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What I'm wondering is...why backport even a single feature?

But give them credit, they're all set to release this revolutionary e-book reader. They, erm, walk the walk.

I seldom code outside of work these days. The physical (not mental) strain is too great, on my back, shoulders, hands, arms, and eyes. So from seven to eleven hours a day, five day…

> The syntax for set literals ({1,2,3} is a mutable set). > Dictionary and set comprehensions ({ i: i*2 for i in range(3)}). Neat.

For me, it is a constant, iterative process. I don't drop into the "refactor mode" you described (except when writing docs, which I prefer to do in spurts, because newer code can b…

I definitely read bass as bass. I fish too much (blasphemy).

Agreed. Same reason I won't work at a place that wants my piss.

We'll find other sites, you know.

Yea, I think it's all relative. I know people who remember little from before the age of 6, and I find that to be almost disturbing...I remember most everything from 4 onward, and …

I'm 22 now. The girl was very cute at the time.

Answer and be ignored. Like the "Ask Obama" questions!

I recall all of my more eventful dreams from that age (and younger, but only back to 5 or 6), and that particular dream was definitely a welcomed shock to my young mind at the time…

> Males report having sexual fantasies earlier in development (average age of onset 11.5 years) I find that figure to be surprisingly high. My first dream that was definitely sexua…

A: What compensation...blah blah blah? B: 80 would be great. $80k/yr -> $80/hr.

The eMac is back!

Conspicuous consumption.

Fix issue 1, rename store.del() to store.remove() marcuswestin (author) 18 minutes ago Will the API be stabilized? Or can you alias method names in cases like this, rather than clo…

> It seems like over the past few years we've definitively decided on B.C.E. and C.E. instead. I don't think that is the case. Amongst recently published works of history that I ha…

Were those sites developed prior to this experiment? If so, it sounds more like dumping assets than flipping anything.

> some penchant for buying any food > set himself on fire in bed > uncontrollable giggle I wonder, what could possibly lead to such things?

What were the negotiations? Was it a salesman-customer interaction, or were the two on even footing?

Is this some new trend where nobody prefixes self posts with "Ask HN"?

the .ps tld has potential.