.
I'll read it if I think I need the product (or maybe it solves a problem I have, but I just don't know it yet).
This article is pretty informative even when I don't need their product, so I see no problem (even if it wasn't a sponsor).
I don't make the rules though 
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Will glass coffins be a success? Remains to be seen.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I'm reasonably sure I won't leave a good-looking corpse.
why? what would you do with it?
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Creepy 
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” - Chinese Proverb
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I'm reasonably sure I won't leave a good-looking corpse.
That was never my intent, and I think it was Dennis Leary who said that if (paraphrasing) that's how you're living your life, you're not doing it right...
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Maybe it should be a compostable coffin? It seems like Griff is into recycling. 
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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at least though it'll stop the magicians attending the wake from sawing the coffins in half,
... they never like to reveal how the trick is done.
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Some might have a bone to pick with you over that thought.
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” - Chinese Proverb
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I doubt it. Methinks the public will see through that idea.
/ravi
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more of a selling point to a mausoleum, because the remains would be seen!
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Possibly successful? I would say that's clearly dead.
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It panes me to ask but this needs to be undertaken: is a glass coffin just a room-with-a-view?
Shatters the old ideas while going down in a glaze of glory.
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Won't have to worry about bad luck if glass breaks!
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2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
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It might be just a silicon.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Glass coffins? The'll be no place to (formalde)hyde!
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Found this nice channel featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson on YouTube: StarTalk - YouTube
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Is the YouTube Channel new to you, or the show itself? 'cuz the show's been a fixture on National Geographic for 5 years now.
FWIW: Here's the RSS feed (which what all you really need, unless you insist on video): StarTalk Radio
I think they've recorded a lot more episodes (as audio only) than TV shows.
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I knew this wasn't right either. It started as a podcast in 2009. The TV show is the spin-off.
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I did not knew anything about it! I found the channel this week. Thanks for information!
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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You've got a lot of catching up to do. 
If you have any interest at all in any branch of science, NdgT is a fun guy to listen to.
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He lost me a little the last time he was on Joe Rogan; super combative and strangely condescending.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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I've never watched the show but NdgT doesn't seem to mind getting confrontational when faced with idiocy. In this overly PC world, I like that.
So what was Rogan saying?
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Yeah. that's not what I'm talking about. Rogan is good, because he has a good sense of what he doesn't know and is always curious. The level of snark Neil showed was weird, though.
Judge yourself: JRE #1347
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
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Snark is what he does best.
Thanks for the link. Currently downloading and will watch later. I've bookmarked this comment to remember to follow up.
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It's been almost a month to the day, but I've finally got around to watching that Seth Rogan podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson. And as promised--my thoughts regarding "the level of snark".
I'm guessing you're used to watching him on his Star Talk TV show and not the podcast by the same name...and I'm guessing the TV show on National Geographic gets a lot more editing than the podcast. Because I haven't really seen anything surprising on the podcast (Seth Rogan's, that is)--I thought it was all par for the course.
If someone disagrees with him, or he asks a question and he's not satisfied with the answer, or he's being asked a question that he feels is worded in such a way that he feels he's being cornered...he's not afraid to make his stand, and won't put up with things hosts on mainstream shows might ask or say to him. If he goes on the defensive, or even on the offensive, he'll tell the other person exactly why. I like that a lot, and I think this is when he's the most interesting. A lot of interviewers/interviewees avoid that.
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