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According to the book "The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator" by Timothy C. Winegard, the mosquito has killed an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 b…

> We as programmers get paid very well, we're not in need of money. Speak for yourself.

"the right way to build a remarkable life is to first identify the traits that define your vision of “remarkable,” then pursue only jobs that will reward you with these traits if a…

This thread is not talking about Vegas. It's talking about genocide. If internal strife gets to the point of extreme hatred, then you don't need guns to kill each other. Not saying…

I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying, but "you get used to it". Like sitting behind someone with a big hat in the movie theatre, after awhile, you don't even n…

> They are instantly executable by a small VM written as a JS library Guess you have download the VM on initial page load.

At least Ontario has increased the price for 1 million litres of water from $3.71. The popular assumption that future wars will be fought over water is overblown when you consider …

"The aerospace giant [Boeing] has received more state and local subsidy dollars than any other corporation in America" https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/17/t.…

> The plain email—which took no time to design or code—was opened by more recipients... That's interesting. I wonder how this would have any effect on opening an email. In my mail …

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The conventional wisdom in software development is to never rewrite your application from scratch. Typically it's much more difficult than you thought it would be, and it takes too…

I find this title a bit misleading. I thought the article was going to be about how the typical interview process is broken, and that plenty of good programmers are being missed by…