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Where are these 100k jobs that people keep talking about? Because there is no such thing where I come from.

It's refreshing to see that the CEO of a $100 million company can still be excited about something as trivial as a static blog generator.

Facebook interns make approx 50% more than entry-level engineers here, before considering currency conversion. Hooray for living in a third-world country!

Not to mention the Olympics =)

Too true. Saying that sports is just "kicking a ball around" is like saying software development is just "banging away on keyboards", in that it is easy to dismiss something as trivial when you choose…

This needs to be said a million times. I do not support wars. That said, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the Iraq war killed less people than the Vietnam War, which in turn killed less people…

Here in Malaysia, there are plenty of children under 12 years who regularly use iPhones. It's not uncommon to see toddlers swiping away on iPads.

This right here is the sinister truth about conversations like this -- though clothed in the holy robe of "equality", you're not looking for equality of opportunity, you're looking for equality of ou…

I want to see the reverse version: get 2 18-year-old guys, both equally smart and hardworking. Give one guy $10, and the other guy $10,000,000. See who earns $1,000,000 first. If hard work is all it…

(Would also be nice if building ipython on OS X was easier!) What issue do you face? Genuinely curious, because I use Mountain Lion, and installing IPython for me simply involves doing pip ins…

If there's one complaint to make about IPython, it's that the authors seem to be positioning IPython as a scientific/mathematical tool, even though it is so much more. Most of its docs assume you will…

http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/overview.html Basically it's the Python terminal on steroids.

That grant is well deserved. IPython is easily the most useful Python tool I have ever used.

The way I see it, Flask is a library, while Django is a framework. Flask only serves to handle requests. Flask doesn't impose a design architecture on the webapp, which makes it a great way to turn an…

I'm not so sure about this idea. If you have trouble remembering one password, you're definitely not going to remember two.

> (seriously, don't people ever get tired of the same rehashed arguments?) Is an argument only valid when it's fresh? Is e no longer equal to mc^2 because so many people keep rehashing the same ti…

Am I the only person who couldn't tell the difference in that horizontal gradient example?

After googling "Alex Okrent", this was on the first page: "Who Is Alex Okrent? (Apart from another dead Obama contact!)..." Jesus christ.

That's what a hacker would say!

The article did point out that the requirements for declaring something to be "Assembled in USA" are a lot more stringent.

The uncanny valley refers to the point where something feels almost-but-not-100% realistic, and that evokes a sense of discomfort in people. Google's search results are now almost-but-not-100% persona…

As a dev in Malaysia, that is depressing.

> But my biggest pet peeve is just the sheer dumbing down of things. iTunes 11 is pretty, but why put everything a click away? What was so bad about a sidebar that makes everything instantly acces…

It would be nice if Apple made a music player which only plays music. It is quite confusing to tell people that to download apps for the iPhone, they need to open iTunes, instead of the more appropria…

Agreed. I think the next big thing for mobile tech will be something like wireless charging, or some boost in battery tech. Outside of mobile, the next big disruptive tech will probably be electric ca…

Speed readings obtained from a GPS unit is never going to be as accurate as the reading derived directly from the car, because GPS locations are only accurate to about 10ft (IINM). Your car speed can …

> Also I am not sure you understand what "mortal coil" means I'd like to think it is a poetic reference to our DNA. To stay on topic, I agree with the parent. I think we have reached a point where…

Must be those Chinese hackers!

> I don't pay for text > $30 a month plan Seems like you are already paying for text :)

For object-oriented languages, long line lengths are signs that you are violating the Law of Demeter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter …