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binarytrees··on Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life wasted (2013) [video]
Who cares if you're 10x, we'll all be 10x dead at some point. In 50-100 years I doubt most of your 10x work will still be around. Might as well go enjoy some life before it ends.
binarytrees··on Study: Teen Cannabis Users Have Poor Long-Term Memory in Adulthood
no doubt this study is brought to you by the letter M
binarytrees··on Study: Teen Cannabis Users Have Poor Long-Term Memory in Adulthood
I think there needs to be more studies. I'm sure Cannabis does effect development of the brain during adolescence, but does the brain recover over a period of time or is it perm dramage.
binarytrees··on Understanding Debt
Debt to build new transit infrastructure, research and development labs etc is a great way a country can use debt to benefit it's current and future citizens. A person could take a loan out for a car and that may create a small fraction of jobs. Where as if a government can take on debt to create DARPANET or invest in clean energy the outcome is many times more profitable to the government and future business derived from that.
binarytrees··on Understanding Debt
If a country uses that debt to let's say, invest in DARPANET, or build new transit infrastructure for commerce. I'd say that is a good use of debt. I think comparing what a government can use debt for vs buying a car or a house is short sighted.
binarytrees··on An Interview with Sue Black
Lyrics to an eminem song. That aside, it ties in well with the absurdity of life article http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/why-life-is-...
binarytrees··on Is it really 'Complex'? Or did we just make it 'Complicated'? [video]
a tip of that hat
binarytrees··on Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats
A part of me wants to believe this is all marketing and a viral publicity stunt.
binarytrees··on New Tube for London
Meanwhile California can't get high speed rail, or connect LA Metro from 7th street to the terminal.
binarytrees··on Ways to Minimize Employee Retention
> 14. Humiliate people in public.

This happens a lot. It happens at my company when you screw up a build.

binarytrees··on Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
binarytrees··on Knuth: Open Letter to Condoleezza Rice (2002)
Must be a zionist :)
binarytrees··on Truecar.com is going public
http://www.truecar.com/S1/
binarytrees··on Skills versus Earnings
This article is fluff :( It adds nothing.
binarytrees··on Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest
It's hard only hiring the best and brightest as I assume there is only x% of people who you qualify as best and brightest. How many other companies are you competing with to get this so called "best and brightest"?
binarytrees··on U.S. and World Population Clock
The slow demise of the world and it's resources clock.
binarytrees··on Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything Is a Crime
It's only getting worse. Some DA offices are asking for DNA samples from minor offenses ( Misdemeanors ) for a decent plea or no time. When your only job is to win and put people away you're going to do whatever you can to accomplish this. It's the same as any company trying to dominate a particular industry or become the best. Our Justice system needs another change similar to the change from punishment to rehabilitation.
binarytrees··on Why This AdTech Startup Turned Down Seed Funding
My friends company did the same thing. Probably the best way if you can, he does very well in ad-tech.
binarytrees··on Hacking Hack on Heroku
Can someone tl;dr me the benefits of this new language? I am not a big fan of Facebook or php.
binarytrees··on The World's Fastest Workout – Quick 4 Minute Workout
Damn you beat me to it!
binarytrees··on Show HN: I started a low cost dedicated server host, Exelion
Any others that are like this? I like this price!
binarytrees··on Netflix VP of IT on the Future of Infrastructure
You have a point, but having services on-premise can still achieve the disfunction, mishmash and overall goods times you're describing with a SaaS service.

You might get better response times knowing it's a local problem vs let's say an office in NYC hosting your ticketing system. Regardless, I'm sure they have put a lot of thought into this set up and to me sounds amazing. No ties to a physical location = win.