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		whamill on Jan 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text a... I hope you're not referring to the Visual Studio achievements. Rewarding people for single-letter class names, having 10 levels of inheritance or using GOTOs is neither innocent fun nor something that's going to teach good practices...

assemble on Jan 20, 2012 [–]

They are for 0 points, so they're not really rewards.

pearle on Jan 20, 2012 | [–]

They also have a "running with scissors" icon.

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