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If you come at it from the perspective that Google is your friend, as in not like a real friend (who I wouldn't let change my passwords), but a friend that's even better than a rea…

How can a planet scale coordinated governmental effort by committee work? The same way countless other endangered subsets of humanity (particularly those facing essentially total a…

The point is that the original text was such an over-the-top and just plain logically off-base rant so as to not be worth reading past a line or two. So whether it's about software…

You're right and I stand corrected - it's not that hard of a problem. I found this out when (sometime later) I actually sat down to solve it, without considering any of the hints p…

TL;DR basically any software not from the GNU project is malware, in case you haven't heard already.

[2006]

title fix: "Nicotine"

Aside from the fact that it's been called the Holland Tunnel for nearly a century (no one ever refers to it as the "Hudson Tunnel") -- the author provides this rather provocative a…

After running late for your flight after a 30-minute security line only to have TSA confiscate your Fiji water bottle, you’ll now have to stop at a crowded water fountain to fill y…

Sure it can, in principle. But (massive) empirical evidence demonstrates that, by and large - the private sector won't do the right thing (or even "the common sense thing"), in thi…

With chilling, but not entirely unexpected consequences: Indicating the intimate involvement of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the investigation of the airline, Hogg's resign…

Is there research about this? Yup - we might say that as a topic, it's been discussed throughout the ages. For example there are the findings of this guy Paul the Apostle (as summa…

Now tractable for smart undergrads who are into competitive programming. Even if we leave aside the question of to what extent facility at competitive programming contests actually…

Even if you do not expect them to solve it. The unstated implication in most cases is that you damn sure are supposed to solve it - or get "flushed". As to "seeing how the candidat…

Without the chance to repair any lack thereof by demonstrating technical competence. As if it's a given the whiteboard process actually provides a useful measure of technical compe…

Let’s begin with a technical interview problem. Consider the following coding question from LeetCode, an online platform for preparing software development candidates for interview…

As one of the last bastions of free people in the world, we have a strong ethical and moral obligation to help these freedom fighters. Taking no action or even worse, barring them …

Come take a free tour at an Amazon fulfillment center and see what our warehouses are really like. Check out the locations and reserve your spot online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

Nothing against the dam removal - but I wish someone would think of something to "Change Everything" so that one day we'll see fewer clickbaity article titles.