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And then today in YC a blog about "Startup Ideas", there is a suggestion for a "Social Network for Children". https://blog.ycombinator.com/13-startup-ideas/ Please, no.

Doubtless the app will take off big-time once a Jar-Jar Binks version or mode is available. "Binky eviscerates meaning by design." The effect would be even stronger with Jar-Jar: t…

So true! And now you need to do a re-write with each of the top 250 frameworks of 2017. https://twitter.com/HackerNewsOnion/status/86819780153190809...

I suspect it is possible you would be able to monetize your SVG experience in a more profitable way than an O'Reilly book by authoring an online course(s) for vendors like Pluralsi…

Javascript hipster echo chamber: you're not using react [or insert other trendy framework pushed by code schools and tutorial makers]? Product user: does not give a rip about your …

> "looks" easier I should have been clearer and said: it actually is easier to reason about the html and the dynamic rendering with the approach Glimmer takes.

> JSX is HTML and JS (?) "JSX is a preprocessor step that adds XML syntax to JavaScript." http://buildwithreact.com/tutorial/jsx Whereas the templates in Glimmer are built on HTML.…

Supposing an incredible anti-aging pill is invented, what do you suppose the chances are the pill-taker begins to feel like one Bilbo Baggins? "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like…

Escape from reality is not limited to culture, race, economic background, or a society's technological advancement; it has always been a part of the human condition. In modern time…

"Islamophobia" - what are the origins of that word? http://www.signandsight.com/features/2123.html

observations: 1. The article seemed fuzzy on data supporting the claim that people who have dropped out of the gig economy have changed to non-gig employment. 2. What are the types…

The murder of innocent children in or out of the womb is neither civil nor American; nor is it an expression of liberty in terms of doing what is right. But if the ACLU calls this …

RE: "What is needed is a lot of very fine-grained data. Not visit data or event summaries, diagnoses, procedures, providers, but actual specific image files, etc. and so forth." In…

It does seem the business requirement for real-time is often ignored in "offline first" write-ups. If the current, up-to-the-second status of a server is being monitored, if vital …

Angular 1 is NOT Angular 2 or higher. Angular 1 and Angular 2+ are in essence completely different frameworks. The "Angular" team should have picked a different name for their post…

The "Eat. Sleep. Code. Repeat." mentality, if understood in the context of workplace environments where for all practical purposes this is the expected modus operandi, should give …

If your manager and/or corporate environment (whether big co. or startup) encourages you subtly or not so subtly to eat, sleep, code, repeat, there is no irony. The shirt reflects …

I would argue many of the mental health issues you describe in your post can be found in more traditional corporate environments as well when the mindset you bring as an employee t…

Absolutely agree. And here's the newsletter you need to keep up. http://tenpeaksjournal.com/2015/12/12/javascript-millisecond...

And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres

Progressive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

Angular may not be perfect, and there are lots of other tools out there, but Angular definitely remains an option to get the job done. And when articles like this pop up, I wonder …

I believe the IKEA desk you are referring to is the IKEA BEKANT. In the standing desk world, this is one of the cheapest ones out there. I was able to test one out at a local IKEA …

From the summary: "...We find that job insecurity increases the odds of reporting poor health by about 50%, high job demands raise the odds of having a physician-diagnosed illness …