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Also, you _want_ a car to crumple on impact, so the passengers aren't taking the brunt of the force.

I've never worked at Google, but does it not have a work from home policy? This op-ed seems to be a false dichotomy based on a false premise.

Some US states have laws like this, but they're usually limited to certain kinds of crimes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam_law

For "spiced" we also have the word "seasoned." It has a handful of meanings, but if you're using it to describe a flavor it should be clear that's the meaning you're using. I've al…

I'm curious, does anyone else have examples of #1?

I don't agree with this at all. Google's projects don't always make money, but I don't think it ever does something without an intention to make money. The idea that Google Fiber e…

> We began to see elevated bandwidth against our Managed DNS platform in the Asia Pacific, South America, Eastern Europe, and US-West regions that presented in a way typically asso…

I think this is off topic for Hacker News. The subject matter is foreign to most of this site's users.

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1665/ The talk page for San Jose (or is it San José?) has a very passionate debate about whether the article's name should be accented or not: https…

> I'm beginning to think none of you have ever worked in companies that actually produce IP. All software companies produce intellectual property.

Because executive orders have limited power and are controversial and possibly unconstitutional. Almost all executive orders direct federal agencies, which are part of the executiv…

I'll take it.

Yeah, it's worth noting that "tree swing" isn't a common idiom; I only meant a swing that's set up on a tree. I just didn't want to call it a "tire swing" though because it only to…

> A famous comic using the attempt of building a tree as the analogy of what is wrong in each part of the traditional development lifecycle The project in the comic actually appear…

Because it's dismissive.

Looks like I misread.

You don't have to use Java on Android and you don't have to use Objective C or Swift on iOS. You're heavily corralled towards them, but there are still other options.

That is not an appropriate tone for someone representing OpenDNS to take.

When did your parent talk about copying Uber?

I think out of all the comments so far this passes closest to the real reason. It's simple: if you're developing for the web, you almost certainly have to use Javascript . That rea…

> People in the suburbs of Silicon Valley don't use iPhones? Agreed, I thought Cupertino was a silly example. It's actually funny that you say "suburbs of Silicon Valley," because …

Remember this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bus_protests The underlying social tension hasn't gone away.

For whoever downvoted me, I was asking because I wanted to know if I could directly ask them questions on this thread. I don't have a problem with self-promotion.

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Agreed. At risk of sounding like an idiot, the K&R C book and Mythical Man-Month are the only books on that list I've even heard of , and I haven't read either of them. Also, he gi…