RickJWagner

This article gives me hope. I like the idea that we're more alike than it may seem at times.

Sounds like a great thing. There's another college, located pretty closely, that also offers no tuition. (It's College of the Ozarks, in Missouri.) I wish there were more schools like these…

It seems outrageous that the gag clauses were ever allowed in the first place. Glad that's been done away with.

Eugenics was a strongly held belief of Margaret Sanger, founder of today's Planned Parenthood. Sanger had other strong negatives in her past, including speaking before KKK affiliated groups. Real…

Fantastic. Creative answers to education and job upward mobility. I hope we see more of these kinds of things!

In the final analysis, it seems that a smaller population base is the answer. People are not easily motivated to give up creature comforts. (Though they often tell others they should.) Fewer people…

I'm not surprised. Python is a very easy language to learn and use. In the end, ease of use always wins.

Somehow, it makes me happy to read that people live this way.

This is why I like Hacker News. Thanks go to the author, good stuff!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Amazon has a big head start, so Google might be trying to save face by declaring themselves out of the contest.

Lifelong US citizen here. To people from outside the US, please understand that our police do not go around shooting and handcuffing people all the time. I have never personally known anyone that was…

I'd like to see how the end result allows use of data for political purposes. Political organizations pioneered the big data movement. (One of the first big data companies, Acxiom, actually star…

I started in COBOL back in the 90s. When I was working in that shop, one of my older co-workers told me about a guy he knew. That guy left his service/repair gig at IBM to start his own shop, h…

"If you think your IQ is 160 but it's 150, you're a disaster. It's much better to have a 130 IQ and think it's 120." - Charlie Munger

I don't know, I've never been the absolute best at something. I think to do that, you have to be born with an extra shot of natural talent. I'm very good at some things, but there is a…

Read as much as you can stand. Draw lots of doodle-diagrams, then throw them away. Draw again. Watch YouTube videos. Some people learn better by watching. Above all, code a lot. If it doesn't …

That's awesome! Smart AND humble. Hats off to Ms. Strickland. Edit: I assume a less humble person would have pushed to get their page long before getting a Nobel prize.

Bad spin. By saying "Jobs did it, but it's kind of ok", the author is giving license to every self-styled Jobs wannabe that thinks they are headed for greatness. Jerks should be called …

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I agree. It's the business knowledge that really matters. I think this is true no matter what languages and toolsets are used-- in the end, it turns out to be the surrounding information th…

I'm glad to hear about the freelance gigs for COBOL coders. I started with COBOL. If the freelance gigs continue on, maybe I'll wind down my career with a little part-time, once-in-a-while …

I wonder why more discussions about population control aren't seen. It seems that fewer people will result in fewer pollutants.

I think your approach of 8 hour day is fine. Add to that anything you feel passionate about-- things you'd learn for 'fun' and you should be fine. (For me, there are tasks that I'…

This guy should be the role model used in tv commercials. I doubt it'll happen, though.

Yeah, I was looking forward to a sweet 911d.

Wrong question. We should be asking "What can we do to make becoming wealthy easier for everyone?"

Yes, I think this should truly be part of the conversation. For some reason, people avoid it.

Hacker News paydirt! I love an interesting programming article, this is a nice read. Kudos to the author.

I like Bogleheads. It's a little conservative as far as investing goes, but people are nice and there are good conversations.