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As a writer, tech and the globalization of English are enabling the hiterto impossible. Still not clearly seen but glimpsed as shadows behind screens, they either scare the timid o…

I don't have just one field. In programming in companies: realization that internal customers not having choice of internal IT providers hurts IT because it reduces IT's need to de…

I was one of those who left. I let my adminship elapse after 10 years. I also don't contribute much to SO, or to any SE properties, despite being on the early public beta. (remembe…

nice :)

I don't test (2 + 2) to make sure it equals 4.

Just forward them all to privacy@amazon.com?

That's a nice article. I found the style good, the content interesting.

I've been doing debian on server for years. I decided to go ubuntu 14.whatever on a laptop that had XP on it (Acer One) and keep it as-is, as a new user. I was pleasantly surprised…

They ship by drone from the warehouse to the store in 30 minutes. You order something, 30 minutes later, after you drink an expensive latte and use their free wifi to watch some TV…

I just resigned myself to stay on the first page on HN.

It's not for everyone. it takes a while to get used to.

follow my name to my website, then contact, then email, send me your email, and I'll send an invite.

I have a few ello invites left. Update 5:02 PST: All out, sorry.

Teach them, mentor them, introduce them to people, give them exciting, challenging projects (for that person)...

Do like me. Don't go to conferences. Besides, I much prefer spending time with my son reading Asterix the Gaul comic books.

I say that because I have a child.

if there was a terror group operating in the US, killing 10,000 children a week in all states with bombs, chemicals, and biological weapons, and you tried to stop the government, p…

poking fun at people? It's not funny unless it's funny for everyone. Poking fun in a hurtful way is bullying. Hopefully we never work together.

They're complexity anomalies. Things can't resolve themselves out and so stay in.

If your organization needs shaming people publicly in order to be profitable, it won't be.

No. It's never, ever appropriate. Ever.

What if they just tell you, because they've memorized the IP address of Google? You hire on the spot then?

Thanks (yesterday I found dune2 for android (not on GooglePlay though) and it works fine :)

Is it available on Steam? Is Dune2 available on Steam?

Use the keyboard shortcuts. A attack. M move. (Muscle memory) Also, use the missile launcher. stay away from missle turret range, and fire one square away from missile tower. Enoug…