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I don't even like writing React in Javascript

What the hell did I just read?

There is increasing awareness that addiction and procrastination [1] are not indicative of laziness. Human beings are great at protecting their emotional core because it's essentia…

Exactly. Agile is sold as a way to increase productivity, but the practices seem to be about reducing autonomy for team members.

Back in 2013 the company I was working for released a touchscreen kiosk. They rolled their own hardware and wanted a custom software solution. There was limited space on the device…

This just seems like checklists with extra steps.

Because they own their own platform, they can't handle HN traffic. Idealism, meet harsh reality.

Former speed dating entrepreneur here. In person, at least, women are much more open to the idea of speed dating than men. Much of our marketing revolved around how to appeal to an…

Have. Other. Hobbies. If you do anything over and over, you'll get sick of it. A well-balanced life is important. Start exploring other things in life that you find interesting; th…

The parliamentarian is someone who is thoroughly familiar with all of the Senate's rules. They ensure that bills that are passed comply with the rules that the Senate operates unde…

> And I continually hurt those around me — just by being myself-and it’s beyond heartbreaking. If you're an asshole without money, you're going to be an asshole when you have money…

Not every job requires passion. I would venture to say that most jobs don't. Is it a desirable trait? Sure. Is it the only trait that matters? Most certainly not. The idea that all…

There's growing evidence that political beliefs are linked to self-image more than factual evidence, which is why arguing over the facts of an issue often winds up causing both sid…

Touché

I'll check the comments if I'm interested in the topic, but aside from that I tend to avoid HN comments. The comments as a whole seem to be overly negative and contrarian...to the …

There are a couple of things going on here. First, you are not in a good place mentally. Your self esteem is pretty low and that is the reason you feel like such an outcast at work…

You would think that law enforcement would already be using a VPN or Tor for stuff like this.

"On top of that, a lack of collaboration with U.S. intelligence means that if Anonymous and GhostSec are running the same game as the Group — creating moles within online ISIS comm…

I really appreciated his tone. I'm incredibly fascinated by ideas like quantum physics and basic building blocks of the universe, but am often left behind when I read articles abou…

I think you're giving politicians too much credit. As a group, they tend to be reactionary to whatever the threat du jour is.

But because of HN rules, we can't change it to something more appropriate and less clickbait-y

"...the company wanted to invest as little time in the problem as possible so the person couldn't fix the tests, write new ones, or write a real fix. I don't blame the engineer, I …

The basic idea, that software is a set of decisions, is insightful. I'm definitely going to borrow this concept when talking about software design to non-technical people. However,…

While completely ignoring that contractors like Snowden have absolutely no whistleblower protections at all.