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There's also an interesting article in The Atlantic regarding the "endless stream" of news. Alexis C. Madrigal makes a very interesting point regarding the stock (what stays) and the flow (what keeps you entertained rather than informed).

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/2013-t...

Bouldering and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are great pass times for that. Not only to blow off some steam, but also it's possible to easily get in great shape if you hate running/gym as I do.

It also might have given cancer to Steve Jobs

I guess someone has to bring it up, but a digital design school is not a startup.

They don't use it because NSA monitors it

You guys are f* crazy. This has a place in the world because many people don't know how to eat or don't even know what is good food. Free piece of advice: Move to a southern country and spend less money in health treatments

Thanks for this. As someone thinking about doing the similar, I was very happy to hear about someone else's story. Keep up!

You so naughty

Face it or not, a great deal of programmers have no idea of how to market a product or even have the will to deal with sales, finances and etc. This all thing of "I'm a programmer and I'm much more worth than you" is an attitude that won't get anyone anywhere. A good product sells itself, but this is 1% of the cases yo.

Advertisement in my phone's background? Thanks, but no thanks

First time I really read about the man behind the masterpiece of my youth, and it did not disappoint, by far. What a great human being.

I think it's not the first day that at least 3 people die in a tragedy this year, or even this month, what the hell not even this week. This is not the place to discuss these matters, neither is very intelligent to participate in this cynical media campaign.

Great initiative! I'm in

Completely agree. This doesn't show much knowledge for the music industry. The huge call to action button and the blond girl are just a bit demeaning for someone who is trying to establish their name to their fans

Great post, finally someone that you'll read about has finally said it. Isn't it demeaning to name every helpless or copycat project as a "startup" ? Next step, show this to Techcrunch.

As long as you are not putting some shady redirects, I think you should put some affiliate links. People will buy it for the same price, the difference is that you get a cut for the trouble :)

I have been learning by myself for the past year, and if I may, let me share a few thoughts gathered along the way:

- This will never be “2 months, and I'll build next Facebook”. Consider that this is a field of knowledge that is exponentially evolving every year, and you will need years before you are comfortable with it. Learning code or computer science is a long term decision, and you should go for it if you really see yourself doing it as a hobby. If you are not up for it, better learn web design or something that relies less on programming;

- Following my previous point, start by learning the basics of computer science. You will not understand the abstract concepts, or know what you are doing before you have the theory basis behind it – You will get unmotivated faster. How fun is it to play a guitar without knowing music theory? There are dozens of ways to learn CS, and I personally find the CS50x class from EdX the best source to start;

- If you don't like math, well.. start liking it! Part of the enjoyment of programming is the satisfaction you get from solving problems. Read books about algorithms and/or take the online classes in Coursera or Udacity. Also make Project Euler as a daily visit, and try to solve several challenges per week;

- Again, start small, and go small every step. Make a structured plan of what you want to learn, such as "Monday I study Python, Tuesday for Algorithms, Wednesday for CS..". Take advantage of dozens of courses available in Coursera, Udacidy and EdX.

- Part of learning anything is making yourself motivated along the way. You should study at least 10h per week (I work full-time and I never study less than that) and make your successes visible, such as placing a post-it with every online course you completed in a wall;

Btw, I studied Economics for 5 years and I am 24. Even if you are older, never fall in the excuse that you are too old or it's too late. That's your "I am afraid to fail" thoughts. You don't have any pressure, no one is asking you to develop a whole new Microsoft.

Any Opera user here? What are the key reasons for you to choose this browser over the others?

Well, perhaps you are right and this is the ultimate natural selection. And maybe we will be free to perform other activities that are much more relevant to our existence. But the brain is a well-oiled machine, and the less you use it the rusty it gets. If the glasses tell you exactly where to go all the time, we will lose spacial orientation perhaps. If the glass makes all the math for us, we will lose our computation abilities.

Furthermore, this will make you highly dependent on a device that could ran out of battery or connection. How will you perform computation that you need for decision making then? Let's take it further, why go to universities when Google Glass tells me what I need to know?

Still don't like it. Maybe we'll be the ones that people laugh at in the future, like we do now with the ones that said that Internet was just a fad. But consider, doesn't this mean that many people will let computerized glasses do all the thinking for them? It has been very much debated how now we don't memorize so many information anymore, as we can easily just solve an argument with a simple search on our phones. But this Google Glass is just taking it to another level..

Even though you might not live in the US, I think you should change the name and visuals to avoid any possible shitstorm in your way. If there is really a market for you, maybe you should disassociate now from 9GAG and create your own product and serve users with your own concept. Find a way to deliver relevant content to your users, and maybe in 2 years you'll be bigger than 9GAG :)

Taking advantage of an inoffensive joke to start a battle for feminism is very hypocrite if I might say. Sexual harassment is not hearing a dirty joke in someone's private conversation! What should actual victims of sexual abuse think about such drama queens?

Stop annoying people in art galleries or squatting coffee shops, and just get a co-working space. Or just rent a incredibly overpriced office space in airbnb, that will do as well