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Nonstarter, obviously no one wants to work for peanuts, and it's easy for people with established careers to give that advice but not very useful for most younger people with littl…

Whew, theres a lot there. Thanks!

Madame Bovary: beautiful book, but also somewhat scary. Warning against idealism and condescension (the 'Belle' complex from Beauty in the Beast, ie too good for someone or some so…

Because I've lived all my life not having a bazillion dollars

Ah, there it is, the condescension that brings down civilizations

The article was excellently written and worth the time to read & digest. Your comment is beautifully indicative of the shallow "garbage in, garbage out" point the author made at th…

I thought infinity was most always described in terms of limits. I have trouble thinking about it as a number

Yeah I'm pretty loud. Idk why, been more conscious of it and lowering the volume knob when heads start to turn.

No, that's tasting good in the moment then feeling horrible and crashing afterwards. I understand his comments not very scientifically rigorous, but the message is pretty clear. Ea…

I mean, who probably has more testosterone: the guy sitting at a desk typing for 8 hours a day, or the guy who just impaled an enemy with a spear and savagely roars

I disagree, simpler code can be better if the library is well known. Otherwise we would never be using utility libraries. Though yes, coupling indiscriminately is problematic

That line to me is repulsive in the most literal sense. I don't want to hang out with him when I hear it. Rudeness is repulsive

Yes and the word drivel is a patronizing word betraying a self-importance that can lead to neediness/abasement in people that admire you, and a disgust in people that don't. Puttin…

But can he solve a whiteboard coding question in 30 minutes?

Is exercise a good habit or bad addiction?

Huh? That's entirely incorrect. There's definitely a middle class that isn't working paycheck to paycheck but can't afford million dollar homes, vacas and college for their kids.

Lol nice

Yeah, seems like wealth is generally created over generations, rather than lifetimes (common case might be something like: 0 - 1 your grandparents immigrate and work hard to surviv…

Jesus, you sound like a blowhard

Magazines' purpose historically has been to promote and spread materialism

Its not unexpected, but still alarming given the recent news on how and the extent to which third party apps are mining your data/sending targeted ads/manipulating people with data…

"Piano sonatas are plain and boring" What an asinine and uninformed statement

Heathen :) (have an upvote)

Because it's 2am on a Friday and I haven't gotten laid in months

Wasn't this in An Inconvenient Truth? Old news