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Not sure about Linus... I know Wolfram does/did ....

I have a standing desk and I'm considering buying an under-desk treadmill to "convert" it to a walking desk. I am curious to know if anyone here uses a walking desk, and how it aff…

If you can work from home (big if) then you might consider looking into a standing desk + treadmill. There are some decent options available. The "Autonomous" desk is great, I purc…

There aren't many better options when it comes to firmware development. The state of the art, as I understand it currently, is C / C++. But having worked in many languages (Java, S…

Sorry for the delayed response. It has allowed me to work on some very cool robotics, and IoT projects. I've been able to learn a ton in the process about how computers work. Thing…

Hey man, I started my career 7 years ago by teaching myself PHP, jQuery, and CSS. First real job was as a "full stack web developer". I always was in awe of the low level stuff tho…

Unfortunately some work (Mac, and iOS development) requires a Mac OS device.

Uhg, I'd love to be that 50 year old when I arrive at the age. Sadly, I feel like I'm sliding backwards. Oddly, I feel like I was a better, more thoughtful, certainly more energeti…

Yes, please do explain further.

From the article: "A 2009 Pentagon briefing summary of the program prepared by its director at the time asserted that “what was considered science fiction is now science fact,” and…

And what's hilarious is that the top comment in this thread is about starting yet another social network. Myopic to say the least.

Yet another "solution" that focusses on "affordable" housing, not market rate housing. The world needs affordable housing, so don't get me wrong. But what's infuriating is how ofte…

> "we don’t currently produce in sufficient quantities to make it a sustainable diet for the entire population" I wonder what we are missing in our crops that, if grown, would brid…

> "but who really just 'tries' heroin" Natural. Selection.

I can't help but wonder what it's like to have that kind of money. Does such a person ever wake up, and wonder how the dice rolled so amazingly in their favor? Or do they wake up a…

You've been WFH for a long time so I'm sure you've already done this, but... Early on in my WFH career I had to make it VERY clear to my family (and friends) that when I'm working …

One aspect of remote work that I feel is often missing from this discussion is the impact on mental health. Some have alluded to it in posts here but unless you've worked from home…

Possibly holding cash is useful for when you need to quickly capitalize on a drop in the market?

I have the same damn question - where is all the money going? Put another way, why is my dollar buying exponentially less than it was 20, 30, 40 years ago? Don't even try to tell m…

Even IF there was a desire among politicians to fix the transportation issues in San Francisco I doubt they'd find a means to do so. It would cost a ton of money and congress has n…

I think this goes without saying but... if you're a software developer, there's never been a better time to find a new job, at a different company.

> lies I started telling myself about why I had to stay. care to elaborate?

I've received calls in the past alerting me that I have a virus on my computer and that I need their software to clean it. I've always been disturbed and curious by the fact that t…

I'm so tired of seeing these articles, and then seeing nothing done to fix the problem. I feel like we've been seeing "HOUSING COSTS PROHIBITIVELY HIGH" and "RENTS OUT OF CONTROL" …

eh, no. What is far more likely than an 11 year old girl browsing MIT website? And 11 year old girl with parent(s) who were likely heavily, heavily involved. And the media loves a …