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FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2014
Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front.
Hers was "I have a hard stop at 8:15". Yours was hoping she'd forget. She set an alarm.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
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- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
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