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Which is exactly why I respond with "I just don't." To which people usually shrug and move on. Every once in a while I get somebody who is curious or somebody who wants to be an as…

for you . Not everybody reacts to alcohol the same way.

Does XMPP support inline photo and video? Last I checked, it didn't. So why deal with the external dependency when you can re-write it yourself with additional features?

Unemployed/Self employed. Freelance.

Thank you, anonymous downvoting coward, for proving my point.

If you want to know why, look at the twitter replies. She's being regarded as a Brave Hero of the movement. Bad for a technical employee. Good for a highly visible position, like s…

You mean besides for the tidal wave of downvotes?

And/or adrenal fatigue.

When did HN become a gossip rag? Quote taken out of context. Nothing to see here, move along.

because track days are expensive. considerably more so than an afternoon at the gun range.

That why violence is really the only answer to bullying. Hit hard and fast, do enough damage in the first blow to make sure neither he nor his buddies want to come back for seconds…

This situation has nothing to do with technology. It's not some passive "I won't listen to this guy because he disagrees with me" stance. People are going out of their way to make …

Motorcycles are a delicious exception to these rules, especially in areas where lane splitting is legal. Or at least unenforceable.

And Brendan Eich gave $1000 to an organization people don't approve of. A guy made a joke at a convention about dongles and got fired. A whole lot of Sci-Fi authors were prevented …

Don't fool yourself: they're both corporations and thus money making entities. Clearly, the difference is minor at best, since this behavior is spreading beyond the community based…

Bingo Card Creator and Appointment Reminder. The latter is big enough he's started doing angel investing. Keep in mind, he runs both of them by himself and he no longer consults. I…

Many thanks for the response. It's also what I observe other mobile-centric people around me do. They don't spend a ton of time in the browser, but they do use it. It's encouraging…

Does she spend most of her time in a web browser or a dedicated app of one kind or another?

I know of an American manufacturing company that makes electric motors of all shapes and sizes. It's been steadily growing for a few years and now grosses 5+ million a year. Despit…

Take a look at John Cleese's talk about creativity[0]. I personally buy into the whole concept of there being an open mode and a closed mode and you can't be in both at the same ti…

I see this assumption a lot in regards to Carmack's early work at ID. How do you know those marathon coding sessions didn't go like most do, where after 4-8 hours you start making …

Unless you've developed games for the facebook platform, it can be hard to understand why so many devs reacted so negatively to the news. I've made facebook games and decided not t…

The real difference between a junior and senior developer? A senior developer was able to convince a manager to give him the title and pay raise. It's more of a political distincti…

To the person who downvoted me, how am I wrong?

So what's happening here is a man is fighting intolerance with more intolerance. That seems productive.