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And then today in YC a blog about "Startup Ideas", there is a suggestion for a "Social Network for Children".

https://blog.ycombinator.com/13-startup-ideas/

Please, no.

Doubtless the app will take off big-time once a Jar-Jar Binks version or mode is available. "Binky eviscerates meaning by design." The effect would be even stronger with Jar-Jar: to paraphrase Admiral Ackbar, "You can't handle meaningless-ness of that magnitude!"

Brings to mind "The Vanishing American Adult". https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/ben-sas...

So true! And now you need to do a re-write with each of the top 250 frameworks of 2017. https://twitter.com/HackerNewsOnion/status/86819780153190809...

I suspect it is possible you would be able to monetize your SVG experience in a more profitable way than an O'Reilly book by authoring an online course(s) for vendors like Pluralsight, Frontend Masters, or similar companies?

Javascript hipster echo chamber: you're not using react [or insert other trendy framework pushed by code schools and tutorial makers]? Product user: does not give a rip about your precious tech stack.

> "looks" easier

I should have been clearer and said: it actually is easier to reason about the html and the dynamic rendering with the approach Glimmer takes.

> JSX is HTML and JS (?)

"JSX is a preprocessor step that adds XML syntax to JavaScript." http://buildwithreact.com/tutorial/jsx

Whereas the templates in Glimmer are built on HTML. At the 10,000 ft view, my two cents: it looks easier to reason about what is going on with dynamic elements in the template via handlebars together with what is going with the html elements themselves in terms of rendering/appearance/css, as compared to the JSX syntax.

Supposing an incredible anti-aging pill is invented, what do you suppose the chances are the pill-taker begins to feel like one Bilbo Baggins? "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread."

Escape from reality is not limited to culture, race, economic background, or a society's technological advancement; it has always been a part of the human condition. In modern times, a unique form of escape presents itself with great force in affluent societies, even though the "escape artist" him/her-self need not live in an affluent environment. The escape artist requires these basics: (1) shelter, however primitive, (2) a food source, and (3) either a television (TV), video games (VG), or internet connection (IC).

TV/VG/IC is the escape mechanism, and the escape artist, whether he/she stays in the 4 walls of his/her room or occasionally ventures out, lives in the confines of his/her escape world.

Perhaps we can consider aspects of "Hikikomori" as a uniquely Japanese manifestation of this condition, mingling itself in fascinating fashion with Japanese cultural nuances.

Thought experiments: Would Boo Radley have been a hikikomori if he lived in Kyoto rather than Maycomb, Alabama?

What are the differences and similarities between: (1) a hikikomori living in Kyoto, (2) a person living in inner city Detroit, MI, living from welfare check to welfare check and watching TV 16 hours a day, and (3) a college dropout living with his parents in suburbia and watching TV 16 hours a day?

In what ways is a hikikomori who programs different than the TV/VG/IC escape artist?

Would Boo Radley have saved Jem and Scout Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" if he had been playing video games 16 hours a day?

Find two studies whose authors claim watching television: develops a sense of wonder, encourages critical thought, benefits interpersonal relationship skills, solidifies familial bonds, promotes physical well-being, reduces the objectivization of persons, cures depression, increases patience and self-control, reduces sense of entitlement, grows positive self-worth, and decreases worry, sense of isolation, and self-pity. Next, find studies coming to the opposite conclusion.

"Islamophobia" - what are the origins of that word? http://www.signandsight.com/features/2123.html

observations:

1. The article seemed fuzzy on data supporting the claim that people who have dropped out of the gig economy have changed to non-gig employment.

2. What are the types of jobs the former gig-sters moved to?

3. Are more employers trying to move to a gig-based employment model?

4. Aren't there already companies who sort of operate on a gig-based model in how they hire contractors for a limited duration and then drop them when the contract ends? It's just that these don't get counted as the trendy "gig" model?

