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I have worked with some people that are self-taught that ended up being incredibly good. However, I still bias myself a bit to people coming from a CS background because of other n…

I like this idea a lot. It goes away from the regular though that you get a friend that is forever that is there for you for good and bad, and puts you into the driver seat. I also…

"The performance appraisal nourishes short-term performance, annihilates long-term planning, builds fear, demolishes teamwork, nourishes rivalry and politics… it leaves people bitt…

If you want to go all conspiracy theory on this, you can go with the "There is no such thing as bad publicity", and this amount of coverage ironically could even get some sales on …

Take this as user feedback. I downloaded the app and it asked me for a forced login using Facebook, with no other choices. I was expecting to at least be able to bypass the login s…

Your links lead to the article again ... These ones lead to the comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015160

This is personal, but I taught myself how to code, before the internet, and with barely any books. One thing that made, for example, the PHP documentation a lot easier to read vs. …

The % model would indeed work better with a low volume sales. So, if I wanted to distribute a file just once or twice, then this would work, since I end up paying just 50c (if the …

The % transaction fee is a turndown. I have been looking for a solution to distribute digital goods, and I try to stay away from anything that is a percentage, it does not scale on…

This is a good article for the differences: http://nikic.github.com/2012/07/10/What-PHP-5-5-might-look-l... * New finally keyword * Support For list In foreach Construct * Password…