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Because the bottom line in life is power, not laws or beliefs.

Never anywhere have I seen such a flood of hyperbole! Still interesting however.

In the study I heard about from a family member it correlates strongly up to a threshold, say $90,000 for a family of 3-4 living in the midwest (ex-Chicago, etc.), but thereafter i…

How about, "in comparison to software development, 'programming' is easy"?

Word. Further, in the same direction: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." (attributed to Edison) It's profoundly true of the world that nothing is was…

To me applied minimalism in whatever endeavor just means finding the simplest possible thing that works. I think most of us can see the value in that.

I didn't realize it was being revamped. I had to skip some of the algorithm parts for lack of math (which I'm also studying). IME Part V was by far the hardest part of the book. I …

The wording is a bit too strong, but I take it to mean that the 21st century most closely resembles the 12th. Not exactly the same, but most similar among centuries.

I will upvote this thing all day (figuratively speaking of course). Going through this was a big level-up for me.

Yes the intention was that the Paperwork Reduction Act section requires an entire page while utilizing about 10% of it. I didn't realize the scribd link was present, let alone not …

On the way out of the house this morning I heard that "the Federal Government will continue to operate until March".

The interesting thing about this to me is how it highlights that by setting up a process we introduce a set of possibilities that have different probabilities of happening. Given e…

Correct in my experience (I sometimes work with music, sometimes with silence). Deep insight needs silence: "You want to quiet the noise in your head to solidify that fragile germ …

I'm born in CA and live in MN, and well... this applies. CA is a more 'asking' culture, Minnesota definitely not.

I search the web extensively looking for guidance and resources to build a curriculum that I can follow to learn to program. I want to get out of my current job and into work build…

How to Design Programs.

This is what I started with as well (a versions from several years ago).

Why yes, I work on Wall Street and the man's got a point. In fact, the situation he describes is part of what inspired me to change careers.

My day job. I have to build space into it and put interesting things into the space or it's nearly intolerable. But that is why I'm working on changing jobs. I'm 31.

I sought around for one for awhile to little avail; Dropbox works for me. I have relatively modest needs.

When my dad died I felt as though I was at sea without a compass. I came to see that fundamentally we only know what we know and that we are responsible for the ship (our lives) re…