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I got an FTP account, mounted it locally with curlftpfs, and use SVN on the mounted filesystem. Quite trivial, really.

Guaranteed 98.9% positive feedback ( https://xkcd.com/325 )

> Running a site for others to download movies doesn't bother me. > being a snake to go defraud a company to steal the hard work of others so your own illicit company can turn a pr…

Diane Greene left Google over two years ago.

> cost savings compared to life imprisonment Minor nitpick: it's actually more expensive to execute someone than to imprison them for life, mostly because of the increased legal co…

That's interesting, do you have a source for that? A quick Google search turns up aircraft, machinery, and agricultural products (and doesn't mention garbage), but I'd be curious t…

> 2.3. Don’t name your variables for their types What's the best way to handle a situation where you use two different types for the same data? e.g. var usersMap map[string]*User v…

> No bus lanes that I'm aware of, or at least few enough that a multiple-time visitor didn't see them, so buses are stuck in general traffic. No bus lanes, but buses aren't just st…

The third variant of the problem (where one prisoner is allowed to make one change, which can guarantee that every prisoner survives) is the one I heard first; I like that problem …

I love the concept of "a system where people have value independent of their productivity." I worry that the increasing focus on a meritocracy (especially in tech) ignores the fact…

In flag football, you generally don't have linemen in the traditional sense; there's no blocking allowed, and the quarterback is protected by a count instead of his blockers. The A…

Richard Sherman, one of the top NFL players and also a Stanford grad, is very outspoken about this, and agrees with you: https://www.si.com/2013/10/23/richard-sherman-seahawks-conc…

Completely agree with this; not only are you more likely to share a common origin or destination, but it also becomes an opportunity to meet someone new within your network.

There's a trailing quote: try https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15899383

According to [0], it seems that "whoever" would be correct here. > Rule 1. The presence of whoever or whomever indicates a dependent clause. Use whoever or whomever to agree with t…

The Week ( http://theweek.com/ ) does a fantastic job of this. They summarize the main issues of the week from the viewpoint of a variety of politically-diverse sources, and there'…

> they're particularly well-tailored to picking up candidates who are hard to find by resume alone Interesting -- can you explain more what you mean here? Referral programs are oft…

I'm sorry I can't find a link to the study right now (I'll add a link if I find it), but one of the most fascinating lectures in my college linguistics class was about swear words,…

That's not a fair comparison; Kaepernick would have been cut had he not opted out. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/31/john-lynch-4... "We gave him the option, ‘You can…