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It doesn't have to be, but in Elon's case, it is.

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang. A really enjoyable story about people on Mars and Earth after their societies and cultures diverge. Definitely felt like a new perspective to me.

I worked with ROS1 professionally for a few years. My big takeaway was that the middleware got a lot more attention than it deserved. There are tons of hard research problems to wo…

I got 159 on my first try. I like the art. The difficulty progression is pretty good, starts out easy and gets faster and harder. Nice work!

Absolutely true. The layoffs appear to have been 100% random. Lots of loafers and do-nothing types on my friend's team who did not get laid off, but other people who consistently d…

This is awesome, I love it.

By the same logic, God was created by another god. Etc.

In my experience, the biggest impediment to this goal of always hiring the best people is what I call "good talkers". People who are good at talking, good at convincing, but not go…

Big question: why is his PC in the bathroom?!

Remoovit.com does this exactly. They pick up your stuff, then either sell, donate, or dispose of it. If they sell it, you get 50%, or if they have to pay to dispose, they charge yo…

I asked for "Mario vs alien" and it gave a copyright error. Then I asked for "Italian plumber vs alien" and it did a nice image of Mario fighting aliens.

There was an online car sales startup years ago where they put up the web page and ordering stuff before getting any buying or delivery stuff in place. When they got their first or…

I find it hilarious that after clicking on a link about "barrier free reading" on my phone, I'm taken to a page with 3 sections: the left section is entirely blank, the right secti…

I think it is much cooler now. So many more things are possible now. Instead of having 8 low res sprites to push around, we have high quality 3d rendering. Instead of making a robo…