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There might be systemic issues in the approach to medical research that slow our progress on that front. And if humanity wants to avoid eventual extinction, a well developed space …

"It's easy to point fingers, it's tough to propose meaningful solutions." Precisely. When The Singularity (TM) comes, and all work is executed by software and robots, I can easily …

That's not a troll, I actually work in infotech and come from startuplandia. That's my god's honest opinion. Of course I know expressing it is going to be kicking a hornet's nest a…

hahaha "anonymous downvotes without riposte" = "proof of irrelevancy" more and more the fsf crew looks like autistic kids arguing over who would win a fight: green lantern or capta…

lol "we don't have enough entreprenuers?" What does "enough" mean? Looks to me like we've got thousands of kids trying to make the FaceTube.ly+ 3.0, which is more than enough for m…

lol irrelevant

lol when you get laid off at 50 and they continue to pull $200k we'll see who's got more stress

I'll add that if you LOVE doing what you do for 40 years, straight through retirement, you are one odd duck indeed. The idea of "passion for work" is a power play to get folks to p…

Excellent points. Your typical doctor or lawyer is in a revenue generating function (doctors, in fact, are THE revenue generators of hospitals), and are therefore hired by other re…

What do you get paid? I'm curious about this "consulting money machine." Most contracts I see are $50-$75/hr with no bennies. Not exactly stacking mad chips.

Most programmers are retarded about everything but programming. Everybody knows this, hence Big Bang Theory, nerd culture, etc. Acid test: how good are you at picking up chicks? Th…

You've got it exactly twisted about docs, read this for clarity: http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/compensation/2012... Choice quote: "As in Medscape's 2011 survey, the hi…

Any of the medical careers, from nursing to MD to podiatrist to dentist. T14 law school and BIGLAW. MBB consulting drone and then BigCo Apparatchik. Buy-side finance, like equity r…

Precisely. It's a business, treat it as such. If you want to focus on The Holy Craft Of Programming, get a PhD and good luck with the academic track. Otherwise, go into business as…

WHY DO PROGRAMMERS THINK LIKE THIS? A radiologist makes $350k whether he's in Manhattan or Memphis. A hedge fund analyst makes comparable, whether he's in LA or Louisville. A BIGLA…

It's just a question of degree. Is height solely determined by genetics? No - we know that nutrition plays a large part. But potential height is still dominated by genetics. It doe…

Most people on HN are 1-3 sigmas on the right side of the IQ bell curve. They have a hard time understanding what life is like on the other side (although rampant off-shoring and H…