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True.

In C# one can always

  #pragma warning disable ${list of warnings}

and

  #pragma warning restore ${list of warnings}

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/441722ys.aspx

Although frankly the list of warnings to disable and restore consists of warning numbers, not names, which is not super convenient.

I am of a different persuasion. Even if you are doing one thing, but it is indeed a thing, refactor it as a separate abstraction. You will end up with a better set of building blocks.

And yet, people are often asked to estimate their level of specific knowledge "on the scale of 1 to 10".

Well it was said (attributed, anyway) to Max Weinreich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a...) who was a professional linguist.

Notice that it was said in Yiddish which, of course, did not have its own navy or army. So it may have been said with a tongue in cheek, especially if the story relayed by Weinreich at the link is correct.

Not necessarily no need to work, but more importantly, easily available free time to spend on learning (or anything else).

Emacs has dabbrev-completion and dabbrev-expand which, I guess, shows its age...

Reichstag is a good example, by the way: while it was not staged by the Nazis, as has been alleged multiple times (the arsonist was a madman), they were quick to seize the opportunity.

And it is not a unique event, perhaps just the most widely known. To my mind (having grown up in the Soviet Union), immediate historical references are the murder of Kirov, the murder of Uritsky, both followed by powerful persecution of the "unwanted elements" of the society. (I am sure everyone will recall something similar, either from the history of their nation, or from a textbook or a classical reference).

Could be implied, of course. Still, there is a noticeable segment who think otherwise (eg a large portion of the Clojure community).

Type based programming does not quite work in weakly typed languages.

Well... no secrets, just self evident truths.

I do it all the time, no social issues. Good coworkers?

No bugs get in, in my experience, but I do not live in a very bug-infested place.

Rain protection with the provided rainfly is somewhat inadequate, in my opinion: I would get a larger sized fly, maybe from a larger hammock (Expedition?) or simply cut from a large piece of material. The way it is attached is fine, in my opinion.

When in bed, I prefer to sleep on the stomach. But I have had great results sleeping on my back in a hammock. Just one data point; however (also anecdotally) I have had several friends sleeping in my hammock and reportedly enjoying it, whatever the normal preferred sleeping position.

   funny battles for the bathroom

Not so funny as soon as you have children.

I think it would mean that either you rent (but someone else is still an owner and has to deal with the situation) or you don't care much about the property value (which means, in other words, you are rich).

I think you have hit an important point: forced infantilization as a result of the group-based teaching environment in modern schools.

I think it is more an appeal to classics, which is different from an appeal to authority.

True, non-measurable (or hard to measure) skills and qualifications are still important. I think interviews do give us a certain approximation, but of course not perfect.

My curiosity on the legal implications of the work I was doing almost cost me a job once...

I think a number of the comments tend to use the word "country" instead of "government". The UK, France, and all other first world countries are great countries, in many ways that count. Governments however are not so great, and cannot be expected to be, by the nature of being institutes of suppression (as well as castles of bureaucracies). Still, compared to the rest of the world, they are manageable, and often tolerable.

I think technically it meant that the Geneva conventions were applicable to them, but as the enemy combatants, not civilians. (There is an important distinction with unlawful combatants there.)

I think NSA is mostly staffed with residents of Maryland. Technically.

I think the core of the problem is that coding and documentation are not considered part of the "science". Contrast it with writing papers, which is understood as communication with scientific peers, the community, and therefore is "science" -- and, of course, is one of the measures of scientific progress. Writing code is not. Anecdotally, writing papers about code is (on occasion), so maybe there is a way to convince the scientific community that the code is important too?

Lobbyists yes, but not lawyers.

It's good to have a choice.

  I guess the problem is that it's not discoverable. 

I think you are absolutely right. While the reflection is available (and the documentation, in general, is not at all bad), discoverability is still weak.