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Given everything I've read from Notch in the last year or two, I would be highly unsurprised if he wasn't pushing this as a way to dump his hands of anything to do with business an…

I'm really interested in this project, but wish they had left polyphasic sleep entirely out of it. The sleep data they provide (REM and NREM monitoring, etc) seems fantastically us…

Ahh, that makes sense. Can there be a sliding scale of delay for the ability to comment, or depth of thread allowed (before commenting is disabled for that thread), based on the ou…

Especially after pg's response to the blog post about sexual assault at CodeMash, I wonder—why can't the flamewar detector just disable comments? I tend to have a lot of respect fo…

Hm? Was that meant to be an insult to me? I'd appreciate hearing your full reasoning for the disparagement. From my perspective, I was only sharing a classic piece of literature th…

"First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Th…

I agree. That's a problem for which he deserves more than a little criticism. But that's not what I was discussing, at all.

Are you under the impression that you can review the entire federal government, decide which programs to get rid of, and shut down every one of those programs, during your first ye…

I find it amusing the the Guardian seems to position this article in such a way that it is meant to disparage the Obama administration. While the administration is far from above c…

First, advice: Like many people here, I agree that there is nothing more important than building things that you can show people. However, the process of getting to that level of c…

This is one of the most important points in the wake of this scandal. Be pragmatic, and look at the incentive system. The truth is, not only will most citizens never find out mass …

And I'm going to go one step further: Critical thinking is not prioritized because it is hard to evaluate . Due to the demand for teacher accountability, the insane level of compet…

Well, no tips, but I do have a question: I'm a web dev who's been looking to start trying game development, particularly with canvas. However, I've hit a huge wall with any type of…