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Most posts on those platforms are drivel, regardless of authorship. Stop picking on em dashes. The reality is that too many people have short attention spans and no idea of coheren…

Your answer to 1 troubles me. A CS degree program greatly expands your toolbox BEFORE you need those tools. The problem I have with "when I need to" is how do you know now is the t…

I think you should ask yourself two related but separate questions: 1. Will the CS degree increase your knowledge and problem-solving ability faster than you could without it? 2. W…

With a supportive manager like yours, you should ask to get connected with someone in engineering who might mentor you a bit. If your current side work was driven from that end, yo…

I recently read this. It's brilliant. Not immediately aimed at a new startup but important to keep in mind when evaluating who to include on your board and how to weigh their advic…

You have a very poor notion of intelligence. Mimicry does not require comprehension. Without comprehension (or, if you prefer self-awareness), you don't have intelligence. This dis…

The OP covers all the salient points. We might as well throw in antigravity and FTL travel since we have left reality behind. This is classic Musk. Right down to asking the public …

"The humans behind the API possess real intelligence, and by extension, so does the API." LOL, no. My calculator can add numbers to get the same answers I do. I use my intelligence…

It's actually worse still. ALL of the 17 responses to the real name were negative if you read what he actually posted. That's an infinite increase. NOT 5x.

"the scope of work is very specific" and not under your control. Word.

This. There are a handful of majors that are wide gateways: accounting (NOT finance), the core engineering disciplines, the core sciences, the core humanities (including Math). Cho…

IMO, this is terrible advice. The core concept that school is passive and life is active is, at best, partially true. Very few people answer to no one and the rest get told what to…

This one is too easy :) 99% of the parenting advice you will get will be crap. Your child will be unique. In fact, every child is unique even within a family. My two sons are very …

I realized I didn't answer your question. Yes, it's a form of hazing.

I'm not aware of any evidence the approach works. Seriously.

The tests select for people that will put themselves through hell just to work for you. They don't measure anything else. See any of the many stories of gifted, senior, often well …

1. Why are you looking (assuming you are still employed)? 2. Why did you get no offers in your 'dream' companies? If you answer those two questions honestly, you will have your ans…

As has been pointed out already, this is yet another round of an old paradigm. Just like every other shortcut (looking at you, frameworks) it comes down to LEGOs (or Minecraft). As…

Why is it checking for GA at all? A critical function like accepting payment should be bullet proof. It's critical code and should be treated that way.

Your checkout shouldn't trigger ad block. Stop slavishly bowing to GA everywhere. I'm about to give you money. That's the only 'analytic' you should care about. I'm tired of being …