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No one educated should have to do work that isn't career-advancing. This country isn't supposed to be a Dickensian hellhole.

Two questions: 1. Why was this published at all, and: 2. Why is it #2 on Hacker News? Nothing is more repulsive than a rich person unable to admit that he owes a substantial share …

This is not about male/female dynamics. It's about what happens when an unregulated global society selects a bunch of idiots, frauds, and assholes to make major decisions. The fact…

This is correct. The problem is that so many people, including top decision-makers within society, are too short-sighted to care about this notion of deficit. "Someone else" will c…

Terrible idea, actually. The productivity gained by the health sacrifices is dubious and might be counterbalanced by the negatives. Sacrificing most of the fun but not productive a…

Sadly, this gem isn't mine, but... Social conservative: one whose concern for life begins at conception and ends at birth.

Networking is always hit-or-miss, and I'm asking about a worst-case, not average case, scenario.

I'm explicitly asking how people would respond to a worst-case scenario. This isn't something that has ever happened to me (although it theoretically could) and it's not my situati…

Not remotely, but they're pretty scummy, like the investment banking industry as a whole. What makes them worse than most others is their connection to politics, which allows them …

This is one of those "if the worst happens" hypotheticals, though I'd imagine it has happened to some of us. You lose your job, get no severance, and have 2 months of savings. Let'…

I disagree with this argument. I think another one's more salient. For a pack animal such as primal humans probably were, a certain type of moderate depression is a survival mechan…

Same here. I think it's a great language. As much as I value purity from an academic standpoint, I also need to eat. I'd rather see a 90%-pure Lisp that I can get a job in than a 1…

I generally upvote comments that make an interesting point in an intelligent way. I tend to favor concision, since I don't upmod (or downmod) something if I'm not compelled to read…

(or (with? you lisp) (against? you lisp)) I'm kidding.

When you're writing Clojure code, you generally are supposed to prefer Clojure features and idioms. Functions like proxy and gen-and-save-class exist because sometimes you have to …

I wonder what happens if you have an auto-deduction from your account. Not a problem for the monthly bills, but it would suck to find $11k taken out of one's bank account with the …

Two words: stone soup. The JVM is just a starting point, and a very good one for that.

Note: if you trust any company run by Mark Zuckerberg with anything, you're doing it wrong.

Korean women are naturally very beautiful and don't need to "Europeanize" their features. I find that really unfortunate. They also have an uncanny ability to remain very kind, goo…