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Anything other than programming. Being human is so much more than programming. Division of Labor has sucked the human in me. Learning philosophy from Epicurus, Socrates, Kant, Conf…

Related, a documentary film by John Pilger about the news we get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnYs7Fz0SM As for the "concern" topic. I believe it's an evidence that you have t…

No, it's because they'd gain more profit by firing you. Most (if not all) business are only there for the profit; it was never about making the world a better place. If you disagre…

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Accumulation of 'Means of Production' in Action.

Imho, wedding rings are overrated. And they will just get lost in a few months/years. Having a super cheap ring is fine. The same deal with ultra expensive weddings. But remember, …

Looks like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=boggydepot

Related question: Is there a way for me to check replies to my comments? Or my posts?

Karl Marx have put a great deal of time thinking about this. He's ideas are the basis of the Soviet Union. I believe he's analysis of our current system/economy is a real mind-open…

This is where Jesus comes in: We must get everyone mature and not be greedy. Also my favorite, Epicurus: Epicureanism: Having enough wealth that is enough to get you your Freedom i…

I'd go historian. After spending sometime reading/watching about Marxism, Ancient Greek Philosophers (Epicurus and Socrates) and Confucianism. History is probably something that wi…

Is there a good supply of digital nomad jobs for 'java backend' folks like me? Or is it mostly front-end/design? If so, I guess, my only option is to be an expert on some js stack …

Just a thought while reading this post about Jobs on the other side of the sea: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12906019 Why are there so many software jobs? Practically speak…

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Man. Why not just accept folks who might not yet be so good and train him/her. Of course determine if he/she is genuinely willing to learn. Looking at hobby projects should be an i…

> You only build software if you're making something new that hasn't been made before. Or has been proprietary. This is why we should choose copyleft licenses over permissive ones.…

So what's the alternative? If you had a time machine and went back in time, what would you recommend/bring as an alternative to JSON?

Hearts of Iron if you haven't played that will teach you WW2 history too. I've learn new countries like Estonia; and history of china.

not out of the box, but the js vm used is based on webkit. for pure js deps, it can probably use them. but maven repo is what you have out of the box which contains all (mostly) th…

I think he meant the js not java. Question about node js, So async model is the good part, js is the bad part, why use js then?

Does the author mean "Free Software" as in Freedom (free software movement)? Doesn't seem so.

Just some random question. Can you give some insight on how "Greenspuns Tenth Rule Of Programming" apply in this 30million LoC? thanks in advance

your sentences fit in that blog post about a conversation with someone who wanted to build a simple web app in jquery

Got this little AHK script that got bigger overtime. It's a price checker tool for a game called Path of Exile: https://github.com/thirdy/trademacro Where it: 1. activates on clipb…