RickJWagner

I'm with Uncle Bob on this one. For the record, he tweets things that lean both right and left. It's true Trump broke up families. It's equally true that Obama handed immigrant childre…

My wife's friend lost both her mother and father to alzheimer's. She is absolutely terrified about it. It's an awful disease. We should make it a top priority to put an end to it.

"My debt was the result, in equal measure, of a chain of rotten luck and a system that is an abject failure by design." No. The author chose to go to school out of state and also decided to…

I'd like to see increased taxes targeted at the entertainment industry. Entertainment seems to given an oversized voice in influencing politics. It would be right for the industry to contribute …

I think we had better start looking hard at ethics around these kinds of things. For instance, what if the AI can read the same from children-- say even in the womb? There are already babies killed b…

I tell myself: "Holy crap, look at how much money you're being paid. Do you remember the labor jobs you used to have?" Then I think about some nice things I'd like to buy. This …

I went to SF for a tech conference this spring. It was held in Moscone, previously a prime location. I did see poop on the sidewalk and legions of homeless just blocks from the convention. It really…

Job hopping could be advantageous, if you happen to live in an area where there are plentiful jobs. If you live someplace where there are less opportunities, it's not so much of an option. (Besi…

One of the greatest minds of our times, Thomas Sowell, words it this way: "When Jonas Salk applied to selective Townsend Harris High School in New York, and later to the then-selective City Colle…

Things should be taken in historical context. What's completely politically correct and progressive today will be horrific tomorrow. A BBC exec recently criticized Monty Python for being politic…

Maybe use a nickname? It's unfortunate, but yelling that name in public is likely to draw negative responses. It's as as if someone's name was phonetically similar to 'Fire!'…

I find that drawing pictures helps. (Especially if I use a tool like Libre Office draw, which lets me easily keep electronic copies.) Good luck, I hope you find an answer that works for you.

Yeah, I went to a tech conference in San Francisco a few months back, it was at Moscone center. I saw scads of homeless people, poop on the sidewalk, and heard cop cars from my hotel room all through …

Wow. EPIC unibrow.

I agree, it is cool. Real-looking, too.

Awesome. Progress marches on!

Kennedy made some calls I liked, some I didn't. He was probably good for America. I hope we get another like him.

Forgot the Bork/Thomas treatment.

Crazy. If I were single, I'd move to SV and live like a pauper a few years, saving the excess. You could retire to another part of the country shortly after.

"Between 2011 and 2015, the FDA reviewed new drug applications more than 60 days faster on average than did the European Medicines Agency." At least the article didn't try to imply it&#…

Wow. Sorry for this guy. I hope Tesla makes it, but things are looking pretty grim these days.

This is why $15 is not a sound idea. We need 'small jobs'. They're an important part of the ecosystem.

Wow. I have trouble at 2x. You've got a gift, I think.

Hacker News paydirt! I love learning by video. This is a gem.

Hacker New paydirt. There's good stuff in this one.

One of the great secrets that should not be: Top-notch technicians (programmers) often get paid more than their managers. True story.

It'll never be fixed so long as the primary talking heads advocating change are all giant energy consumers. Who wants to listen to Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore, etc. as they jet from continent to c…

Single-paycheck family here. We've got the first of 3 kids in college now, 2 and 3 are not far behind. We hammer on scholarship preparation, hard. Our college boy works paid internships each su…

Ha, ironic they chose a picture with an avocado in it. Seriously, the current age feels like the mid 80s. If that holds true, the millenials will be fine.

If only Maven were replaced with Make (in the Java world).