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It is neither a scientific nor a societal accomplishment, it showcases neither innovation nor courage. It's just - something that happened. While governments are cutting down their…

Whoever was the first to use "bitch" as a verb was almost certainly a male asshole who wanted to subordinate the woman he was talking to. By repeating it, that is the sentiment you…

Most likely, he's working at home: http://bit.ly/9NiLQB

Watching all of this makes me realise just how lucky we are to be alive at this point in human history. Indeed. Sexy times! Captured dragon: http://imgur.com/Vmnzj and http://imgur…

The NASA's decision to support SpaceX with money and expertise is a step in the right direction. NASA (and Roscosmos) should delegate to private companies all of the operations in …

So did I. But, I think, doing dangerous stunts like that is just a small part of their daily duties.

If only my work is as important as his is! You can say that Knuth went of the grid to accomplish something extraordinary, but I did it once I've realized that my life is actually m…

Can we still save the term "life hacker"? For me, that'd be someone without a cellphone. That would be me. I don't own a cellphone since 2004. I've got tired of being constantly av…

Elon Musk is a legend. ... and an inspiration! I'm done with CRUD-ing my life away. It's time to tackle some hard problems.

Falcon 9 is in Orbit! Hell yeah!

What exactly is the author's conclusion? To ask more questions? It seams to me that in a post named X-vs-Y you should arrive at some sort of conclusion. Say, X is the way to go or …

As for mutual hatred, many people lost their families in the war, and obviously many Serbs were part of the aggression, so the relationship is no wonder. The hatred dates well befo…

- if you're in Croatia, Tesla was a Croatian (and a god) Don't be so sure. During the recent war they burned his memorial house and destroyed the monument in front of it. They also…

Same here. DISCLAIMER: This reply contains a slightly modified implementation of RFC 1097.

I think it's in society's best interests to roll these people up. I have absolutely zero qualms about taking people off the chess board that think it's a great idea for everyone to…

Looking for an idea? Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/#!/search/software%20sucks Listen to what people are complaining about. Can you do something about it?

I think that the end users you're referring to are just a minor subset of the end users I had in mind. Let me give you an example of an average end user. This guy calls the custome…

No comment on coding style, but you may want to look into this: http://imgur.com/sE7ul Horizontal scrolling - a possible bug? Screen resolution: 1024×768. UA: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Lin…

I know not of these "end users" of whom you speak. There is only programming. - Unknown programmer of the future Sometimes, I wonder if we live on the same planet - me I'm not tryi…

Sure, compared to some other rifles it's not as precise, but I can shoot you in the head from a distance of 150 m - and I'm not exactly Thomas Beckett. There were guys in my ex-pla…

Although, I'm still with Jeff regarding the importance of coding, I want to thank you for clarifying your position and the order of events . Happy hacking.

So, your motive for attack on Jeff is self-interest? edit: an elaboration I'm trying to figure out what exactly Jeff wrote that you hate so much. You don't even consider his argume…

>Where is this resentment thing pulled from? Jeff's post: Please Don't Learn to Code Zed's books: Learn To Code The Hard Way

Hypocrisy? Aren't you selling some ebooks and Jeff's post is kinda bad for your business?

>That claim is not true for Java, Perl, C, C++, LabTalk, or Tcl. Sure, it's not true for any of them, even Python, but it's meaningful for any language including Java, Perl, C, C++…