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Right because we all chose this.

I fully understand the intent, but it doesn't come across that way. Assume that I will learn it, and I will assume you aren't judging me.

If I'm not busy, it is cool. Very cool. But if I have to spend hours reading and experimenting just to get to the next phase of some task, not so much. When I'm working, I like to accomplish things and learning can be a speed bump. I love learning new things during learning times. This also helps the learning process as I'm not facing stressful deadlines.

Stated as is, it also sounds like you are offering me the privilege to get to learn something you already know. I get to join your club. I've even heard people claim responsibility for another's knowledge because they were the first person to mention the topic. Same for TV shows, music, and movies.

oh cool, today is the day you get to learn about X.

I still don't like this. There is no need to comment on my knowledge. If I say I don't know something, there is no need to repeat it back to me in any form. Offer resources, assistance, or guidance. If I found something I need to learn, assume that I will now be scrambling to learn it.

>> let = lambda x: 2*x

>> print let(4)

8

Edit: Awesome, downvoted for helping.

I kind of in the same boat. Wrote html, vb4, and made a few flash apps when I was about 10 but didn't get serious and really study until the past 5 years or so. So I picked 15-20, but I also picked 3-5.

Still trust that bell curve?

Oculus has had several competitors coming to prototype recently. Now they have lost their following. I personally think facebook just bought a dud. Oculus just dug their own grave.

Additionally, this is a gaming device. Having utopian visions for a device that hasn't even hit the market for its intended use is not a good PR strategy.

Isn't your post slightly hypocritical? And isn't talking about it better than just ignoring it anyway? You did decide to say something after all.

I don't mean to insult anyone. I fully understand why people are doing it. But I don't understand how these get repeatedly voted to the top. Can't we start a megathread or something for these?

What hackernews has become:

I remade this simple game!

I was getting really fed up with the flappy bird stuff and was happy to see it go. Now this? Don't get me wrong, love the game, but god damn can we say beating a dead horse?

That isn't how 2048 works.

I personally like the hard coded values and the extremely long line lengths.

Sure, I had to sacrifice some of that "in the moment" happiness while getting myself to a manageable state, but I don't regret a single moment of it.

It's such a cop out to say that you're living in the moment. Few people, I'd even venture to say that no one looks back on self improvement with regret. Discipline contributes to happiness. Don't try to demotivate people to justify your own unwillingness to improve yourself.

Hitbox is off on this one too.

Which is exactly why an 11 inch retina would sell well. There is no small pro.

But how else can I extort small businesses based on my shotgun purchase of potentially desirable names?

Is it really surprising that the guy with access to all internet traffic has knowledge about internet traffic?

I think it really depends on how it's being used. If you just made html pages and shoved php statements all over the place, sure that's a horrible mess. But if you modularize your architecture and use classes, it can be quite maintainable.

I find it interesting that you feel a struggle yet your scores show a very solid personality. I have the same struggle.

I have always been right in the middle. Used to be a class clown and popular but also had extended bouts of depression where I didn't want to interact.

Nowadays, when working, I want to shut everything out and just code. But I used to be the opposite. Was in service and loved talking to people. Even if I'm not very good at it.

When I was in service, I would usually only hang out with a core group and only occasionally. Now that I'm coding, I want to experience everything in my free time. Meet people and be uncomfortable.

Although I did answer "it depends" to probably 75% of the questions, I think my results reflect somewhat accurately. The only thing that is solid is intuitive. The rest are right on the fence.

Extravert(22%) iNtuitive(62%) Feeling(12%) Perceiving(22)%

Real, fake, don't care. Reading that abstract was pure joy.

It just feels to me like you are over elevating the prestige of "our job". What life goals do you have if all you do is work? I do like taking solace in my job and just shutting out the world sometimes. Otherwise I enjoy concerts, travel, family, cooking/cuisine, woodworking, mechanics, gardening, reading novels, learning about art, botany, physics, rocket science, camping, fishing, hunting, and so many more things.

Accomplishment can be achieved in so many ways. A life spent only working seems like such a waste. Dying people generally don't regret the things they did do but instead the things they didn't do.

Go live. Life is such an amazing thing to experience. There are so many sights, sounds, smells, and experiences to be had. I can't justify not attempting to discover as many as I possibly can in the short, insignificant span of time that I will be here. Putting yourself in new, uncomfortable situations will increase your creativity way beyond what working and reading technical books could even come close to.

Have always been curious about setting up an ISP. Especially so recently. I have been unsuccessful finding much information, though I haven't tried as hard as I probably could. Anyone have any good links?

Yeah we'll get right on that.

Maybe so, but 16% is misrepresentative of ICE's as a whole.

Good thing we have been doing better than that for some time now.

The MAN S80ME-C7 low speed diesel engines use 155 grams (5.5 oz) of fuel per kWh for an overall energy conversion efficiency of 54.4%

The efficiency of a combined cycle gas turbine system can exceed 60%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine#Fuel_economy

In fact, it's shameful how underutilized diesel engines are in this world. Same with stirling engines.

I mean, do you know what would happen to gas prices if we had to pay $500/barrel?

Hmm, I truly wonder if we would actually still run around like headless chickens still denying the viability of electric or if we would actually see it as a viable alternative. It seems people will fervently argue a side no matter how glum/impractical/uneconomical the situation is.

I think he got that. What he's saying is that this description of a programmer is not that rare.

I know how to code;

Please elaborate. You can write some html? You've done hello world in JS? Mastered the basic constructs? Or have you worked on teams writing in strongly typed languages developing large OO systems? Somehow I doubt it.

It's important because the phrase is being used to imply a position of authority while telling people they shouldn't learn something.

How easy it must be to dismiss someone based solely on their physical characteristics. Isn't this the very thing your rant aims to protest, namely, discrimination?

clearly the answer should be b

I didn't say that it should be B, I'm saying that unfortunately it is B. I can guarantee few women in the US want to support a man. However, I think the inverse is making more ground. Meaning I think less men are interested in highly dependent women.

The leveling of the double standard is happening not by women accepting dependent men, but by men expecting an independent woman.

To answer your question, clearly the answer is b. That is exactly the double standard as stated.

What I'm really trying to get at is that no one should be staying home full time while the other is at work all day.

Careers are a very personal thing. Having a child shouldn't be thought of as something you do for yourself. You are doing it for the child and the world. It is important to raise them right, but not at the cost of your future. With two parents, it shouldn't be that difficult to split the time across both.

That may sound wrong, but in reality, it takes a village to raise a child. Why should one person sacrifice the rest of their life?