polaris9000

Good one! It is fascinating what kinds of things are making money for people/companies. I for example was shocked to find out how much the makers of LINE were making on sticker sales. I mean good for them.

I just find it fascinating how in this day and age an idea like this can make you a lot of money.

Good point; At the level that BitCoin is currently, I wonder if this might indeed pay for itself, in the very least?

I thought that was odd too. Can't think of a reason why it should take that long.

Agree. They should implement some sort of algorithm that takes the star count into account.

On another note: isn't it amazing that there even is such a thing.. A $99 tablet? This was unheard of five years ago.

Seriously considering getting that Lenovo IdeaTab A1000L for $99. Has a front camera too (But no back camera).

Fascinating read about this topic: http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illu...

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

SPAs are definitely the future of web development, IMO. End users are growing more sophisticated and expect a web application to function with the same speed and responsiveness as a desktop application. Their tolerance for even the slightest delay is decreasing.

I'm still learning of all of the cool things that can be done with Powershell. So far, it's just been for server builds and configurations.

It would be great if, in the future, Powershell could be used for web automation. They already have WatiN, but you need to use C# to use it. While that is no problem, it would be great to be able to use Powershell for that as well.

I automated Windows and SQL Server installations / configurations using Powershell. I initially started with Ruby but eventually switched over to Powershell due to all of the things like being able to use .NET objects from within Powershell, etc.

If you work with Windows, this is a really awesome tool.

Those are all great points and credit to Sweden where credit is due.

However, please take into account that your country's population is nearing 10 million whereas the US's population is over 300 million.

What I am trying to say is: The programs that are working out so well for you may be much more difficult to implement in a country with a population the size of the US.

Incidentally, I have no idea why my comments are being shadow-banned, but thanks for replying anyway.

..And where your tax rate is up to 60% of your income. http://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/nov/16/sweden-tax-burd...

Looking back, I regret not having pursued a degree in Physics or Mathematics. I took the "easy way out" and pursued a liberal arts degree just to be done with college and move on.

In retrospect, it would have been great to have majored in something that, perhaps, may have been more difficult but more rewarding in the long run.

Therefore I suggest that, if you have the opportunity to do so, pursue your PhD. You never know when older age will sneak up on you and you will no longer have enough time to do so :)

It (StackOverflow) is still one of the places for me to get valuable information as well. I find Hackernews to be valuable in terms of news articles but StackOverflow in terms of finding out information that I need then and there (When troubleshooting servers, etc).

Why didn't usenet take off on the Internet? I was wondering the same thing.