5. We may have reached peak "peak" articles.

The murder of innocent children in or out of the womb is neither civil nor American; nor is it an expression of liberty in terms of doing what is right. But if the ACLU calls this "liberty", that is terrifying.

"There is a healthy and an unhealthy love of animals: and the nearest definition of the difference is that the unhealthy love of animals is serious. I am quite prepared to love a rhinoceros, with reasonable precautions: he is, doubtless, a delightful father to the young rhinoceroses. But I will not promise not to laugh at a rhinoceros. . . . I will not worship an animal. That is, I will not take an animal quite seriously: and I know why. Wherever there is Animal Worship there is Human Sacrifice. That is, both symbolically and literally, a real truth of historical experience."

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/421961/wherever-there-a...

https://www.aclu.org/blog/ag-gag-not-just-about-animal-welfa...

RE: "What is needed is a lot of very fine-grained data. Not visit data or event summaries, diagnoses, procedures, providers, but actual specific image files, etc. and so forth." Interesting; can you offer other examples of "very fine-grained data" you are thinking of, besides image files?

It does seem the business requirement for real-time is often ignored in "offline first" write-ups. If the current, up-to-the-second status of a server is being monitored, if vital signs for a patient are being monitored, etc., an app only delivers value if it provides the "now"/real-time data. Some form of websocket calls will be used, not Ajax. Showing something from the past because the data was stored locally is not helpful in assessing the current, real-time condition. There may be some things you can do to cater to the condition of being offline, but the point remains this app delivers almost zero business value while offline.

Angular 1 is NOT Angular 2 or higher.

Angular 1 and Angular 2+ are in essence completely different frameworks.

The "Angular" team should have picked a different name for their post-Angular 1 project.

The vibrant ecosystem of custom directives, etc., that surrounded Angular 1 must NOT be confused with the Angular 2+ project just so that everything can be "one big happy Angular".

The "Eat. Sleep. Code. Repeat." mentality, if understood in the context of workplace environments where for all practical purposes this is the expected modus operandi, should give any person who thinks the unexamined life is not worth living reason to pause.

This story helps illustrate the mindset from a particular angle. http://www.hobodrifter.com/the-fisherman/

If your manager and/or corporate environment (whether big co. or startup) encourages you subtly or not so subtly to eat, sleep, code, repeat, there is no irony. The shirt reflects an unhealthy reality.

I would argue many of the mental health issues you describe in your post can be found in more traditional corporate environments as well when the mindset you bring as an employee to your job is one of extreme ownership and personal investment from the standpoint of time and effort.

Absolutely agree. And here's the newsletter you need to keep up. http://tenpeaksjournal.com/2015/12/12/javascript-millisecond...

And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres

Progressive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

Angular may not be perfect, and there are lots of other tools out there, but Angular definitely remains an option to get the job done. And when articles like this pop up, I wonder if we all unconsciously fall into the trap of the "Fallacy of the Perfect Framework" described by Shawn Wildermuth in a recent post. As if moving from one framework to a different one, we will all of the sudden have no more problems and everything will be "perfect".

http://wildermuth.com/2015/09/01/Angular_v_React_v_Aurelia_v...

I believe the IKEA desk you are referring to is the IKEA BEKANT. In the standing desk world, this is one of the cheapest ones out there. I was able to test one out at a local IKEA store and my initial reaction was: this could be pretty cool! The wirecutter has an extensive review of standing desks that you may find helpful if you did not already come across it. You will discover useful information in the comments, too. http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-standing-desk/

From the summary: "...We find that job insecurity increases the odds of reporting poor health by about 50%, high job demands raise the odds of having a physician-diagnosed illness by 35%, and long work hours increase mortality by almost 20%. Therefore, policies designed to reduce health costs and improve health outcomes should account for the health effects of the workplace environment."

John Medina's Brain Rules: Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power. http://www.brainrules.net/exercise

And he also notes that two of the worst environments for the brain are: (1) the office (2) the classroom

The top voted answer on this old programmer's stackexhange question gives some insight:

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-...