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Tell me about the time you were "fired" for taking a vacation that your boss approved?

That actually does look beautiful

What are you verifying?

For those out of the loop, who are the billionaire programmer and C royalty people in this link?

Dig a deep, deep pit and bury it all? Build a really tall pipe and push it all into space?

Maybe... But isn't your view also very dismissive of their experience and the constraints and context of their experience? By far, most companies above a certain size do not operat…

It is still a feature in Vivaldi, Opera's spiritual successor.

Wikipedia agrees 'The station uses New Zealand time (UTC+12 during standard time and UTC+13 during daylight saving time) since all flights to McMurdo station depart from Christchur…

Do you have the link by any chance?

Haven't used it but it sounds like this feature would work? https://paisa.fyi/reference/budget/

That's how they are delimited in India and the author is probably from there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

This is incredible! Great job building this and also writing the documentation that explains concepts as well as how they are implemented. I can't believe how many comments here ar…

What happened in 1992?

Is there even a hydrogen turbojet engine?

I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. Going to an onsen can at first be a bit daunting with all the rules and etiquette, but it was definitely worth it. Sitting in a hot onsen while it'…

This CICS? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CICS Could you elaborate?

It's confusing, because people generally don't ride bulls. Where I'm from you gently back off from both bulls and bears.

Did your manager share a reasoning for why they shouldn't call you John?

> how hard is it to pay in cash or to get service as anything but a light skinned person in a japan convenience store? There is close to zero overt racism of the sort you're referr…

Glad to see the part 2. Part 1 generated some interest on HN too - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36277962

I'm sure it gets the job done but how was the quality?

> The Large Scale Store Act of 1973 > Now, the small businesses could slow down the large businesses by 4-5 years or even completely freeze them out. Sounds like the law of uninten…

It's up for debate how productive Japan's companies really are. Studies show it is one of the least productive/efficient among developed economies, with all the unnecessary meeting…