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I did the same thing, and I don't regret it. And my advice to my younger self would be to find a middle ground: do meaningful work but don't neglect the necessities. The trouble wi…

No, the surveillance. Edit: Not the web browser. I believe the current surveillance practices are dangerous to a free world. Hence the analogy with the train that goes to a bad pla…

" - This train goes to Auschwitz, we must ditch it." " - Nah, the other train doesn't have so comfy chairs."

That's great and I'm glad you find joy in this. Me, I spent nights going to a show named "Nuit des Publivores" and loved it. But like every pleasure in life, it needs to be consens…

> the concept of advertising is essential to all of us having jobs Citation needed.

The point is not if it works, is if you should do it. A lot of people don't want this to be done to them, even if it works for you. We outlawed slavery, human trafficking, rape, fr…

Coding is the easiest part. Understanding the actual problem and solving it is the hard part. > A lot of coding is simply banging your head against the wall, search SO over and ove…

GitLab is talking about (not) training python people to do ruby work, which indeed needs months of work. OP is talking about not knowing framework xyz, I'm assuming like knowing Ja…

> If you believe that is the case, then why not spend a couple weeks learning XYZ, so that the next time you need XYZ you can say you know it? Because there are many things to lear…

Then why not 15M, the more the happier!

> We really don't want to advertise to children, they're absolutely awful for any meaningful non-impression metric for the advertiser. Yeah, that's the reason not to advertise to c…

That's really great, thank you! Edit: maybe you can make it official on the website?

If it takes you 30 minutes to answer, of course I'll do something else. Which is good, because I don't want you to rush the answer and you don't want me to waste 30 minutes while y…

I guess the silence is an answer too :(.

I think (s)he is referring to "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar .

I've read your posts in this thread and I realize you won't get it even a hundred people explain it to you. I only hope you won't meet some day a man who wants to "acquire as many …

> Have you looked at government infrastructure projects? You assume that they work with the same enthusiasm on the projects we benefit and on the projects they benefit.