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> I would take your dad's offer. I would start working with him. But, don't give up coding. You will succeed if you continue to practice. Don't just write code for yourself or as a…

> I admire the author's selflessness. But if he is publicly regretting donating a kidney, won't he be preventing many kidneys from being donated? I just don't him going public with…

To any Walmart developers reading: thank you for open sourcing this! However, there's something I'd like even more than your time spent on this project. Currently, walmart.com will…

Flew two planes on my phone. Both normal designs. Didn't see the point. Caught one and then put my stamp on it, too. That was neat. Still, I think there is a missed opportunity her…

Congrats, Sam! That's a really nice article. Now, please ignore it, and go about your business. The worst thing to happen to a person's acceleration would be belief in having succe…

>> upgradable via conduits, etc. > I agree but if you're clever you can low-tech hack by inserting pipes through the wall which contain what I'm going to call 'guide wires'. Pipes …

I get not accepting a counter-offer, although I know one employee that took a counter-offer that was insanely good and has been in golden handcuffs ever since, but couldn't be doin…

By building smaller houses with better materials, we can reduce the energy requires to heat and cool them, slow acceleration of CO2 generation, and reduce maintenance costs. If you…

> Other cheaper insulation types are really good already. This is short-term thinking. I don't expect the insulation in my house to be sufficient for the significantly increased an…

Nevermind the fact that all over the world people have been living in smaller houses on average compared to those in the U.S. for many years. But, what I think is unfortunate in ho…

You are correct. It seems like they don't plan to use them intentionally to carry nukes. They could perhaps be fitted with one and possibly wire it into the self-destruct mechanism…

"Next up, live fire testing moves to Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The military will ultimately use QF-16s for weapons testing and other aerial training." http://www.boeing.com/fea…

"Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?" (2008) is a good personal story about the QF-4's: http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/where-have-all-...

F-16's can carry nukes. And why would you have a small very expensive fleet of fast moving drones that can carry bombs? Targets/training only? Wouldn't that be wasteful? Wouldn't t…

Note that QF-16's, not F-16's, are the unmanned/drone version of the F-16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dyn…

To those not in the know: 1. Plan 9 was led by Rob Pike, Ken Thompson, Dave Presotto and Phil Winterbottom, with support from Dennis Ritchie and released (closed source) by Bell La…