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Self-taught as well. It’s a game. All the big name software co’s and the startups founded by former big name software devs like to play it. Heck, I’m starting to enjoy the game (pr…

I wonder if the infected squirrels will reinfect the growing rat population in San Francisco and repeat the cycle.

But many predictions ARE basically binary. I made so much money on the "Will Trump be impeached by the end of 2019?" question. I can't believe how many people put money on that.

I've made a ton of money in PredictIt just by betting from a GOP perspective (I'm guessing not many "investors" go that way, so the odds are skewed).

MTurk sucks. I need to have over a thousand video transcripts manually fixed, and so far, only about 15% come back even close. Most MTurkers submit the original, unmodified transcr…

Tedious development tasks.

Can someone tell me what letter "BigCorp" starts with? I'm scared because I'm looking at a job at a big corp., but I was under the impression that I could leave the office at 5pm.

Windows only. :(

I didn't even know Microsoft had an eBook store. Somebody in marketing needs to get laid off.

Anyone know how it performs on Mac?

The biggest change I can think of in my Python/Django development over the past few years is: print "" >>> print("")

""" ...unequal access to high quality education is a comparable injustice to unequal access to the ballot box and is "the clearest manifestation of the nation's caste system." """ …

I felt the intro was a little off too. I hadn't even heard of PHP 8 until today.

I understood that "array expression" meant "associative array", and that the closest equivalent in JavaScript is an Object. But I don't consider myself a PHP guru.

1. Ask if they would feel comfortable recommending you. 2. Apply at a better run startup. 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!! Seriously, I get the best recommendations and referrals from former col…

Not just Silicon Valley–it's a West Coast thing. Go into any hip coffee shop in CA, OR, or WA, and you'll find a sea of MacBooks covered in stickers running brightly colored IDE's …

WAT. A server configuration change? What kind of server configuration can affect presumably thousands of machines replicated across the globe? I'm trying to understand this.

Microsoft? I applied for a half dozen jobs over a week ago. Referred by an MS employee too. Still have heard nothing. Then I applied at Amazon this week and have two different Amaz…

My parents retired early too, and it looked like we were about to be in a similar situation, but then my mom caught a rare and aggressive form of cancer. It happened so fast. We ar…

This is an excellent question. I have yet to discover a good API based method. Let me know if you find one.

I won't argue that it's not exceptionalism. In fact, it is exactly that. Per mile flown, no other country compares. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2016/12/28/in-the-la...

Yep. That's a big one. It also helps to avoid flying over areas with widespread use of surface-to-air missiles.

Ok. Nope. I finally switched my google user, and I'm getting errors messages when I try to access my VM list.

I am having some weird issues trying to switch my account user, but I can access the console home page.

If you're trying to not die, the most important thing is to choose a reputable airline. One that hires and retains experienced pilots with rigorous training programs. (Most major U…