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There's an old saying that whatever is worth doing is worth doing badly. So true. When I was in Germany, they have a saying that you start with "something to hate". Already knowing…

I think if you are compensated for it, and allowed to recuperate from middle-of-the-night working, it's ok. If the employee knew this was part of the job though, and not something …

I was a contractor at a company that announced that developers would have to work through the nights and on weekends at times, and they couldn't take any extra work days off. So, i…

There was one period in my life at a 401k administration place where I was responsible for making sure the transaction data for all of the clients made it to AIG every night. For m…

Yea, that is not very good for such a wealthy company. Other companies match up to the max allowable with no vesting period.

For example, there are a number of songs that include a rendition of Tom's Diner within a larger melody. Also popular to add to a song is the Arabian riff melody (which is so old i…

It's no mistake that they select the most unsympathetic people to try to weaken the protections for us all.

I've been developing software for over 20 years, and I still can't estimate how long something will take me when I've never done it before. This uncertainty needs to become more th…

I like the list of things you can do to combat procrastination. It's all good to understand what drives it, but even better to know tactics that work to help you overcome it.

My grandmother died from this, and it is a horrible death. I really fear becoming a victim to this disease. Anything that can help, even a little, is so encouraging.

Every chance I get, I tell people not to use PayPal. They have done this repeatedly, and the people who are affected have absolutely no recourse unless they happen to own a popular…

I would like to know how they eliminated confounding. Was there an increase in other risky behaviors at the same time, like texting while driving? How many of the deaths caused by …

Did people here read the whole thing? This is some good reading! "The whole state would be evacuated" if even one live spider, as opposed to an "ex-spider" were found. That is good…

Everything in the 70s was strange. I received a lot of my mother's things when she moved, and it's all avocado and orange.

I would have bought an electric car when I needed a new car, but there are not enough charging stations. I need to occasionally drive 400 mi, and it's just not feasible.

Is this what you are talking about? https://www.dukascopy.com/fxcomm/fx-article-contest/?Automat...

This is truly an amazing read. I also enjoyed this book immensely. It is required reading for my teenage children.

These are among my favorite books, and I've read thousands of books. It was written in the 90s or early 2000s, so the tech that was so futuristic now exists everywhere (IoT). You q…