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mentalbastille

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mentalbastille··on Going faster doesn’t make you happier; you just drive farther
That highway moat is currently in the processes of being filled back in: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/business/old-highway-pave...
mentalbastille··on Show HN: I couldn't figure out what an Emoji meant, so I made WhatMoji.com
This looks very similar to http://emojipedia.org/
mentalbastille··on Is It OK for Employers to Seek Out ‘Digital Natives’?
Unless they're discriminating against a protected class, which people over the age of 40 happen to be.
mentalbastille··on How to become a programmer, or the art of Googling well
Yes; you started at 10, and had a computer growing up to practice on.
mentalbastille··on The Worst Programming Interview Question
Wouldn't the answer be 127 of them? You're passing the one behind you as you get on at the bottom, and the one in front of you as you get on at the top.
mentalbastille··on Hostnames
I once worked for a telecommunications company that used condom brands for internal server host names. Makes me wonder if there are any other major companies that use somewhat inappropriate names for their non-client-facing equipment.
mentalbastille··on Mom Hacks Into School Computer, Changes Her Kids' Grades
I think in this context, they are defining "hack" as "access computer system without authorization".