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A philosophy professor required us to make "charitable interpretations" of the arguments we critiqued. His advice has served me well for many years.

Hey man, wishing you a good early morning. Hope the responses haven't got you too down. If it's any consolation, your post must have resonated to garner 400+ upvotes. Personally I …

It sounds to me like you are describing Linux desktops.

Thank you, we need to be outraged right now. Spot on.

"Lionel even claimed the tender had the correct number of rivets on the tender. Although a collector later informed the company that the model tender was three short of the prototy…

HamstOS is just the microcontroller for the power supply. Pros: it is voice activated and fault tolerant. Cons: only responds to voice prompts beginning "Hey Mr. Binky". Also, it s…

Yeah I'm like, you know who's good at hanging out on the stoop, poor people (Southern US). It's a little funny that's all.

If you were a red-blooded progressive maker-type of person in 2010, and you read Born to Run and didn't immediately go out and buy a pair of Vibram 5 Fingers, I really have to wond…

Would have been easier too, just to send a car to the kid's house to knock on the door. Here in the US cops would do it for the PR, sometimes.

A lot of EVs have big 19" or 20" wheels, which get damaged easily on bad roads. I would think people who can afford a Lucid or whatever would also appreciate having surfaces to dri…

Surprised that Coders at Work hasn't been mentioned yet. Reminds me of Gigs a bit if anyone remembers that one - just long form interviews without the filler.

I can definitely relate to the author's viewpoint. The dynamic he refers to is felt by talented developers who have an independent streak that runs to contrarianism. Not to toot my…