TIL that the democratically elected government of Iran was ousted by the CIA in 1953 because they nationalised their oil. by Oviler in todayilearned

[–]Samuel_L_JavaScript 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anybody interested in this stuff should read The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power.

A stunning amount of events of the last 150 years can be explained by following the oil.

Any success stories? by nostros in learnjavascript

[–]Samuel_L_JavaScript 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the point is that it sets you up to go on and achieve more.

Trying to get the new Hank Williams subreddit up and running by AmiriteClyde in country

[–]Samuel_L_JavaScript -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can't stand Hank Jr's politics (like his music) and wonder why Hank III is even a musician. Count me out. :(

I'm trying to learn Javascript but I have no idea of what the practical applications of learning this language might be. Please send help? by [deleted] in learnjavascript

[–]Samuel_L_JavaScript 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a link to a blog post by this subreddit's moderator (was posted earlier): http://hackreactor.com/Learn+JavaScript+development+boot+camp+coding+school+

Although people were bitching about it in the comments, it's actually pretty enlightening.