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It's not a magic touch, it's a learnable skill. A skill that's damn hard to learn and takes years of dedication, introspection, and humility, but learnable nonetheless.

If you liked/needed this post, you'll LOVE The Now Habit: http://www.amazon.com/Now-Habit-Overcoming-Procrastination-G...

Does this mean you're not going to fix the newest update, which broke the iPhone app?

I am working through this tutorial right now and it is phenomenally useful. Explains exactly the right amount for me: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/

Yes, you could do that. The department chair is probably your best bet. You could also network if you know any teachers. Are you in SF? It's nice if you can build a relationship be…

There are Science Cafes all over the world that have scientists give talks to laypersons: sciencecafes.org Nerd Nite does the same thing, but with beer: nerdnite.com Be a guest spe…

Teachers always know. They just sometimes choose not to fight that battle.

AskMetafilter solves this problem by asking all users to pay $5 to make an account to vote or post. This low, easy bar is still high enough to dramatically reduce low-quality comme…

Anonymous posting never goes well. See the comments on any story in the SF Chronicle for a myriad of examples.

Straight guy.

Well you can , as evidenced by the attitude of the person I was responding to. That doesn't mean you should , which is I think what you really mean. But yes, having such an imbalan…

"Personally, it doesn't even cross my mind that some people are different than me." People who aren't rich, white, straight, and male don't have the privilege of forgetting about t…

How is this poll going to work if we can't see the upvote tallies?

I am more concerned by the lack of communication than by the missed meetings. Have you actually talked to him about this? Maybe he is sadly waiting for you at a different coffee sh…

I see a lot of threads go by on HN along the lines of "why aren't there more women in technology?" and then lots of replies along the lines of "I guess they are just allergic to ke…

Right, I second that. Also, I used to "take breaks" by playing games or putzing around on the internet, until I realized that it doesn't actually help me feel relaxed and energized…

If you're interested in reading more about pushing the limits of remapping the human brain, check out The Brain That Changes Itself by Doidge. Fascinating.

You would be correct. The shaping of the pinna (and resulting sound reflections) help us determine the height of sound sources, even if they're right on our midline.

Not sure that is the word choice you intended: It might not be a "bad" one it terms of your chances of being right, but it's "bad" in the sense that it's insulting, frustrating, an…

Yes! I can't tell you how many people have tried to steer me away from development because I speak human AND code, and can actually make eye contact.