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I'm writing questions for the Geek-o-Meter, and would love your opinion on whether our questions are a sufficient measure of a true geek (Sample qs: How many times you forwarded xk…

You should really also add another axis of "Are you happy with this split?" :)

Who am I to question the Dropbox CEO, but... Even if the solution is new, if you're solving a real problem that people have (and if you're not, what's wrong?), can't you use the se…

I'll strike a somewhat contrarian view: having children doesn't really have to change who you are. You can still enjoy most of the things you enjoy, except you get to bring your ch…

Ok, I'll add my anecdote too. Hacking != Having a personal computer. I started programming on my 3rd grade (required-to-have) programmable calculator (that had 10 steps & compariso…

I want to teach my son (4.5 years) "programming" (obviously, too early for general-purpose programming, but a limited-environment language can certainly be taught). I'm considering…

As a busy-busy-busy parent, I find Facebook to be pretty easy & fast way to share photos with family. I had my own script a while back, but Facebook just completely took over that:…

But are there really all that many undergrad programs that prepare people to go straight into the associated careers? Why hold CS to a different standard? Maybe we just should have…

Also see a sci-fi story by Robert F. Young called "Thirty Days Has September".

Because highly successful people are not necessarily those who can teach (and also, are 'human teachers' anyway). Teaching is inspiration, empathy, enthusiasm, wit, patience. You c…

Also don't dismiss significant used books market. I hardly ever buy books over $5. Right now, digital books are priced like brand new books, and you can't resell them. There's some…

Many people have said similar things before and nothing happened, neither to the web nor to their reputation. I think it's because it's one of those things that seems to be a good …

A few points: a) by asking people to sign an NDA before beta testing, you're slamming a door in the face of the overwhelming majority of potential testers. If you want to ensure a …

As a historical sidenote: large chunks of medical progress were made by rural and war doctors ie precisely those with few resources at their disposal (hence innovation).

Is that in fact how that happens though? Complete and flawless the first time around? I'm not that familiar with embedded sort of software, but my assumption was that they try to d…

For the people who have downvoted my comment, it would be helpful to me to know why you did that. It wasn't an ad hominem attack, and my question wasn't all that rhetorical. I thou…

I'm sorry, what? The guy lost me at the supposedly lost art of gathering and packaging software requirements. When was this golden age of the not almost-instantly-outdated packaged…

Batle of neandertals vs modern humans shows how at the times of great upheavals even small advantages can spell difference between survival and success.

Sorry. Common problem in these kinds of forums, not entirely sure how to solve redundancy of content. I search before posting, but obviously it's harder to catch when it's similar …