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I've lived in Silicon Valley my whole life and have now worked here for about 8 years, mostly doing QE of some sort. For the last year or so, though, I feel like I've hit a wall. I…

Hardball by Chris Matthews delves into some of this.

Throughout my day, I run across random links, snippets of text, and images that I'd like to save but don't have time to sort or otherwise deal with. Is there some app, browser exte…

I loved SimTower, although there were times it felt more like Elevator Simulator. (Also, tip for those starting a new game: 2x3 grid of fast food in the basement at the start of th…

How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. I've found that killing 'em with kindness often produces much better results.

There have been a lot of attempts, including a recent wave from China. However, there are unique features about how the cards are printed that make it difficult to reproduce: cards…

A long time coming, but still sad. I still have a certificate that Maxis sent me in response to a letter (around the time of SinCity 2000), proclaiming me an 'official Maxoid'. All…

I have a Das Keyboard ( http://www.daskeyboard.com/ ), specifically the Das Keyboard 4 Professional. A little pricey if you're used to generic $10 keyboards, but it's fantastic to …

If they're stupid enough to allow non-unique usernames I wouldn't bet on getting a helpful answer like that :)

It's interesting dumping groups of cells into different parts of the board and seeing how it reacts - a group in the middle of one color gets absorbed quickly, a group along the bo…

WotC, especially Mark Rosewater, has addressed this issue many many times. I would recommend checking out some of his columns and podcasts. Short answer: the game has evolved quite…

"Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun." RIP, Robin.

He has been struggling with depression and addiction for a long time. These kind of mental issues seem all too common amongst comedians.

I like some of the arguments being made here. I would just have a few questions: If the program involves no strings attached grants, and it is meant to replace existing welfare sys…

After a long series of hourly and contract positions, I'm about to get offered a full-time, salaried position as a Quality Assurance Engineer for a large tech company (it was a con…