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Was anyone else slightly disappointed that this new product doesn't respond in Haiku, as the name would imply?

Nice try Mr. AI. I'm not falling for it.

It took me a few rounds to detect this trick. I had a boss who would pick up on clues from upper management on where they may be headed. He would come back to our team, and throw e…

I'm going to answer this assuming you mean gaining number sense, which is something I didn't realize I was missing until I gained it. I got my undergrad in math and physics. I was …

I've straddled and blurred the line between being in IT and an educator. I've seen home schooling go horribly wrong and incredibly right. From my observations of the few dozen fami…

I know a few truck drivers. They're not getting paid any more than in past years. Trucking companies may have increased demand, truckers are still getting paid trucker's wages. Eno…

I inherited a large database that "supported" an application, when in fact the application layer was built into the database. I took over from a begrudging dev who was involuntaril…

Thanks for the great article. Long read, but lots of great examples.

I heard a neighbor kid get hit by a car. A bunch of us were outside playing tag, heard the tires screech and the thump. The kid was an impulsive type, and the lady who hit him was …

I'll second Mendeley. I've used several other options, but Mendeley has a Chrome plug-in that will download the PDF as well as try to read author and other bibliographical info. Th…

This is really awesome. This is now my default HN portal. Thank you.

Yes, thanks for the response.

Can you tell me how Unito works differently from Zapier?

I've done a bunch of little freelance stuff. Money is always great, and I'd follow the advice already given if that's what you're looking for. On the other hand, it might be worth …

When I can't stomach puff pieces on NPR, I usually blame it in my extreme liberal bias, but still take in the information. I still haven't yet heard ANY in-depth stories taking Tru…

An old co-worker of mine jumped ship in the way I wished I had. He had something like 16 or 17 days vacation, and he took every Friday off from September till the end of the year. …

I'm in. I'm currently teaching an undergraduate course in collaboration software, and I'd be interested to hear what others are doing, or what ideas they have.