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cachichason History of China's Nine-Dash Line

US & The Philippines have a Mutual Defense Treaty in place. It is highly beneficial for the US that China does not have full control.

So if push comes to shove, the US will be right there. I also believe that other countries such as France, etc... has backed the ruling and are in full support of the 5 other countries

cachichason Ask HN: Typical work hours

required 7.5hrs/day + .5hr for lunch but i put in an additional 50mins - 1hr per day and get every other Friday off. Vancouver, Canada (about 50 employees)...

btw, when school is off, i get to come in at 6am. on school days, i come in around 7:30

cachichason Show HN: gi.st – the gist of the web

This is awesome! No more TL;DR. The plugin or extension idea is also great and would be much easier to use and avoid the copy paste of urls. Congrats!!!

cachichason The Europa mission is real and could very well happen

Tongue-in-cheek

cachichason 'Secret agents' warning removed from Chrome incognito tab

Great The Smiths song!

cachichason Seven Years Is Too Long

he said "...it will make you feel more comfortable and less out place...". in my experience, it is the opposite.

been to a few interviews where the interviewers were wearing a t-shirt, jeans and sandals.

cachichason Seven Years Is Too Long

you lost me at wearing a suit...

cachichason Yes I Still Want To Be Doing This at 56

I for one do have a spouse and a child, no dog though :(

I have worked probably the same amount of hours when I was younger but due to other responsibilities that came up after I got married, I had to stick with the 35 - 40 hours work weeks.

I was recently involved with a very small shop (5 people, 3 full time developers) and it really took a toll on me. I got caught up in a project that had no end in sight and really caused me great frustration and a sense of not accomplishing anything which contributed immensely in my decision to walk away.

Right now I'm taking a long break but still update myself with what is going on in tech & programming in particular. I have always been a coder (only job I ever had) and I can't see myself doing anything else.

BTW, I just turned 50 myself. So here's to another 20 years of writing software. Cheers!