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It's sarcasm

I also had a strong bias against the sets, I saw them as completely against the spirit of Lego. Why would I want to build the one thing in the picture?

Now that I have a 5 year old daughter and we play Lego a lot, I see the value of the sets. They teach discipline, and following the instructions is very challenging for a child, requiring quite a bit of mental modelling, spatial awareness, patience and diligence. A feeling of satisfaction when complete, and a teachable moment when you encourage them destroy the built structure and combine it with your loose brick collection for later reuse.

Great toy.

If you're asking about intrinsic ability, don't worry about it. Nobody is born with the ability to program, it's all a matter of time invested. You need an interest and passion, time will do the rest.

Why can't I do something bad that only affects me?

Let's get rid of those things then.

I didn't say the system was perfect. We treat drug users as degenerate criminals instead of people with health issues in need of help (in the case of addicts) or as regular people living their lives.

> As a society, while our ethical ideal is justice, a more practically compelling priority is safety. This word, “wouldn’t,” is not compatible with our sense of safety

Safety is the ethical ideal, not "justice". We don't punish people because it makes us feel good or for some sense of fairness, we remove people for the good of society.

Edit: I'm Canadian. I know this isn't true today, but I'm glad I said it and am grateful for the replies below. I hope this statement becomes true in America one day.

Au contraire, global stylesheets are a mess. Good riddance.

I was interested to see a comparison of cultures with varying degrees of numerology in their language. I've heard that certain languages make math much easier to understand, as factors and products are self evident in the way words for numbers are constructed.

That's half of it, but doesn't account for the case when starttime[1] is later than endtime[2] and they don't intersect.

Tell that to Uber's 15,000 employees.

It also doesn't look right if you turn off CSS styling.

Take a look at the Pulitzer categories:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize#Categories

Only 1 out of 21 categories are reserved for investigative journalism, and there are categories reserved for commentary, criticism, and editorial, all of which are potentially suitable for Fowler's article.

Is it merely coincidence that every time I hear about Phoenix it's from the Rails community? Is it popular with people who haven't come to it from Rails?

I can totally see how that would be true. You build muscle memory and positive associations around the operation of the machine. But you've gotta see too how it's akin to turning a rotary phone dial.

I'd say they have the leading household name and a good amount of marketing behind it, but I don't see any of their offerings as superior to Google's, and AWS is catching up quickly.

The whole point of the originally linked article is how dubious "evidence" can be.

I haven't seen child-targets marketing from them in decades here in Canada. Where do you live and what do you see?

> Apple has the best DNA to build cars. They know how to manufacture in scale.

Something tells me shipping your phones off to be built by other people in China and building your own auto assembly factories from scratch are two completely separate things.

That's under "professional growth". The idea that you advance in your career.

I'll fill out your survey, but also answer here for discussion:

- A purpose and mission you can believe in

- Opportunity for personal and professional growth

- A high quality team to work along-side and be inspired by

- A diverse and inclusive atmosphere

Rich Fairbank, CEO of Capital One. Doesn't get much better than that, folks.

"Callback hell" as it is described in this article is a symptom of not understanding how to flatten your code for readability. Deep nesting is a trap in every language, it's the programmers job to know how to write readable code.

http://callbackhell.com/

How are you going to artificially constrain your workflow in a way that resembles a massive mixing desk in the room?

I made concessions about the technical details you're asking about in my post, you chose not to quote that part.

> However there is a technical reason why these devices do sound different, and that is that they all impart euphonic distortion. Bass sounds "bigger." Treble sounds "clearer." Mixed tracks "glue together." Vocals "pop out." A sense of "depth of field" may be imparted.

Digital advocates are quick to point out that all of those phenomena can be perfectly modelled in the box. We have convolution reverbs and tube amp models and emulation that can be scientifically proven to match the analog gear.

By point is, you _can_ do all that, but will you? You have a world of possibilities, and so the likelihood when working with a digital / software workflow is that you'll stick to the relative strengths of that setup.

Another thing to note about the hardware console interface is the nature of a classic design. Consoles like the Neve or SSL are familiar to engineers, they are instruments with a hand feel. A recording or mixing engineer can go into a studio and get similar results from similar gear. The listeners ear can pick up a je ne cest pas familiarity from it, what you call "good sound" in another comment, without quote knowing what they're hearing. The same way the Telecaster just "sounds good". It's not better, it's just familiar. Digital workstations are all different and don't achieve the same familiar sound.

One thing people fail to understand about consoles like this, or the Neve, is that they do produce a unique sound, but not for any technical reason. Yes, everything this machine can do can be done in a laptop. Sure there are small differences related to audio signal paths and headroom and distortion, but for the most part those can be simulated or ignored.

The big reason working with hardware like this produces unique results is more about the layout and workflow than the tech inside the machine. The workflow makes the sound. The lack of automation forces you to make choices. Forces your hand, literally. The sound is in the physical design.

Another example is the MPC sampler, which has a workflow that can be heard in hip hop music. Of course software samplers can do everything the MPC can do, and more, but you can hear the signature sound of someone working on an MPC.

Great news, that's exactly what we have!

The thing that will kill email is its lack of encryption. I'm surprised to see on here that nobody is talking about encryption, but it's very important. Most companies are not using it, and the email encryption options available are far too clunky to be used effectively. Key negotiation needs to be built into the protocol, ala Signal.

Step right up to one of the many amazing animal-free circuses. Cirque du Soleil in particular puts on an incredible show.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/amazing-anima...

I guess, that's fine for Facebook, but here on HN we get to decide what's appropriate. A story about someone's personal belief in God changing from one thing to another doesn't belong here IMHO.