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The degree to which it influenced the election is questionable. Despite all the headlines, I haven't yet seen any convincing analysis of the impact of facebook on the election (I'm not sure how one would even go about doing so). So far it seems like it's just a convenient vehicle for people that dislike the outcome of the election to express indignation.

While I tend to agree with the article, I would note that news media does not scale well. Your local community news website will likely have more pertinent information for you, personally, than the NYT, so it's a bit unfair to compare their utility equally.

I like this the idea of showing the most common use cases for a git command (or at the very least, a valuable use case), separating the sections by building out the flags and options.

The git man pages, while thorough, don't provide anything this concise. I could easily add these commands as aliases, which I appreciate.

I forked Popcorn Time when it came out, just because I was impressed with the app and I wanted to look over (and possibly modify) the code. I only forked in though, I didn't clone it locally. A week later when I had some free time to do so, same issue, my personal fork disappeared. It was mildly aggravating, but also a soft reminder to question how much trust to put into third-parties.

I've begun to see immutability as a common theme in some of the most esteemed tech in production. Email, git, cryptocurrency, and stream processing (although I admit I don't know a lot about that one) just to name a few big ones.

This reminds me of the Cult of Done Manifesto, which focuses on doing and action. https://medium.com/@bre/the-cult-of-done-manifesto-724ca1c2f...

The article mentions gated communities... that means there's an HOA right? Are these absentee landlords just ignoring the fines? Would there be any consequence of ignoring an HOA fine? I'm not a homeowner so my knowledge of HOAs and their role is very limited.

Definitely an interesting read, if a bit pessimistic, nihilistic, and a bit Marxist (seize the means of production!). But ultimately the article offers no solutions and the author comes off to me as a doomsayer and luddite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite). If the author really fears the current system as described, maybe he should return to the old system: become a subsistence farmer and work till you die.

The Pixel is by no means a bad phone, it's just been an exercise in disappointment the whole way. So I'm not actively planning to switch phones, I'm just lamenting that I don't get the same utility out of the Pixel that I was getting out of my Nexus 5. Also being on Project Fi locks me into a certain set of phones, switching would be an expensive endeavor.

I bought a Pixel when it came out, switching from the Nexus 5 primarily because Project Fi was an easy, cheap way to get off my parent's cell-phone plan and gain some personal independence. It was about time for a new phone anyway.

I wish I had just stuck with the Nexus 5... it was a fantastic phone. Wireless charging (which I personally found to be the most useful feature), excellent dimensions, excellent price, and the notification light was bright. The case was made of some sort of rubberized plastic, so it could withstand a real beating.

Squeezable sides and marginally improved specs aren't enough for me to consider upgrading, and at this point, as an Android fan since the Nexus 4, I would strongly considering making the switch the iPhone.

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Stein suggested an interesting solution to this problem: https://youtu.be/py6sPkiQm8E?t=2m45s. Food for thought.

This is a refreshing and useful article in light of the upcoming election and political fallout. It's a reminder that the world, despite the media/politics, is getting better and better, and consequently the need for human labor is decreasing. The Dalai Lama doesn't offer any answers, only recognition of the "problem" and hope that we can collectively find a solution.

It's especially important for us as the very people who are actively trying to make human labor obsolete. As a generally libertarian minded person, I find this is a very compelling article for compassion in a relentlessly utilitarian society.

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> Bizarrely, git won't do a dif of files that have been add-ed to your staging area without this flag

Not sure what's bizarre about that. Doing so helps keep your commits clean and helps git tools (diff, git-gutter, etc) by ignoring things you've already stated are complete.

For example, I quickly fix a bug. The code is ugly and I don't want to commit it yet. So I add the bugfix files. Then I clean up the code (before commiting). Now I can do another diff between the staged and unstaged files, checking that it looks better than before, and still works. This way there is 1 clean commit "bugix" and not 2 commits "bugfix" and "bugfix code cleanup"

I highly recommend the original Dark Souls from your description, if you haven't played it already. And in contrast to NMS's lonely, existential galaxy, Dark Souls's (subjective) plot tells a very human story.

When someone told me that Pokemon Go was exploding, I looked into it, and got really excited about its concept. People getting outside, interacting though a long-loved game, using real landmarks to denote checkpoints, playing a localized "king of the hill" type minigame. The architecture behind it and it really feels like it's using bleeding edge VR push us into a more social and fun world.

That said, I also feel like it's equally the biggest missed opportunity to date. Usually, I just see players walking, heads down, not talking. It was downright eerie when I was downtown one Tuesday night at midnight, and it was dead quiet despite ~60 Pokemon players meandering about. They should have introduced PvP earlier (hopefully it's around the corner!), and better yet, make it so you get more exp for battling people you haven't battled before. Spur people into social interaction!

I enjoyed this article, because it's just a concise, interesting observation of open-source incentives. There's no grandiose point or sweeping call to action, it just states an interesting observation.

2009-2013 as well, (accredited) state school (of which I am a resident), cost me a little less than $10,000 per year for a Computer Engineering degree. However, my junior year, engineering classes level 300 and above increased by 25%, continually increasing per year until they were 100% more expensive. I narrowly dodged that bullet.

Perhaps the west coast is cheaper? $50,000 per year seems like lunacy to me.

$20,000 is about half of what my 4 year college education cost (although it's more expensive now, certainly). That seems incredibly expensive for a bootcamp. I'm obliged to ask what on earth that money is going towards, besides directly into somebody's pockets.

> Another observation, most people who get in, are already qualified people, with top university degrees.

I'm afraid to ask how large their student loans could be, this bootcamp included.

There's a company that was called "God" and it appears it's dead. Ha! Nietzsche was right. Who has the audacity to name their startup God?

I am a huge fan of Vue (which at work, we pronounce "Voo" to not confuse views as in "templates" or views as in "look of something"). Really appreciate all the work Evan You has put into it, it's delightful to work with.

It would be awesome if the vue-router, vue-resource, and vuex libs could be baked in somehow, if only to have them officially supported. All the same, it's great as is!

Similar to Dibert Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt%27s_Law_and_the_Successfu...

I agree. The article describes pretty interesting cultural problems, makes some interesting points, and then out of nowhere suggests radical political change as the solution.

Still worth the read, especially in the context of tech industry, where personally I see it at a crossroads of cubicle-farm vs artistic-expression. Maybe just ignore the last paragraph.

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Sounds like the startup was run by Russ Hanneman. It's eerie that the characters in Silicon Valley (the TV show) can be pointed to real life people so easily.

Unfortunately a quick google image search for "Dan Wagner donald duck waistcoat" yields no results, but that would be quite something so see.

That's an interesting thought. I believe the EPA, FDA, OSHA, etc, are supposed to be the quality control science branches of the government. But instead of preventative maintenance, they just dole out fines after some violation.

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I think the point of the story was that the police suspected him of carrying a lot of cash, and they were fishing for it, but didn't find enough to confiscate. Correct me if I'm wrong OP.