I don't know. All of those sites seem to be small, personal passion projects. I'm sure that more than a few people with personal blogs submit to all of them
No. For me, work pays my bills and funds my (modest) lifestyle. With $10 million in the bank (or invested wisely), I won't need to work. I could continue to live my life the way I do and not have to worry about the ridiculousness of the corporate world.
Been waiting for this for a while. It's not too bad at all. Haven't stress tested it yet, but it's nice to once again be able to read articles on my Kobo Nia.
If I'm not using it, I usually give it away. The only things I've kept from conferences/events that I've attended are a couple of metal water bottles, a flash drive or three, and a bottle opener.
The OP has a history of posting nonsensical and illogical questions like this on Hacker News. Wondering if they're doing this just to try to bump up their karma or if they're actually spending their time thinking about this sort of silliness.
I'm ambivalent. My employer issued me with a touch screen laptop and I rarely touch the screen. So much so that I forget that the screen is touch sensitive.
It does get a bit annoying on those occasions when I try to wipe a bit of dust of something off the screen and accidentally hit the button to leave a meeting or close a window. That doesn't happen too often, though.