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SEEKING WORK — Remote or Luxembourg I am a freelance web developer & generalist. Happy to work with Ruby/Rails/JavaScript/Python. I would also enjoy pairing on projects if you are …

I am experimenting with "reading minutes left" as a better indicator of progress on a page. This is similar to what medium.com is doing for their articles, but it could be extended…

A few videos on implementing partial application in Javascript.

I couldn't disagree with you more. People solving the problems have a choice. If they don't want to look it up, more power to them. Otherwise, leave the decision to the learner. I …

I agree with you although I wonder what happens in the case of repeated purchases. Wouldn't the store with lower prices and lower profits on these warranties attract more buyers? O…

I would expect the market for extended warranties to be competitive. At least as competitive as the market for the product the warranty is slapped on. How can stores make so much p…

Pairing has helped me and my code a lot but as with most things there is a learning curve. Only an atrocious pair would say something like "Oh... yes, that function... I already th…

More on global warming ranking low: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_...

Hacker News is among the 5000 most popular sites!

I'm also curious about why companies might want to opt out of the news aggregator. Although I'm wondering why companies even have a say in it. Isn't the aggregation involved fair u…

Except you can press [esc, .] multiple times.

Sorry if this is misleading. I read the article on paper and that was the pull-quote. I decided to use it because the real title 'The upside of a downturn' was not descriptive enou…

I strongly disagree with your point #1. I understand you want to emphasize business value and short-term returns but barring refactoring is taking it too far. Smart refactoring wil…