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According to the book "The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator" by Timothy C. Winegard, the mosquito has killed an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion people that have ever lived. (Not sure how those numbers were determined.)

> We as programmers get paid very well, we're not in need of money.

Speak for yourself.

"the right way to build a remarkable life is to first identify the traits that define your vision of “remarkable,” then pursue only jobs that will reward you with these traits if and when you master rare and valuable skills."

That's a tough read. I think I read this sentence 10 times, and I still didn't know what it meant.

Finally moved on to the rest of the article to discover that he's talking about aspects of a job, such as having an impact.

So to rephrase, if you want to make an impact in your career, take the job that will allow you to make an impact if you do that job very well. Substitute 'impact' for whatever aspect of a job you'd like to have. Maybe a bit obvious when stated this way.

This thread is not talking about Vegas.

It's talking about genocide. If internal strife gets to the point of extreme hatred, then you don't need guns to kill each other. Not saying I agree that would happen in the U.S., but that's what they're talking about. Not Vegas.

To reiterate: See Rwanda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying, but "you get used to it". Like sitting behind someone with a big hat in the movie theatre, after awhile, you don't even notice. Personally, I change seats in that scenario.

I just find it hard square claims of "the future of the smartphone" with reviews like "you get used to it".

> They are instantly executable by a small VM written as a JS library

Guess you have download the VM on initial page load.

At least Ontario has increased the price for 1 million litres of water from $3.71.

The popular assumption that future wars will be fought over water is overblown when you consider water prices like this. I couldn't understand why the government was basically giving the water away, so I was happy to see the price increase to $503.71 per 1 million litres. Although the article says it still costs more than that to manage the ground water.

As of August of 2016, in B.C., the price for 1 million litres of water was $2.25 -- which is ridiculous. Hopefully that price will go up as well.

"The aerospace giant [Boeing] has received more state and local subsidy dollars than any other corporation in America"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/17/t...

> The plain email—which took no time to design or code—was opened by more recipients...

That's interesting. I wonder how this would have any effect on opening an email. In my mail clients on mobile and desktop, I cannot tell if an email is styled or not just by looking at the list of messages in my inbox. I have to actually open it to see if it's styled.

Oops. Didn't even notice.

The conventional wisdom in software development is to never rewrite your application from scratch. Typically it's much more difficult than you thought it would be, and it takes too long. Meanwhile, competitors pass you by (remember Netscape?). Just wondering how you came to make the decision to do this, and what, if any, concerns came up along the way?

I find this title a bit misleading. I thought the article was going to be about how the typical interview process is broken, and that plenty of good programmers are being missed by the process. Or that employers are way too fussy about candidates already having the exact experience in the exact language and tools that the employer uses, instead of just looking for smart problem-solvers, and giving them time to get up to speed on specific tools and technologies.

Instead it's really about how to ensure an employer's offer will be accepted. In other words, it's about solving the problem where the employer has already found a programmer, but the programmer doesn't want to work for the employer. Not really sure how big of a problem that is.

My kingdom for a horse?

“Never memorize something that you can look up.” -- Albert Einstein

A few years back, I had a 6-year-old white uni-body MacBook with a swollen battery that was long out of warranty. I made an appointment at the Apple Store, and when I took it in, they took one look at the battery, gave me new battery and sent me on my way. They didn't even mention the word warranty. I was there for 5 minutes. I had zero expectations going in, so was quite happy and impressed with their response.