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It's all about comprehension. Can the code be easily comprehended? Here's an example from the jquery docs: $.ajax({ url: 'ajax/test.html', success: function(data) { $('.result').ht…

It's the music. If nickleback did all that stuff, as a geek, you wouldn't care.

I think the main problem with this article is the assumption the the first AD is anywhere near a 'standard good' ad. It is not. It's absolutely hideous with the call to action at a…

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Seems they provide valuable insight and that we need more.

"We’re the tortoises of the animal kingdom" ... That might be the deepest thing I've ever read. Also, here's Attenborough narrating this article http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826H…

Here are some tips from the EFF on encryption: https://ssd.eff.org/tech/encryption

Perhaps Unity and Epic declined the offer.

"It's not clear to me how requiring programmers to pay to use something that was previously free will spark innovation." Steve doesn't understand his own article. The whole point i…

The spammers make their money because they can "fake out" the system to think they're the honest money-making folks. None of this is any different than basic capitalism. Now this i…

Awesome! And again great work. The game was really enjoyable and the code inspiring.

Really organized, easy reading source too: https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest Outstanding work that I'm sure is going to inspire a lot of people. Though I don't see a license …

Events like this are the main reason why The War on Drugs™ is so dangerous for everybody. It's not the drugs or gangs killing gangs. It's the gangsters that live through it sitting…

Here's something constructive for all the haters. Snow is open source, seems with such a consensus it should be easy to get some people together and hack on a fork of snow that is …

With a passion? Kind of over the top don't you think? Snow is just a tool like php is just a tool. We're all programmers just trying to make development easier for ourselves and ho…

"I am greatly annoyed when I have my code break because there's some space instead of tab or tab instead of space or extra space somewhere where it is not obvious." A good editor w…

I always figured it was because I had less other things to think about between me and the next morning. I could learn something and think about it a little while I was lying in bed…

gedit: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/mac/gedit/3.2/ text wrangler: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.html redcar: http://redcareditor.com/ but you'r…

Definitely not free, but non-self-crippling. "Sublime Text 2 may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no …

There is no certifying agency or legal standing. But the definition of Open Source from the Open Source Initiative may help you: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd