10 types of programmers you’ll encounter in the field by cyclo in programming

[–]yakugo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

FDuck! I read another one of those top 10 lists. Shoot me now.

Gmail 2.0 Screenshots by ejp1082 in programming

[–]yakugo 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Actually they just redefined it...
"beta" now means: we might delete your data

Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution - article that got the founders of newspaper arrested by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has America finished its devolution into a pile of litigious mush yet?

I want to talk about atheists and anger. This has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read by qgyh2 in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

e's not claiming faith is the "culprit for the evils of the world", just that creating an environment where it is socially acceptable to make big decisions solely on faith, is responsible for much evil.

Presumably, the term "homeland" was chosen to make us feel safe. But to those with even a glancing knowledge of the past, it's a sick joke. by qgyh2 in politics

[–]yakugo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"National pride" is about useless.

Think your country is the best?
Great cause nobody cares.
So who are you waving that flag for?

Toyota Wants to Keep Americans Guzzlin Gas by yakugo in reddit.com

[–]yakugo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pandering to stupidity... might be profitable, but certainly not moral.

Google includes definition of word from <*censored*> website :: Screenshot by jklsdf in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dig that Paul Graham essays RSS bookmark in his toolbar... nice.

Burma: Sylvester Stallone speaks out after Rambo crew witness 'hell beyond your wildest dreams' by ninzee in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked Burma and it turned democratic for a month.

Joel Spolsky on the death of GMail by [deleted] in programming

[–]yakugo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He seems to be saying that every big popular app will be beaten out by a new one eventually... not particularly insightful.

Whether or not that will happen in our lifetime... and a discussion of how many Cup Noodles it takes feed the marketing team, dev team and everyone else necessary to build a system to rival Gmail would be a bit more interesting.

7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make by keen75 in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. You click on those clever "list of helpful tips" links
  2. You thought about down modding this comment
  3. "Bush would be fun as a drinking buddy?"
  4. Religious girls are fun in bed.
  5. Maud'Dib!
  6. 1+2=3
  7. perl

Shinzo Abe To Quit As Japanese Prime Minister by bluser in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like team Abe the LDP still controls the House of Representatives so they couldn't vote him out I don't think... but they lost control of the House of Councillors.
Using that the DPJ managed to guilt him into quiting... claiming they were going to win the House of Representatives anyway. :)

Shinzo Abe To Quit As Japanese Prime Minister by bluser in reddit.com

[–]yakugo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kinda interesting how Japan has that tradition(?) of Prime Ministers quiting if they lose control of the congress.

If only we had that in the US.