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Write less of it.

This confusion is both astonishing, given the length of time GNU has been around. Yet it is also understandable, for many there's a missing distinction between GNU vs Linux project…

+1. I highly recommend Ha-Joon-Chang's books, I've learned a lot about economics from him. He puts forward a strong argument that economic policy must be flexible, and shift with e…

Is this a sign that Windows is moving towards a linux kernel?

..or that for some individuals, those who suffer bipolar (such as myself) or clinical depression, there's a biological factor that has little relation to past circumstances.

This is pure generalization and does not apply to those who are clinically depressed or suffer bipolar.

I just got a sudden flashback of Visual Studio circa 2003 shudder

The test command has certain rules depending on the number of arguments. The most pertinent rule is: For one argument, the expression is true if, and only if, the argument is not n…

Straight from MIT it seems like a complementary course for SICP.

This is extremely cool, for someone with some C experience but wants to dig into writing a lisp.

I wonder if the frat house culture, the opulent office, the drink up debauchery and the "holacracy" may create a delusional sense of grandiosity that permeates from the company lev…

The entire story in all its objective context will never be known, and those privy to the story, Horvath and those involved at Github carry more context than we will know. For Horv…

It's reasonable to suggest that certain folk have a greater capacity to work longer before burnout. However, that choice will always come at a cost, depending on your current posit…

To me the Macbook Pro is a misnoma, if it's designed for "pros" to do whatever they want with them. The fact is when you buy a mac, you work with it's constraints, both hardware an…

Actually I learned about this from Zed himself on twitter. From the tone of his announcement he doesn't seem to mind.