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Who cares? The /r/fitness inspired idea that strength training is the end-all-be-all for health and fitness needs has really gotten out of control.

The idea that uber will replace public transit in NYC is laughable. Sure, there is a group of rich yuppies (and their parents) that will gladly give uber their business, but NYC's …

My favorite line from that book: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to …

I always describe this to "non-mathy" people when they ask what could possibly be fascinating/beautiful/etc about math. I'd like to think I've changed at least a mind or two.

I cringe to bring up such a trivial example, but it would seem like it's this easy to expose how ludicrous this opinion is...in whose ambulance, on whose roads, and in whose buildi…

Those fly-by-night establishments are what keep a neighborhood vibrant at night, though. I understand that's not what everyone is looking for, but all else being equal, a populated…

Or the 2/3. Or you could, uh, transfer?

Sure, but coding doesn't apply to the position you applied for. Fermi questions are a good way of determining cognitive ability and problem solving, especially when coding or algor…

Any recommendations for learning web app architectures for an otherwise experienced back-end dev?

I'm not an academic so I won't profess to be an expert about papers, but it struck me as odd that it was written in the first person. Felt like a blog post with lipstick. I'm under…

http://bropages.org to the rescue!

Echoing other comments here, I think college towns make excellent startup founding locations. They often have plenty of access to graduating talent, and many have thriving tech sce…

This isn't a question I have an answer to, but isn't it likely that users relinquish their right to data privacy when they sign a privacy policy and/or terms of use?