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Yep. I am writing code professionally for long time, so that pride and sense of accomplishment is hard to come by. But fixing anything, even small, gives me that satisfaction every…

For me it started because of money, but then it became a hobby. Besides, I can go for an oil change and have everything done for me. However, it's fun researching about different o…

I took the first nice car I bought three years after I got my first job to the dealer to replace brakes. They charged me $550 for it. After that I taught myself how to fix things, …

I made 78k as a web developer in Connecticut in 2004. You need to find another job. 70k in NYC is too low for a software developer.

Moved from Red Hat to Debian back in 2002. Never used anything else on my computer.

1. Pick a processor you like in your budget 2. Pick a form factor. Regular size/smaller? 3. Now you have specs for motherboard. 4. Rest of the stuff is what you need/want. Stuff li…

I used to enjoy taking/debating/joking around with my co-workers while I worked in the office. We used to spend hours talking about football or politics or stock market. Now that I…

I would be surprised if anyone has enough resources or willingness to do that for every open source package they are using. For companies that go through auditing, they can CTA by …

I learned uml in University couple of decades ago. I don't remember ever using UML since. If you are using UML during design phase, you probably are not going in right direction.

Consolas, the best mono font hands down. Second best, IMO, is inconsolata.

Learning becomes harder as one ages, I think. Concentrating also becomes harder with so many distractions. I think best way to learn anything computer related is to make something.…

On Android, I have rooted my phone and installed adaway. It adds /etc/hosts entries to block ads. I haven't seen ads in a long time. I also use Firefox with unlock sometimes. On iO…

LOL! Absolutely Ayn Randian stream of thought. Could you may be think about how you were able to do the said fruit stand business in peace, take a currency as a payment and not wor…

I wish I had saved all the comments and downvotes to comments leaning progressive, but I never did. The most recent interaction I had was a user saying CNN and Fox news are equally…

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I really liked Orkut. Damn google.

That's an interesting observations. "Nearly as bad".

I assume you still watch Fox News?

If I use it and decided to not pay after 6 months, then what? I lose all the curated bookmarks?

I am Indian, as in from south east Asia. I was in graduate school and used to live off campus in a highrise. One day I got in elevator with this really nice looking older black wom…

I would say shocking part is the cockiness of the police. They are so secure in their jobs that they know that even if they kill someone on camera or rough up protected entities li…

I imagine it's not meant to be 100% accurate. If it identifies even 50% of the people that may have come in contact with someone who's positive, even considering 50% false positive…

> I've also had more physical injuries working remotely That's surprising to me. Why not take half an hour after lunch and go for a walk? Your commute is 10 seconds now that the di…

I do get that urge sometime. I use Debian with gnome3. When I get that urge, I go find a good looking theme. The new theme makes it feel like I have a something different. This use…

I am too old to care about anyone else's expections of me. I am living the way I want to live. And this life is not so precious as everyone seem to think.