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There will be days when keeping a chipper face on video is going to be impossible. Stress shows on your face long before it shows in your writing.

What SEO tool are you using?

Are you just trolling now? For the record, my roommate and I are paying $1,800 for a 1400 sq foot two bedroom. And that's a lot, when I compare with my friends who have lived here …

I'm not planning to have kids in the near future, but sincerely hope that this trend shifts (as more people move out of the suburbs and into cities) when the time comes. I walked t…

Because this is a legit story and prime argument as to why blanket bans are imperfect?

Non-competes don't stand up in court. Who would sign this type of agreement, though? I've signed non-competes before, but "I agree to provide a copy of this Agreement to any person…

Maybe a single thread for all April fools jokes would be appropriate?

"We’ll be filing the lawsuit tomorrow" isn't the punchline. "I can say without hubris that I am a very important person" is. ;)

AFAIK "Hacking" is the creative implementation of any technology to do something it wasn't designed to do. Cracking and griefing regrettably fall under that umbrella as well, as do…

People have always feared the world will end (doomsday!) because it's the only alternative to their guaranteed and insignificant personal demise. It's a shame that this cowardice s…

Web applications, especially amateurish ones, are insecure. I'm sure there are bigger sploits in FB itself.

It's depressing to read things like "Nope. Life as a computer science major in college and an overall geek leaves very little time." I'm sure you play videogames, read/post on non-…

Not being professional programmers probably helped them. I joined YC after working first as a "Software Engineer", then in a managerial position in a software firm. I had to unlear…

I agree 100% -- when I find myself drifting off during the workday, I take a break for however long it takes to get back on the horse. Sometimes that's an hour long bikeride, somet…

More haxoring, less poor life choices plz.

Seeing at these are still "problems" after three years mean that a lot of people are doing them successfully.