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Thoughts on countries like Japan with a super-aged population but with low fatality ratio?

They just announced there will be live streamed game(s) after Mana's series.

Does Stripe (presumably where they work) still allow full-time remote work? I looked at their job board and it seems like none of the job posts are for remote positions.

I've never used Go, but would you write your customer facing REST service using Go? Or would it only be used for back-end microservices? What's a recommended library for writing a …

My data structure wish list: - heapq to support max heap better. (you can invert the value or use heapq._heapify_max, neither is ideal.) - Tree map.

This resonates a lot with me. Whenever I participate in a social gathering there are already long-established "cliques" and they just talk among themselves. I feel this especially …

Any hints of which states you invest houses in that are cash flow positive? California seems to require ridiculous capital to even get started.

> So the biggest barriers to doing it on your own aren't source material (there is lots of that) it's a good source of correction. Does anyone have any recommendations for where I …

I fail to see the benefits of using this over keyboard shortcuts, mouse, and a wacom tablet (many keyboards and tablets also have programmable buttons.) My setup is currently keboa…

Just curious, but any chance of Khan Academy adding Discrete Mathematics? Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think coursera/udemy have a course either. The only free online cours…

What about parents and siblings? They should arguably be above SO. If you need somebody to talk to, don't forget your family!

Compojure is looking really attractive ("modern" dynamic language with JVM performance backing it up). How is the ecosystem around Clojure web development?

Can you provide a link? I am not a lawyer, but I have seen http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions-slip.htm which provides a link to the LexisNexis website for opinions from 1850 - Prese…

This needs to also happen for case law (free as in beer). How absurd is this: "Pursuant to common law tradition, the courts of California have developed a large body of case law th…

my problem with these tracking apps is that it's too easy to "cheat" the system if you have more than one monitor. I typically have a video or stream open on one monitor while I ha…

I haven't used Backbone.js, but from what I've read there are extensions like Backbone.Marionette for better view and memory management. https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.ma…

I emailed my dad (biosci professor) for his opinion on this company, but from what I know of his work history and past collaborations, points 2 and 3 are likely road blocks to usin…

I'm confused -- isn't Node.js's ruby equivalent EventMachine? Why are they comparing Node.js, an asynchronous I/O library, with a MVC web framework? I don't think this is a fair co…

This. There's always a backlash with unexpected post-beta price increases as well (see google app engine.) Be straight-up with the pricing and hold your words.

I might get some backlash for this, but while you can apply for some bioinformatics jobs with a MS, PhD is the norm not the exception for biology-related fields. Without a PhD, you…

I think a big reason why most people go with a career and degree in software engineering as opposed to bioinformatics is because of a bigger job market, a higher salary potential, …

Does anyone know of hacker news-like websites in other languages? I'm particularly interested in a Japanese hacker community, but I'd like to open this discussion for any foreign l…

I wonder how his Rite project is going (Ruby Lite, an "embeddable Ruby") Wasn't the project sponsored by the Japanese government? Really looking forward to its release :)

As a JRuby fan, I have my fingers crossed that they will switch to JRuby and help it become "more mature." :)