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You know, it makes sense to me that increasing supply should drive down demand and hence prices. But I frankly don't care. The entire piece reads like an excuse to not do things fo…

I'd take fewer people online in general. The number of people that are glued to their smartphones because of all this supposed progress frightens me.

As a crotchety old timer, I agree completely.

Neither can they ;)

You're absolutely correct. The cost of my AWS deployment in service of my personal email, and less than 5 other people comes in at ~$5.06/mo. The time, however, is the real cost. I…

I think it's important to note that, for the most part, both patriotism and religion need to be deeply ingrained in a person at a very young age for them to defend either so blindl…

EC2 blocks/throttles outgoing SMTP by default . As with so many things in AWS, it's left up to the customer to inform AWS that a) you're running a mail server, b) what the purpose/…

Hilarious! This reminds me of "Kill all the poor".. https://youtu.be/owI7DOeO_yg

> There's a reason that these alternatives are winning. Yes, and that reason is that the current crop of up-and-coming developers have the same problem as past generations: They'd …

My advice here is straightforward: fuggedaboutit. Adults curse; sometimes too much. It makes them look stupid, too. But there's no need to be both annoyed and offended. Be annoyed,…

> it never had any deep emotional or cultural impact to those who saw it in the first place. How could you possibly know what had a deep emotional impact on anyone other than yours…

The paradox is that IMO the simplest way forward is... I feel like this statement is the crux of the issue. Have you considered that your opinion is simply wrong?

s/Customer/Citizen/ and you've hit on a large portion of the problem with representative democracy.

What do they fear? A public relations nightmare? Because they sure as hell aren't going to go to jail for any of this. Neither the Justice Dept. officials, nor the Judge authorizin…

> I don't understand why the US allows it, and it screams of corruption/bribery/etc. Seems to me like you understand it completely. The US is, like most countries, mired in a bit o…

Thanks -- this is exactly the sort of follow-up I was hoping for!

I'd also like an answer to this question, as well as an answer to the question of what, in exacting detail please, was so wrong with the previous system it needed to be torn out an…

This is partly a side effect of the, at this point, long-running trend of employers not training people on anything, let alone proper management. I've had some awful managers in my…

Try these options: set-option -g mode-mouse on set-option -g mouse-resize-pane on set-option -g mouse-select-pane on set-option -g mouse-select-window on

I believe you're misreading this. He isn't trying to imply Siracusa has autism, but rather is implying that the level of detail in his reviews is similar to what one might expect o…

Isn't this entirely off-topic for HN?

Why is it that, at a certain level, intelligent company leaders seem to stop thinking of their employees as individuals and instead start thinking of them as company assets? I thin…

I would encourage you to read this: https://medium.com/matter/the-shut-in-economy-ec3ec1294816 I suspect these people your age making a lot more money lead lives similar to what's …

Or maybe, just maybe they'll stop using these absurd time-wasting devices and re-engage with the rest of humanity via physical interaction.

Did I mistakenly go to Tumblr?