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Yet another reason to stop drinking Soda, one of the most acidic things that can be in a person's diet.

And don't forget JavaFX

Agreed. Cleaning and correcting a code base is only part of the solution. Putting in place the policies and culture to make sure the code stays clean is the other part.

The people on top desperately want us gone This is a cynical view of the world. Maybe the people "on top" simply want to improve their company's efficiency in order to return value…

I had a wine opener confiscated because of the 1 inch knife ... can't imagine how someone might use a wine opener to hijack a plane

Depends on where you get your news from. If all you do is watch the evening news, you will never get the full picture. Most of what is on television is so dumbed down as to be usel…

Are we headed for civil war in cyber space? This is the kind of bs that starts to wake people up.

"just, wow" > "wow", denotes staggering astonishment. Or put more simply: minds were blown.

"The purpose of art is to ...." Um, no, Art can have any purpose its creator bestows, including none at all.

a billion more potential farmers yes, but land and water are finite resources

Shouldn't people who want to learn web development use the workflow and tools of professional web developers? And since these tools are free, I don't see the case for Thimble.

Starbucks customers go there for the customer experience, not for the coffee Actually we go for the coffee. But there is something to be said for the store experience of Starbucks,…

It's not that the name is offensive. The definition of the word Payola, is not something you should want your product to be associated with.

It sounds like you're burned out. Possibly, from spending way too much time in front of your computer. You need to find some other interests, there is more to life than writing cod…

You've got to consider the inflation rate which is currently hovering around 2-3%.

To quote Walter White: We are not in danger, we are the danger. And would we want it any other way? Could we as a nation accept being second best at the delivery of death and destr…

The female version of guy is gal, I believe. You could write guy/gal. The word "person" is probably the only gender neutral substitute available.

Obfuscation of the rules is clearly a key component of the voting system on HN. The less we know about the rules, the less we can game the system.

Avocado ... Also called alligator pear. a large, usually pear-shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light-green pulp, borne by the tropical Ame…

Sounds more like a bug than a backdoor. I would think spaces aren't an allowed character. Likely their validation regex didn't expect a series of spaces, and this edge case not bei…

Make a public example of this termination WTF? When did this become feudal Japan?

He didn't demand the termination He didn't have to. And learning of the consequence, he didn't seem to care. a power play by the heads of HR who seem to be the real bad guys here R…