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The yearly cost of a US prisoner is $47,000 [1]. I am sure this is a whole lot more than society is willing to invest in the person outside of prison. http://www.lao.ca.gov/PolicyA…

> What the fuck? Seriously what the fuck? Please stop overreacting, especially in this manner. Nothing says they're planning to implement it, for all we know it could be a preventi…

I wholeheartedly agree, WeChat OA / apps were borne out of a need for a simpler, faster and lighter mobile communication channel as opposed to bloated websites and apps. Message bo…

I am excited about Rails API becoming an official part of the Rails ecosystem. I don't expect Rails to solve my client-side needs (templating was always slow, sprockets suboptimal)…

Full updated list is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_exchange_poin...

I try to use DDG every once in a while, because I really would like to use them. But after a while, I almost always switch back and vow to try them again in a few months. If you co…

The cartoons are a very key part of this story. By censoring them, you're censoring a part of the news, which has nothing to do with the voice or stance of your newspaper.

Sure, email is not perfect, but it is the most flexible communication method the internet has to offer. It is not tight to a single organization, or "owned" by a single company and…

Sure, email is not perfect, but it is the most flexible communication method the internet has to offer. It is not tight to a single organization, or "owned" by a single company and…

> Just from a UX perspective - security aspects aside - this is worse by a magnitude. This is not true, clicking a link in an email, or copying a number from an sms is much easier …

It is a matter of staying ahead of the curve and not let your competitors catch up. Whether that means in terms of marketing, or product quality doesn't matter. So far plenty consu…

Quoting the mirror is not helping your case. From the article: > Ms Merkel had even warned European countries could end up warring with each other if the euro collapses. What Merke…

Same in Germany, price went up from 25 to 45 euros, but is definitely still worth it. Their video catalogue is not all that bad either, though lacking original language (non-dubbed…

Thanks for the reply. This is almost exactly what I wanted to write, especially in terms of programming costs of Rails vs. nodejs. I am working on a project with exactly the same s…

Just started using Telegram, it's awesome and so fast. Also their desktop apps are very useful.

Wasn't the US also slow in adopting SMS? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/618c4f5c-37ac-11db-bc01-0000779e23...

I find it rather depressing

it's because of the hyperbole: > next generation web framework for node.js I don't think they need that, just list the stand-out features first. And yes, referring to past accompli…

Only until you're replaced by a robot.