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NYT recently suggested that we get rid of house pets and stop going to Louvre to see Mona Lisa. They are full of crap.

Just few hours ago, while driving, I was driving and thinking of one of the books - Little Book of Semaphores. I need to go through some the algorithms and try to formally verify t…

Recently, I was in Germany (I live in Baltimore, MD) and was pleasantly surprised that a lot of goods are made in Germany. It is hard to find anything in our stores that isn't made…

Please, take my sympathies. It is one of the most heart breaking stories I have read on HN. Stay strong.

Hello, I have found your comment to my prev. comment, posted some months ago "Hey alexibm. Since neither of us included contact info in our profiles, commenting here instead of a P…

Unlike a lot of people on HN, I don't like Herman Miller Aeron that was a gift from my parents & brother for my birthday few years ago. I find it to be very unforgettable to sit in…

"Gold medal" ??? You are probably from Ex-Soviet countries or one of their ex-satellites. Limiting number of people who can attend undergraduate studies by setting bar so high that…

"fall madly in love!" with GAP (Computer Algebra System) "9.0 Open source doesn’t bring major tech innovation to market". You have to have some balls to say that. Major mathematica…

I'm so tired of comments like "startup is disrupting the [xyz] industry." No they don't disrupting anything. They didn't invent anything. They are just planning to grow and sell mu…

Look at Arnold's book on Diff, it is harder then others, but has absolutely different outlook.

I'm not sure what kind of flippers you are referring, but usually there are no loans. Cash purchases - 100% for the entire value of the property. Source: my parents are prof. flipp…

*Only in the USA

Qualcomm begun shipping Centriq processors last year. Cheapest 40 core processor goes for ~$900. I want to buy one, but I can't seems to find even a single reseller. Anyone knows w…

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have been with the company for a year now (prior to that I had number of years as dev) and to be honest, I am not too familiar with union s…

Every IT employee is a manager, no matter how high you rank is. James E. Casey(founder) recognized that technology will drive the company and technology employee are the one who ma…

UPS software developer from Lutherville- Timonium, MD office. My manager, who been with the company for over 20 years went out delivering packages in his car few years ago. Any emp…

Just few days ago, I had conversation with my GF about Pit bulls. She told me that they are adorable dogs. Well... Pit bulls - the only breed of dogs that ends up on front pages of…

With this background, you can easily go through CLRS book. It does not req. advance math.

- Learn sequences, series and summations 1. "Real Analysis via Sequences and Series" (excellent) 2. "Theory and Application of Infinite Series" (Advanced, old, but very good) - Lea…

Could you be more specific, what areas of mathematics are you most familiar with and what have you done so far ? Here is my suggestion. I might be wrong, but you might have 0 skill…

If someone wants to see what Borderline is like, read this https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/7gyl8d... Some poor soul posted this today.

What bothers me, is that all the Digital Design tools are freaking expensive and closed source. For example, building RISC-V is possible on FPGA board, but you have to have Xilinx …

I have gone to therapy, talked to friends and family members. Still, have this lingering pain, that doesn't go away.

In grand scheme of things, nothing terrible have happened to me. I didn't move to another country, we don't have kids (imagine having kids and getting being banned from entering co…

I am sorry this is happening to you as well. My last 10 months also have felt like an eternity. It also took me many years of finding someone I felt comfortable being with and havi…