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\e\ is a sound that is basically impossible to represent unambiguously to English speakers, without falling back to how it's used in words ('e' as in 'ten', for example). `eh` and …

There are plenty of places that already offset by half an hour (Newfoundland for example) or even a quarter of an hour (Chatham Islands in New Zealand) so any dropdowns should alre…

It's still fun to read about, although acknowledged I have the privilege of not being directly affected by Alzheimer's. It's also really useful when there's comment on Hacker News …

I've been using a standing desk for about 2 years, and I definitely focus better while sitting - sometimes I'll even grab a random table to really pound things out, because perchin…

If you have an interview at their office (and you should), keep an eye on the decor and the body language of the people working there. Ask to see any common areas, the places where…

i.e. learning styles may still be bullshit, but they can get you to self-reflect on how you learn.

I've been there. I was missing the "I" tiles for a scrabble game and it was the funniest thing ever.

Companies should have an incentive to invest in the training of their employees - it seems they're always claiming that the people they're looking for just don't exist, and it come…

I hear it. I feel the severity of the burns, the requirement for skin grafts should come into play, but I can put that aside. It should also be clarified, it was not 700 previous r…

In particular, starting with their oldest and working towards their newest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FB9262CF878A34A

I think it surprised a lot of the world outside of America, too.

I'm curious, why is it allowed to register domain names with mixed character sets? I am behind allowing Unicode characters in domain names for the obvious reasons, but are there co…

Ahh, the old classic, PayPaI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPaI (uppercase 'i')

Find excuses to learn things outside your comfort zone, at your work or through pet projects. The pet project can be easy, as long as you have the time and motivation - pick a tech…

It's not actually _that_ nonlinear - follows philosophy on time travel through Aristotle, then Godel & Einstein and then through to Hawking. That said, the nonlinear part: picks ou…

Walking Dead, I just wish they could find another model for a season. "Oh, we're walking or driving through the woods" "Cool, we found a place that looks cool and has cool people" …

Brevity is the soul of wit - I try not to make long variable names if I can help it.

The article makes good points but if that isn't the most awkward title...

Also involves C, so: C Python, C Python Go, Go Python Go

I guess, we'll see how that turns out for Blackberry.