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For many tasks, I would even prefer working on a solution for an hour instead of doing grunt work for half that time. Most often, I simply can't stand that kind of work, so I have no problem at all with taking some extra time to do things my way(TM).

Is this true? (Do you have a source?) I have never heard such a thing before, and it sounds incredibly stupid.

I think it means registered at the PPI.

Well, from a purely consequentialist standpoint, it would very likely be much more cost-efficient to donate the money you could use to make the data centre green to charities.

Then again, I'm plenty cynical to realize that going green is most often a PR-move, in which case donating to charities doesn't quite cut it. Nevertheless, if nature is the priority, a good charity (there are some bad, or at least inefficient ones, too) is best.

Given that such systems already exist, I would hope not.

EVE Online actually has a very well-working economy. Regardless of whether such an approach would work be optimal in real life, it very closely resembles what a free-market economy is supposed to look like.

The news item you linked to isn't a problem of someone misunderstanding economic principles, but of a simple mistake and the resulting bug - there shouldn't have been an additional reward for surviving cargo.

But are such people breaking the law? To my knowledge, being a douchebag on the internet is not a crime (nor do I think it should be). Could you perhaps point me to one of those posts that explain this in more detail?

How about, "do what makes you happy?"

It's true that for the great majority of people, going out and having a ton of social relationships correlates with increased happiness. For me, not so much. I'm a very happy and optimistic person, yet I don't go out (here meaning social stuff besides the usual seeing and talking to a few friends, talking with colleagues, etc) more than twice a month. And that's actually a lot for me. This does not mean that I don't enjoy socializing now and then - I do. But I can say from personal experience that it is definitely NOT a necessity for me. I've sometimes done so for several months at a time, and have not noticed any side-effects.

Did you not read the whole comment? It's not that long. The second line states "But, yeah, it's still a terrible idea." You may have missed that I wrote that comment because mtgx's comment implied that only bad ideas can come from these countries, which seemed excessively anti-Chinese and anti-Russian to me.

Here it is: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-diao-aip-dns-00

About the subtle aspect, this may very well be because they genuinely believe it's a good idea other governments may agree with.

Contrary to popular belief (especially among people from the west), not everything from Russia and China is terrible, oppressive and meant to destroy everything freedom-ish.

But, yeah, it's still a terrible idea.

On the other hand, selling firearms to people without doing a background check or when you know they're mentally ill or any such thing can be illegal (in some places, at least; I of course can't be familiar with legislation everywhere). I expect similar legislation may be introduced in the 'exploit market'.

Ah, yes. Now we can all experience the wonderfulness that comes with these parties: http://thedoghousediaries.com/1242

I'm (partially) kidding, of course. Interesting feature, and interested to see how this is going to work out for them.

I admit it, I chuckled. Sometimes I think this kind of news is the soap opera for geeks.

What would happen if I were stressed out? I'm quite I'd pull the trigger differently then.

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Then perhaps you shouldn't visit the Oatmeal. His site is full of that kind of thing. Some people like it, some people don't. You're apparently in the second group. ;)

More reasons why both 'SLEEP MOAR!' and 'SLEEP LESS!' are misguided: http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12698511

Unresolved anger issues much? Hint: the internet is big. If you don't like something, ignore it.

Agreed. I don't compliment people very often, but countering the suit by raising money for charity - combined with his usual humor and quick wit - was a masterstroke.

I thought that, too. 'Bad publicity is still publicity'?

Surprised? ESR has been doing this for years, even though he now only has a very small group of devout followers who consider his ramblings significant. It has been years since he could actually be said to speak for open source hackers everywhere. (In fact, if you ask me and quite a lot of other people, he never could.)

I have no love for ESR, but of course it doesn't. It's about the reaction of RMS to ESR's essay in which he addresses that particular point.

Here's a tip: don't try to be productive all the time. This leads to mediocre performance, which is generally a bad thing. Instead, give your 100% in everything you do, then when you're tired, RELAX! No articles. No small stuff for work. Don't do any of that. Instead, recharge your batteries for, say, tweny minutes, even taking a quick nap if you want to. Once you're feeling rested, again give it your 100%.

Wash, rinse and repeat, and suddenly you're two times as productive. :)

<raises hand /> I don't have a cellphone either. I can't think of anything to add to the annoyances you already mentioned, but I would just like to point out that in terms of not being interrupted, ditching my cellphone is about the best thing I've ever done.

"Lifehacking isn't about optimizing an annoying task, its about not doing it."

I would argue that most of us don't have personal assistants and lawyers to deal with our petty problems 24/7.

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I always cringe when I see lists like these. These books aren't even interesting! Pretty much everything you need to know about becoming an entrepreneur can be found on PG's site, and the rest can easily be found by searching the web. There is no hidden secret to working hard and solving problems.

I'd much rather spend all the time I'd be reading these books by reading something interesting and useful, say, a book on macroeconomics (you can of course pick a different subject if you don't like thise one) or even fiction (at least that's fun).

Huh. I half expected it to just say in big letters "PREPARE YER OWN FRAKKIN' FOOD." (Pronounce with a Scottish accent.) A shame it doesn't.

The author completely missed the point. Never did anyone say "don't learn to code, even if you want to". Rather, what Jeff said could much better be interpreted as "don't just learn to code because it's the newest hype." That's really all there is to this issue.

I think that's nonsense. I don't like Ballmer, either, but nowhere have I seen any evidence that he's hurting Microsoft because of it. Look at NASDAG:MSFT, and you'll see that Microsoft is actually an incredibly stable company. This is very likely to change in the future, of course, but this has little to do with Ballmer, per se, and more with the fact that its flagship (i.e. Windows) is becoming less necessary for a lot of people.

http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&...

On the other hand, maybe its just me (which I don't think), but has anyone else noticed that when you get >8.5h of sleep, you're actually less productive the next day? I always feel sluggish the whole day when I get that much sleep.