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Sure. But stating a belief without any reason why this would be true, or more precisely, why this hypothesis would be preferable over the currently accepted hypothesis which does h…

What advantage does this theory have over the more common (?) assumption that the amino acids came to existence on earth itself? Serious question, I'd like to know. For example, th…

Is your belief based on any kind of evidence in which case I'd love to hear your best arguments, or is it a religios belief (like in Jesus) in which case there is not much to discu…

> We don't even really have an agreed-upon definition of life, so the question is basically non-sensical. ... > I am pretty sure we'd be able to recognize other types of life. ... …

Not all issues are urgent. Most issues I encounter in my job are not urgent. Sometimes it's not even issues, perhaps just a random but interesting observation. It can be less distr…

I don't understand what you are talking about. Obviously we don't sit in silence. Some things are just easier to discuss in a meeting than over 100 Slack messages. Those things we …

> I was totally exhausted by switching my leg between break and accelerator. This one deserves an immediate nomination for this week's first world problem.

> It’s our industry’s equivalent to mise en place. What an excellent comparison! Thanks!

> I'm not sure it can be removed, fundamentally. I've not had this for the last 10 years, so it can definitely be removed. Obviously everybody is welcome to bring up whatever is in…

Yes, I can tell, because in the interview situation I'm sitting next to them. And print statements are sometimes the superior choice. This ties into my other comment that these thi…

Most non-trivial programming homework assignments in college require debugging and a good school will provide guidance of how to do this. One thing I do in job interviews is to hav…

> It produces this weird state where everyone saves up what they have to say for the meetings to avoid an awkward lack of participation or "I have nothing" in the meeting This is a…

There is a difference between "want to" and "have to". You are talking about the former. GP about the latter.

Missing from this list is that lots of the mentioned concepts are highly subjective. There is no generally agreed-upon standard of what documentation is "proper". Or what "clean" c…

> Surely with a German passport this wouldn’t be a biggie. The U.S. PR lottery couldn't care less. Neither many other non-EU countries.

I fully concur with everybody suggesting you to not skip a university education. As a basic example from this project, fundamentals of OT/CRDT which you need to deploy to make cola…