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camdenre··on Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Countries
I would guess that he meant to say most "American" adults should know better.
camdenre··on The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)
desert* A good way to remember is a dessert (the post-meal treat) is so good you want 2 (hence 2 's' characters)!
camdenre··on Oldest use of the word ‘fuck’ in 1310 English court case
And they also broke people on the wheel. Usually progress is a good thing.
camdenre··on MSBuild is going cross-platform with .NET Core
I don't know why you think it is too late? Do you think people aren't going to embrace cross-platform .NET?
camdenre··on A Miserable Debt-Free Life
Yea, some of these people seem pretty out of touch with reality outside of the Bay Area.
camdenre··on I am shutting down my bookstore in New Delhi
Not for devices with e-ink.
camdenre··on The Unemployable Programmer
I was thinking the same thing about location. If you can, move to a city where there is less competition for jobs. Midwest cities have a lot of jobs in banking and insurance that aren't as competitive.
camdenre··on Microsoft's New Edge Web Browser – How to Create Edge Extensions?
I'm pretty sure they care about .NET and the CLR...
camdenre··on Every freelancer starts out undervaluing their work
I had trouble remembering which question corresponded to which number as I read the article. It would have been nice to include the question above each person's answer (or maybe a hover over the number reveals the number, or something similar).
camdenre··on Replacing Ruby on Rails: Let's Go
I think ASP.NET MVC is as easy as Rails for CRUD apps.
camdenre··on I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
Hey Sam,

What is the problem/market that you think about most when you aren't at work?

camdenre··on Gyroscope: A personal site powered by your life
That is a very fancy website. I envy your web developer's front end skills.
camdenre··on Ask HN: Favorite podcasts?
Dan Carlin Hardcore History - Very long episodes covering history in detail. Dan is a very enjoyable story teller.

Common Sense with Dan Carlin - Episodes covering recent events. The host is opinionated, but very interesting.

Skeptic's Guide to the Universe - this podcast covers science, but mostly is about combating pseudoscience in society. The hosts can seem dismissive, but I agree with them, so I like it.

EconTalk - I'd say some of these are a step above pop Econ. The variety and high stature (some Nobel laureates) of the guests is impressive.

StarTalk - NGT, what else is there to say. I like the comedians he has on as cohosts too.

Stuff You Missed In History Class - less in depth than hardcore history above, but also more easily consumed.

How To Start a Startup - good advice on startups. This is one you listen to over and over again.

Startup - this one doesn't have a lot of specific advice on starting a startup, but is interesting nonetheless.

Lexicon Valley -Etymology of different a words and phrases. Good hosts.

I Love Marketing - covers direct response marketing. The hosts can seem self serving, but the early episodes are very informative.

camdenre··on Finding cheaters using multiple-choice comparisons
I use the word "proctor."
camdenre··on IE Web Development Support Moving to Stack Overflow
I'm guessing StackExchange is partnering with them in this move.
camdenre··on Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
Maybe he works for Microsoft?
camdenre··on What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?
I've just recently started listening to more podcasts. I've listened to "Skeptic's Guide to the Universe" for years, but I think my favorite podcast currently is Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History."
camdenre··on KaTeX: Math typesetting for the web
I agree that it's a very difficult problem. I think that it's a major missing piece for online math learning right now (actually interacting with math symbols in a non ASCII/textbox way). Thanks for all of the hard work you guys do!
camdenre··on KaTeX: Math typesetting for the web
Are there any plans for an interactive equation editor supported by KaTeX? I think this is something the web is missing. I've been following the MathJax dev google group, and it seems like there aren't any solid plans for them to implement this feature.

Some examples:

My attempt: http://camdenre.github.io/src/app/html/EquationEditor

Mathway: https://www.mathway.com/

Mathjq: http://www.mathjq.com/math-editor/

It would be nice to have something officially supported by a large project. I think that there is a lot of potential on the web for interactive math lessons with symbolic input using a CAS (not multiple choice).