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> Babbage considered using number systems other than decimal including binary as well as number bases 3, 4, 5, 12, 16 and 100. He settled for decimal out of engineering efficiency …

"It’s ridiculous, but most companies demand an astronomically higher quality of work experience than they give out." Why programmers can’t make any money: dimensionality and the Et…

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Resurrecting the "cars of the future" of the past[1], with an all electric powertrain, also sounds like a neat idea. [1] Example: https://i.imgur.com/KSOjCEJ.jpg

> I had no idea how far ahead of node on es6 features io.js was That is because io.js upgraded to a current, and maintained, version of Google V8. This was one of the reasons for t…

> They are going to support JavaScript soon Whoa. Slow down. They have only confirmed replacing their custom configuration language with JavaScript and hinted at an official JavaSc…

I have an alternative, and potentially equally silly, hypothesis. Many programmers are young and have just enough money, time, and knowledge to get into trouble. This is compounded…

> which means I probably won't be asked to demonstrate them in situations where others would. I have yet to meet anyone who would take internet points as IRL credibility / experien…

> I call those tests the airplane test. "Work sample test" is the traditional name for what you describe.

It's the Blub Paradox, but with people. This is why I believe that you, the interviewer, cannot interview someone above your "experience level" without some kind of objective test.…

It's been said that the population of programmers doubles every ~5 to 10 years. And, that loosely correlates to the hype cycle of "hot technologies". I don't think it's possible to…

> The mathematics of space-travel is very simple - it's just calculus. You need to be accurate, but it's easy to quantify and well controlled. We're not talking about calculating o…

> The moon landing really was nothing compared to this. I used to believe that, but I have slowly moved to the other side. Things are complicated. There is no doubt about that. But…

Is this a front end on top of the current government provided resources [1] [2] [3], or does this include other sources? [1] http://www.recalls.gov/ [2] http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Reca…