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I've been paying for newsblur (http://www.newsblur.com/) ever since google reader bit the dust. It's pretty much a direct replacement. Interface has come a long way since day one and is sufficiently slick now (UI, keyboard shortcuts, etc) that I don't really notice it.

Highly recommended by a (former) hardcore google reader user. If I recall correctly, got quite a good bit of press here on HN at the time.

My problem with Nethack was that it actually becomes too win-able, once you know the dominant strategy. There is very little variability in building a successful "ascension kit".

Early game strategies can vary and some can be quite fun (healer/pacifist run) but in my experience the "sameness" sets in once your strategy becomes "step 1: get wand of wishing".

Of course you don't HAVE to use that wand. But it's there.

Thanks for replying.. I didn't realize that all actually happened. Scary stuff.

After reading The Drone Papers (fascinating reporting done by The Intercept) I can certainly believe all of this. I hope it's true and I hope this man can have his story told (and more importantly, believed) as far up as possible.

https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/

Thanks. I edited my comment - wasn't able to get through to the spreadsheets before, but I see what's going on now, I think.

The demos all look really great!

I got really excited at first, wondering if this all took place inside Excel. Realizing now that's not quite what is going on here but probably aiming for a similar experience.

You may be weird, but not for this reason. :)

Juno brings back lots of memories for me as well. I remember having a very hard time convincing everyone it was 'free'.

Rolls her eyes - but secretly impressed, am I right??

Oh man. Thank you so much for posting this - it looks really well developed and surprisingly mature. (Or maybe I shouldn't be surprised?)

Anyways, I'm sure my wife will ha^H^H love you for giving me another "fun" home project. :)

> Never forget the Guardian smashed its copies of the Snowden files on the instruction of MI6.

Wow. I actually did 'forget' this. Actually I don't think I ever heard of it. I see lots of articles about The Guardian being under pressure, but haven't found one confirming they actually "smashed" them. I haven't been looking that long, so would welcome any pointers.

Not only has he been maintaining POWDER for that long, but Jeff Lait has also been putting out 7-day roguelikes annually for most of those years as well, including Fatherhood: http://www.zincland.com/7drl/fatherhood/

Definitely not calling you irrational - I really was just curious. I actually find your analysis pretty straight on. I realize now that part of the reason I like Coffeescript is because I like the way it looks! I'm more of a hobbyist, and haven't really had time to keep up with the latest developments in JavaScript, but I do understand a lot of the original reasons for CS may have been covered by the latest ES6.

Anyways, I do appreciate the response.

I think that is a start. I actually live in a neighborhood near Kirkwood and have had similar thoughts and experiences as the guy in this article.

Guilt is sort of the word for it, but not quite.

I think the simple fact of recognizing privilege when you have it, is a start. Being aware of history is the next step. The final step is not just wanting to help, but actually helping.

I think a lot of people in this author's situation find that last step difficult. The truth is that if you look hard enough, you _will_ find people in the community that care and are trying to do things. They can point you in the direction you want to go.

Can I ask why? Just out of legitimate curiosity. I don't work with a lot of other developers.

Right there with you. I was generally aware (mostly from HN) that it seemed less popular than when I started using it -- but _dread_? Surprising. I really enjoy it.

Try KeeperRL: http://keeperrl.com/

Started getting some attention in the roguelike world but it's really not a traditional roguelike... just an awesome Dungeon Keeper-esque game.

This looks really cool but I'm not 100% sure what it is for. Googling produces fairly generic results - can anyone point me towards some practical use cases for microservices?

As someone who has watched class after class of analysts put together 50-page pitch books of which <5 will be read, the day of the robots cannot come soon enough.

Ug. Carousel solved so many problems for me. Is it just that people don't like having multiple apps? Is the barrier to entry too high? I thought carousel struck a nice balance in not really forcing anyone to use the app, if they were simply on the receiving end.

I hope Dropbox keeps their word on incorporating the carousel functionality into the main app. I don't particularly care what they want to call it.

Had the privileged of taking one of his classes while at Syracuse. He referred to most of us in the class as mere "hackers", not worthy of being true "programmers" (yet).

I have a feeling nowadays most people would prefer being called the former over the later!

Regardless of how you feel about the sport itself, it is a great piece of writing. Keep posting more like it.

Yup, got it. Was just wondering if there was a hosted example somewhere. But maybe I'm the only person who is that lazy?

Either way, looks great so far. CoffeeScript is still my fave.

Sounds interesting. Is there a demo somewhere so that we can see it in action?

Thanks so much for writing this. Sounds cliche but, "I actually learned something!"

This might be the best version of this song ever made.

Also try thebrowser.com

Mostly free, but if you subscribe you will get lots more (great) mostly long-form articles, and in cases where the article would normally be behind a paywall, they will do a special version for thebrowser's paying customers.

If any post needed a [Satire] tag, it's this one. Great read, and I almost didn't click on it because I am tired of reading about standing desks.

It landed but the harpoon did not fire. I'm not sure what that means, but XKCD is live-drawing the event and has the Philae Lander's status as ???, so now I'm worried.

http://xkcd.com/

http://xkcd1446.org/

https://twitter.com/Philae2014

It sounds so natural that I immediately started thinking I had actually been saying it wrong all these years.

How long until "I only have a landline" becomes the ultimate hipster creedo?