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Wow... that's a really nice thing to do for one in need. Gotta be your friend Zed!

Instead of choosing one over the other, why not choose both? I specialise in both PHP and Python. For web projects on commodity hardware, nothing beats PHP, especially when used wi…

Original link is down, probably got hit by the HN DDoS. Here's the contents of that link, retrieved from Google Cache. =============================== Goodbye academia, I get a lif…

This reminds me of the question, "Do we live to eat, or eat to live?" To a business, money is like food. Without food, you can't live. But is eating the primary goal of your life? …

Agree with you that the market isn't able to pick out value, especially value that isn't easily exchangeable for money. Social work is of indispensable value from a particular pers…

+1 for CodeIgniter. Easy to learn and easy to hack, as it's very transparent about what goes under the hood. Despite (or because of) its simplicity, I moved on to other frameworks …

Thanks analogAndroid - I'm just getting started with Puppet and Vagrant too. Great article, hoping to learn more from you!

The Russians have said he's applying to 15 countries for asylum. He's trying to gain public support and put pressure on the US government, while at the same time persuading countri…

SEEKING WORK - Singapore or Remote Drupal/PHP/Python/HTML/CSS/Sass I'm a full-stack web developer, strong on the front end, focusing on Drupal and Python. I'm normally based in Lon…

It seems that the grooves pointing towards the centre of the platform make for an unnatural walking gait. At the start of a step, the foot will move inwards towards the line of tra…

But I do agree with one of the commenters, who said that "women have to work to maintain likeability by walking the tightrope of the double bind. Women who are too masculine (which…

This is very interesting. More research should be done. It may be the case that for high-profile games - which are almost guaranteed to sell well - demos are not needed. And the ar…

Yes that's true - in fact there are multiple strategies that can be employed when monetising an app, neatly summarised in this TechCrunch article: http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/26/…

If you're able to make a living doing a PhD (from your stipend and being a teaching assistant), it might help to tide you over till the economy improves. But obviously, this articl…

I had a degree in electrical engineering, but only coded substantially in VC++ (self-taught) in my fourth year of university. The university syllabus only covered the basics of Jav…