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hah. On a serious note, wonder how long before someone converts this an app.

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Fixing the first problem and finding alternatives I think is far more easier to fix than the second. We have had several thousand years to figure-out a solution to the problem of rulers politicians and yet, after all this time, here we are still displeased with those in power.

I think the following http://raincatcher.org/what-we-do/ is a really interesting solution to the fresh water problem.

Here's a video of what they do. https://vimeo.com/29880712 skip to 1.38 if you are impatient.

Try explaining that to management types. The whole problem with "Enterprise Software" is its targeted at the manager types, you tell them they are now going to able to generate 10 reports, tell them there's an app for it the would throw money at you. They don't care about the people who has to deal with the system, they don't care it takes 10 more additional steps to do something that was really easy to do, throw in a bunch of jargon and tell them its enterprise ready and cloud based, with a touch of big data. BAM! sold!

To me the biggest problem with web development is, not that it's too big. I feel the information is really disorganised.

For instance, take most of the front-end projects; finding good documentation is a fool's errand.

I think we as a community need to put more effort in to making our projects easier to understand, we need to bring the barrier to entry as low as possible, we need to stop making assumptions that everyone starting out with our projects are people with 5-6 years experience, help people figure out where to look for information related to our project.

For example, a good project I really appreciate is, redux; the documentation that comes with the project is really amazing, I mean look at this, https://github.com/rackt/redux/blob/master/README.md They have put so much effort in to making their project really easy to understand.

Don't get me wrong, I love googling for information and learning new things, but some projects are pure annoying when you are trying to understand them for a quick poc or a Saturday evening hack.

We can't stop progress, its not fair if we ask others to pause progress just so we could catch up, just so it makes our jobs become easier. We are developers, we love experimenting, we love learning more, and we love making things work better, but lets improve on one little detail; lets help each-other out more.

Because we are lazy, and everyone hopes it will help us become even lazier.

Sorry for the silly question. Is it possible to have an internet without ISPs?

Isn't it sad, that we know non of this makes no sense at all. Yet, you and I, we do everything to get our hands on some of those "non-synthetic stones" in form or another.

Microsoft being Microsoft.

I have 20GB worth files in there, all I have to start moving because Microsoft loves their customers.

Honestly I don't know why, but that got me laughing more than I expected.

Oh also, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468 (How to install Windows using Boot Camp)

If you tell HN how they looked and the company name, we can go on a witch-hunt :p.

But in all seriousness, sorry you had to go through something that terrible. Like someone mentioned already in this thread, you should have left the place when you heard the linux comment. Come to think of it, I'm happy for you for not getting stuck in an obviously poisonous environment.

This sounds highly improbable, especially the "Oh, wow, Linux, what is this, 2003? I'd hoped I'd never have to see....." comment, I honestly can't believe there are any developers would make such a comment.

The OP should name the company if this interview was this terrible.

Since the NSA is by default monitoring calls, I wonder why they cant do anything about this? (:p)

omg, stop being such babies. You can't run a startup without risk, I am sure you have been around the startup world to notice how much risk these startups take in order to be successful, as a society we should encourage people to take more risks, and help them, not become a barrier to their success.

Fines? It would do more damage than good(if there's any good that is). One of the best things about the information age is the ability for anyone to take part in it. You could be selling glow sticks to a guy a thousand miles away from you.

If there were fines, it would scare away people with less technical skills who would want to start something new.

What we must do is introduce certifications, this would help make companies more security aware, but wont make it mandatory.

I love coffee, I drink atleast 2 cups a day, I love hearing that coffee is good for me, but it still makes me wonder if any of this information about coffee is misinformation. After all, doctors and scientists are human.. for instance, http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/smoking/smoking...

Yep its down for me here in India.

"Sorry, something went wrong.

We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can.

Go Back "

This is why, I think we need to make ICT (Information Communication Technology) a mandatory subject in our schools.

Teach kids about the internet. Many people are still under the assumption just deleting something would make it disappear for ever.

Maybe a lot of people from our generation are doomed to sharing too many things online, but we can at least save the next generation from themselves.

You make a mistake 10 years ago, may be a few close friends in your town know about you. Now you make a mistake, the whole world has access to that information.

Government regulations, bans are not going to do anything to stop the spread of information, we need to educate people to protect themselves from their own selves.

Ahh Im 16 hours late to the party,

What's helped me deal with procrastination is, to keep a backwards list of things I have done.

I used to make a timetable, plan my work ahead, and always end up not following it.

I then did it the other way around, now I think about the work I have to do, just pick it up and start working, once I am done with my work, I write it on a notebook I carry around with me all day.

Its now like a part of my life, I even write down things like, "had a shower", "bought bread". I have noticed I have become really productive compared to the person from around 7 months ago. I am really happy as a person, and when ever I have a doubt if I have done enough work, my note book is there to tell me how much I have done.

I guess this is one of those carrot and stick things in this case, a self-governed carrot and stick I guess.

I think most programmers can relate to this feeling when you consider that amazing feeling you get after a whole night of debugging and seeing it run beautifully. I feel like this backwards list is also something like that. Looking forward to seeing that book fill up is making me do the work, and seeing all the work I have done lets me feel accomplished.

And I don’t get to be disappointed by plans that never worked out.

This would hold true for most complex pieces of software really.

This was one of the best things I have read in a while. Thank you OP.

Why?

Lenovo..

> remote-control iKettle controlled by your iContact Lense, with the water fetched by a robot

Now that's a wonderful thought. This kettle sounds silly when I consider it in isolation, but if it was used along with other products which would then help automate an entire process that is just something I would throw my money at.

I mean come on, a "water boiling path finding tea making robot", doesn’t sound so bad :p

Sadly just another reason why employers in the future would prefer a robot worker over a human one.

I honestly can't understand this. Why would you make it harder for your own employer to do business. Call Uber whatever you like, but these guys have changed many things, they have helped make a lot of people's lives better.

True. But Ubuntu is one of the most popular distros. I have noticed, for many non-technical users, the name "Ubuntu" is synonymous with linux.

At the end of the day, most of the technical users know how to stay protected. Atleast the type of people who can install a linux distro on their main computer.

It's kind of our fault, we need to make the general public understand these risks, we need to make solutions more accessible. Because, if this sort of thing continue, we would one day suddenly wake up to a world that would not respect anyone's privacy. How many big companies are caught violating user's privacy, remember superfish?

The funny thing is, big companies are starting to be more and more confident violating their user's privacy.

Thank you everyone for the replies. Some of the comments in here are just... wow!

I asked this question, because I want to move to Canada, and seeing what some of you have gone through to get to migrate to another country, makes me realise how fortunate I am, and that I have no excuses if I don’t migrate to the country I really want to be in.

Thanks everyone.

You should do an AMA on reddit.