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This site gets a lot of criticism but it is a good jumping-off point: http://www.w3schools.com/ It will teach you the basics of PHP, XHTML, CSS, and Javascript. But you might have …

The site must be using NoSQL, since it is down for me right now. I wish it would load, the article sounds interesting.

10 pizzas? I'm getting ripped off. For me that's 7 pizzas.

To me the biggest two things: 1) The dial pad is one of the only things still in a separate window, which is a pain when entering conference call passwords (which is what I use Sky…

I don't have anyone to do a test video call with right now but I'm pretty sure you can drag the divider bar at the bottom of the window up and it will reveal the chat box again. Ca…

This is very topical for me. I have been drafting a paper that I was hoping to submit to the IEEE. This "might" change my mind. I'm not sure yet. There are stipulations that you ca…

Agreed. I don't want to ask you to complete my thought, but how would you define value in a way that makes sense in that context? Or is it hopeless?

My biggest mistake: using the word "good" What I should of said is "has value" I have since conceded that point and removed the word "good" (which is subjective) from the post. Als…

I agree. The title is misleading. I'll have to be more careful on future HN posts. Although, if someone else posted it I would have little control over that. I don't think your alt…

The market decides if a language has any value. It is not implying in any way that there is a 1:1 between popularity and quality (or any defined relationship for that matter). I th…

That is why it is a theory and I am opening it up to peer review. Otherwise I would have stated it as a fact. Also, "free" as in choice, not "free" as in cost.

Three things: First, thank you for reading. This article was meant entirely to spur discussion so I thank you for taking the time to discuss. Second, I don't think an argument that…

It's a bit intentionally vague. For instance, let's say there is a language dedicated to hardware prototypes (let's call it Gabview)... Say it is very popular now but it is difficu…

I don't disagree :) and the theory does not specify either of those properties as binary.

What commute time? I work from home. When I am on the road, I "read" audio books.

The RSS feed users can just click the link and post comments as well.

One of the first things it suggested to me was "Weed"

Lycos is still around today.

To be fair, Neal. You did send me the link _after_ I IMed you saying, "Hey, didn't Lycos have a product called Circles?" ;)

Thanks. I used to work for Lycos. The Circles project was before my time but it came up in conversation now and then. So when I heard Google Circles it was the first thing that cam…