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I'm absolutely wary of any technology that's going to enable/encourage bullying or trolling. I think there's a fine line between censorship and ensuring a safe community (especiall…

that's exactly what I came here to post. I find it even more troubling that the teacher was clearly aware of this possible outcome - going so far as to tell the kid to hide it from…

I've been thinking how interesting (fun and a little mean) it would be to teach a Software Development class where you - assign groups of students that don't really get along, - ha…

oh man, the reveal is so good though! I hope people get a chance to watch before discovering the theme :)

This is what I would have said. I've only been a software dev for a couple of years, but by far the most important thing I've experienced is buy-in. Every team I've been on that al…

Just regarding the imposter syndrome aspect of your comment: But isn't the thing about imposter syndrome that it's not about whether YOU think the musician is good, but whether THE…

as an aside - there's actually multiple videos (not sure how many), so you can play repeatedly

I don't remember how old I was, but I distinctly remember an occurrence at one of my first swim lessons. It was a group class, and we were all hanging on a rope taking turns swimmi…

I lifeguarded throughout high school and college, and it always surprised me that most of the difficulties I had were with parents/adults. For the most part, kids would give a sull…

My first hope was that the video was actually a performance of the discovered sheet music, but is that actually correct? The video is amount a minute in duration but according to t…

I think especially at the early stages it will depend on use case. For something like business meetings/transactions I would certainly not tolerate grievous mis-translations. Howev…

I have Google Fiber in Kansas City, and I've been incredibly happy with customer service. Especially after dealing with Time Warner for a couple years, I was extremely surprised an…

Here's a great talk by Greg Baugues in which he discusses his own mental illness (bipolar type II and ADHD) and notes that often there is a fine line between a symptom of depressio…

Wow I had a completely incorrect understanding of what credit unions are and what you'd use them for...this looks like exactly the kind of alternative I'd like to explore. Thanks!

As someone else who uses Chase, I'm having trouble with the same reconciliation. As an individual consumer though, what can I do to stop feeding and perpetuating the system? My ini…