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My experiences with programmers that have more than 30 years on the job fall into 1 of 2 categories... 1. Constant complaining about the state of things(too much memory, too compli…

The "Architect" role varies from business to business. If you don't understand exactly how to be successful in your current role it sounds like you have some work to do. Find out w…

I don't think the author is a 1x programmer. He has learned the first secret of 10x programming. It's not about being a genius programmer. Its about being an efficiency expert and …

>Capitalism doesn't mean an 'unregulated hellscape', capitalism requires a state to exist in order to defend the right to hold private property Oh look everyone its another armchai…

I'm not familiar with what changes occurred during the financial crisis. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac always enjoyed an implicit guarantee that their balance sheets were secured by t…

He's not wrong. He should use actual logic rather than just trying.

Right just like there are no capitalist nations in the world. Because no nation is a completely unregulated hellscape governed by pirate kings. Spare me the semantics.

> It's actually owned by the government, Fannie Mae. Oh my bad. So riddle me this. Does the government secure mortages it owns?

The borrower is sort of using logic, but because of his extreme level of entitlement he fails to understand his premises are flawed. Low rates are a function of your total risk not…

Wealthy Borrower: "Why can't I refi lower?" Lender: "No, because your loan isn't secured by the government" Wealthy Borrower: "I am just using logic here, you're telling me a riski…

>This article is pretty confused. Articles like this are often written by someone that manages a trivial or non-critical path system. They have strong feelings about logging becaus…

Unix Pipes - BWK pointed out in his memoir how a small piping implementation done in a single day changed Unix(and computing) forever.

This might be the most short sighted article I have ever read. One of humanity's greatest achievements was the creation of the intermodel shipping container( https://en.wikipedia.o…

Is it really the trendiness? Here is what would be going through my mind... > Why after investing 11 years in Mike did Microsoft decide to let Mike go? People are tremendously expe…

And where does it talk about the plight of this poor, poor libertarian, law abiding man that lost his home because of an $8.41 oversight? When a story is legit it gets picked by mu…

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Yah Reason.com? really? The same rag that towed the line to destroy net neutrality? find me a better source and I'll buy it. https://reason.com/tag/ajit-pai/

>A taxpayer generally realizes capital gain or loss on the sale or exchange of virtual currency that is a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer. What does this mean for crypto…

Look at that sally, a false equivocation right out of the gate. I'll just change your text so that it represents what I actually said .... >How exactly does taking steps that have …

You asked how it would help and I explained exactly how it would help. I directly addressed your point. Your content free, one sentence response not withstanding. Is there somethin…

Easy. Civil law operates on a concept called "preponderance". It's not absolute in nature it's a measure of likliehood as measured by non subject matter experts(a judge and some ra…

They do matter but not for the reason you'd first think. It's about liability. Imagine a bank testifying in a hearing about a recent data breach. They are going to want to give the…

>I saw him run over forty several times, and it was not unusual for him to put a string together of twenty or thirty They are almost certainly talking about 14:1 continuous which w…

"Tech Debt" and "Code Quality" are myths. I know that is an unpopular perspective, but allow me to explain. To start with, for me everything is just a problem described in terms of…

When are you people going to understand that your first amendment right doesn't protect your right to post on the internet. It just stops the government from making laws that restr…