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> For one thing, it's highly convenient that the standard US work-week happens to be the exact "correct" amount of hours to work to maximize productivity. You're right, it's probab…

> How on earth would a uni student in CS don't know about piping commands? Beyond the obvious ones, lots and lots of valid reasons this could happen: 1. Student is entirely new to …

Oh I'm well aware. I'm saying that aphorism needs revisiting: http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=1031

> Shouldn't one be aware of situation and local law? Er, how? Again, there are tons of laws on the books. Are you going to memorize them all? Further, some of the laws are incredib…

> All people should be aware of the laws in the country where they live. Good luck with that in many developed countries [1][2], or in developing ones [3]. So many things are illeg…

99.9% of modern software does not require that level of cleverness. Also, the fast inverse square root code is a poor example as it's: 1) A very small amount of code 2) Isolated fr…

> Polls suggest they have a lot of support, but their leaders seem to have decided not to use their voice. Is that really true? Just off the top of my head, Lindsey Graham has been…

You know what really sucks about this, beyond the obvious? He's right that ideological diversity is low at companies like this (I say as an employee of another large tech company).…