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I've worked for a couple of startups in Montreal. Their biggest competitive advantage was always that they could do things for less. This is because wages are low and so is the cos…

If you find karate impractical, try a good school of kyokushin karate and tell me that it's not useful. As for kung fu not being practical, that depends entirely on your school (ku…

I think that if you are in Toronto, it's worth checking out aikido seishinkai. I used to go there before I moved and missed it ever since. They don't have a website but: http://www…

A lot of people are recommending you learn emacs. I do too but I want to add that emacs is very hard to learn since it feels so foreign at first so don't get discouraged, take it a…

We should get a book thread going. Shogun is definitely one of my favorites.

The price tag seems high. As previously mentioned it might be because of, low inventory volumes, new tech., etc.. What baffles me is that this technology was developed with OLPC in…

E-mail provides no security. An e-mail can be forged simply by using telnet to connect to and SMP server (usually your ISPs) and typing the appropriate message (see wikipedia SMTP.…

Couchsurfing doesn't really set any guidelines for this, I've had people sleep on my couch who were moving, etc. It is really up to your host so make sure you mention this in the e…

I agree with what he said. Unfortunately for me, I did exactly what he said not to do and GSoC wasn't as fulfilling as it could have been as a result.

Lisp isn't a purely functional programming language, it can have side effects if you want it to but it isn't required. The best way to see lisp is as a programming language which a…

I never gave much weight to these tests but saw myself described very well in poster's article and decided to do the test. Turns out I am also INTP. Pretty cool test. As a side not…