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This Is an Opinion Platform

This thegeneralistprogrammer.com website (which, for technical reasons, is available at other domain names as well) is a proprietary platform for me (Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho) to express my opinions.

Do not take any statement of fact on this website as being true without examining it critically: consider the argument made and any evidence offered, together with your existing body of knowledge, and make your own judgment.

If you take any action based on something you read here, you are yourself responsible for that decision; I and any other people operating this website are not liable to you for any damages you or third parties suffer due to your own actions.

From time to time, I may publish other people's writings on this website, with their permission. I may do so (or decline to publish anyone else's writigs) for any number of reasons, and I have no obligation to explain my reasons to anyone. Publishing other people's writing does not necessarily mean that I agree with it.

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