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There's a nice discussion of this in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! > I discovered a very strange phenomenon: I could ask a question, which the students would answer immediatel…

Hey this is a good stackoverflow answer, why can't I upvote it? Oh.

Learning to use a REPL. It's been at the core of my coding practice since. Especially using it as a debugger in an interpreted language was a game changer for me. It converts progr…

Is the code for the weather report at all similar to the one for "help I am a prisoner in a vintage dress factory"?

I aim higher.

It depends. I've been coding for a living for 41 years and have a feeling I'll get the hang of it real soon now.

The first-generation iPhone was announced in January 2007. As of November 2018 more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold. The child suicide rate topped out when the cell phone ma…

conscious, kŏn′shəs, adjective -- Characterized by or having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts. synonym: aware. Self-attention see…

No mention of how this can translate smooth motion without VR sickness. Perhaps its a revolution for the people who can tolerate it.

This is a very frustrating app for me. It is one of the best document sources out there but has become unusable because it cannot retain my selection of documentation. Almost every…

I agree with that paleo approach to diet, and your conclusions. In my case my gastroparesis prevents me from eating any significant amount of fiber and diabetes II from eating many…

Hey that works! Thanks!

So should Hacker News. As is a comment with 2 up and 0 down votes looks the same as one with 102 up 100 down.

What I really want is an extension that will let me open a retweet by right clicking and opening it in new tab. That way I don't lose my scroll position and can get a collection of…

> The important factors with meat consumption are: 1) how they're prepared ('low and slow' is the best method of cooking, i.e., at a relatively low temperature and for a relatively…