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It's an example of how words can change. The counter-argument is that slave is a "bad word" and can only mean one thing (e.g. humans not machines), therefore it should never be used to describe anything else.

As does MySQL. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication.html

Words can have multiple definitions. Webster dictionary defines slave as "a device (as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another." Machines aren't people.

No one implements "master/slave" database replication and then thinks human slavery is socially acceptable.

Any reviews for this site? Any successful purchases?

In the short-term, perhaps. Returns long-term are high than 3%-4%.

Two important adjustments when using this:

"Investment return rate" -- Only 4%? An index fund will return higher than that.

"Monthly common fees" -- Required if you are considering buying a condo. This changes the per month rent comparison dollar-for-dollar.

It's hard to safely consume food (red meat, sugar, etc) these days also. You want to know why I eat burgers? Because they taste damn good. Why do I consume marijuana? Because it makes me feel damn good. This doesn't mean I eat red meat and get high every single day. It's more like a couple times a month. This "destructive behavior" will not destroy my life.

It can give you a different perspective on your product since it will appear "new" to you (cannabis makes life seem more novel). And it makes you appreciate good UI/UX.

Agreed. My pot usage is similar to my alcohol usage. It's not every day, just every now and then. I also enjoy different forms of cannabis (edibles, vaporize, hash oil, etc) just like alcohol (whiskey, beer, wine).

The article mentions Seattle's increasing minimum wage... but a family needs an income of $90K+ to comfortably buy a median priced home here. A high minimum wage won't increase homeownership.

Lower and middle-income families simply cannot afford to buy a house in the city. Homeownership is a luxury, not a right.

Back button breaking on latest version of Chrome/Win7 here. Scrolling up and down adds history.

The article is out for vengeance. "Titstare" isn't even a real app, but satire. The article uses this joke as an example of technology's "man problem."

Men: you cannot make sex jokes in public, especially at tech conferences. Any sexual innuendo will be labeled misogynistic. Don't forget about the two guys who got fired after joking about "forking" and "dongles."

Male co-workers can make crude jokes between one another and laugh about it. But say anything sexual and if a woman hears it, you will be labeled sexist, misogynistic, and reported to HR or shamed on Twitter.

And women wonder why they feel excluded from their male peers...

This is fascinating investigative journalism by the Seattle Times on InfoSpace and stock market fraud. It epitomizes everything that was wrong with the dot-com bubble. The manipulation of information on the value of the website/product/company is horrifying.

Check out the rest of the series: http://seattletimes.com/news/business/infospace/

You're not alone. I'm in my 30s and daydream about having a post on the frontpage of HN with everyone "recognizing" how awesome my projects/thoughts are. How can anyone be satisfied with mediocrity?

The non-min version has a UTF-8 character in a comment. Rather silly.

The CSS file could be more minimal if "@charset "UTF-8";" were removed. The only reason this is required is because of the UTF-8 character in the comment.

Well, to beat the game you need a score of ~41000. So you are in the bottom 15%.

Busty dolls harm a girl's self-image and violent video games create sociopaths, or so they say.

Maybe playtime is fantasy and part of growing up is learning to deal with reality. Such as average is average and there are a lot more attractive people than you.

"There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses." -- Bjarne Stroustrup

But is that really "practice?" If someone doesn't care or is passionate about a subject, they won't become an expert. With many of these 10,000 hour studies, practice and play are indistinguishable... it engrosses them and they love to learn and teach themselves.

This is painful to read. Manipulating and making up numbers, reclassifying demographics ("teens" vs 20-year-olds), and then concluding that we should "concentrate all of our research and political energy on how marijuana affects driving" even though a study was quoted that "increased availability of marijuana is actually associated with decreased car accidents."

The presentation and video was amazing. I immediately fell in love with her. She smiles non-stop. She jumps around with giddy excitement in a cute little dress. She's the perfect manic pixie dream girl trope. I want her to have all my babies.

C'mon troll, Seattle is where people go to make money. Seattle's tech industry beats Vancouver any day.

In other words, he doesn't micromanage engineers. Not that big a deal... most managers know not to do this.

yeah bro if you are working 40 hours a week, you better be making at least $166k/year

Please offer alternatives and examples of "awesome" front-end programming.

Also, the author fails to take into account the evolution of the web browser. In my day we didn't even have CSS. Just HTML.

Reminds me of the dongle/forking joke fiasco. Anytime a woman hears a crude joke she thinks it is directed at her and all of womankind. The man must then be shamed publicly. This is our future.