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I still fail to see the commercial/hobbyist/* appeal of C#/.NET/mono.

I really like this project. It was by far my favorite Django Dash entry this year--I couldn't believe how low it ended up in the rankings. It looks nice, it works, and it actually …

I'm also a pretty consistent Adagio customer. Lapsang is my favorite by far. I wish Adagio's was just a tad bit stronger, though. Even with longer steep times (5-6 minutes) I don't…

I'm pleased by the attitude/tone of this author; this doesn't read like a polemic or even opinion piece, but rather a well thought out and well reasoned argument.

I am curious to hear the opinions of some of the people in this comment thread regarding the downloading of copyrighted music, torrenting copyrighted films, downloading copyrighted…

Same with me. I tend to use sitting as a way to let go of something frustrating/troublesome that came up while working on something. It's makes getting back to work much easier.

Divine Invasion, VALIS, and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (perhaps not in that order). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS_trilogy

This sounds like a really interesting story. Thanks for the tip.

I alluded to this in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865350 , but want to respond to your comment about reading "making you think." I had a major breakthrough in my creative (…

Just finished Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson). About 100 pages into the Wind-Up Bird Chronicles (Haruki Murakami). Next is The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares). I find that re…

I agree. The issue is not "I do or do not want $instance->method() in my code" but rather "Do I have state to encapsulate?" I'm a full time perl programmer and often run into peopl…

github (or something similar, but only if used heavily) is the most paramount, I'd say. By looking at a well-used github (/gitorius/bitbucket...) account you can evaluate someone's…

I agree; the article is fluff. I upvoted for the discussion. My partner and I are vegan and it has long been our experience that it's a cheaper way to live, especially given that v…

I agree. I don't think offending people is what's at stake--just turning people off purely based on the name. As a vegan, I'd be offended if someone tried to serve me meat knowing …

I feel pain when I see the word "recurse."

Though I really like the concept, I'm concerned by package availability (or a lack thereof). It's frustrating to have to take a big detour when developing to circumvent my linux's …

Why continue to develop proprietary software for problems that have been solved over and over in open source (code editing, code compilers, browsers, email clients, word processing…

Despite being excessive at points ("disgusting flaunting of privilege") I think the article points out a real problem. In my experience, the only way to fill this gap is to activel…