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		YuriNiyazov on Aug 22, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cardinal programming jokes Do you mean "fatalism" (a general acceptance of fate) or "defeatism" (a certain pessimistic variant of that acceptance) ?

netcan on Aug 23, 2008 [–]

More of the first. Some of the second. But the latter with a sort of sly smile.

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