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I agree its non-idiomatic. But, I don't think being non-idiomatic is sufficient for something to be considered "evil". When something behaves in an inconsistent or unexpected way, then it starts to approach "evil" territory. Although the term is a little hyperbolic for my taste.

Technology is a legitimate engine of economic prosperity. I'm happy to see funding flow to this sector. Its just a shame that the government has inserted itself as a middle man, and a generally inefficient one at that.

According to the article, freerisk.com is going to be a open data source for financial data taken from SEC filings. This is great for all types of fundamental analysis. I wonder why they're focusing so much on credit risk.

I'm not sure what that means. Financial analysts don't expect this to be as profitable as previous Pixar films, and they see this as a trend in Pixar films. It doesn't reflect upon the quality of the film, no one currently care's what wall street thinks in that respect.

I think improving the process of making scrambled eggs is an epitome of hacking. And I think we can at least agree that hackers eat too.

And here's a Discover Magazine take on eggs from a molecular gastronomy point of view.

http://discovermagazine.com/2006/feb/cooking-for-eggheads

I don't think its necessary to create the most successful offspring, merely offspring that can reproduce before they die.

I think people often think of natural selection as only allowing the best to exist, when really it allows what can exist to exist, even if the mutation provides no benefit.

I'm not an avid reader of businessinsider.com. Anyone have any insight into whether that title is meant to be a joke?

Good point. I guess the question is: in the long run will Amazon be better of having Jeff Bezos performing his usual duties as CEO 3/23-3/27 or acquiring first hand the experience of working in a distribution center. The net difference is probably de minimis. Although it does make for good publicity and employee moral. So net-net I think this is a decent one-off gesture, but I don't think it belongs in every CEO's playbook.

Instead of downvoting, why not post why you disagree? I think this is a valid line of inquiry.

I think this is a pretty interesting gesture. It is possible that Mr. Bezos will learn something that will help him improve working conditions and efficiency within the company. But who will be the CEO while he is busy working in the distribution center? It seems like an inefficient use of his time. Does this show a lack of faith in lower management?

Macports is a similar project. I usually use it as a last resort when I can't "roll my own".

http://www.macports.org/

I thought it was pretty interesting, and felt was inline with the spirit of the guidelines:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.