EricSu's comments

I agree. I like to walk and think out a problem, and especially how I'd like to approach that problem. I almost never touch the computer unless I at least know an approach to tinker with.

Are you saying the employee has the right to refuse to work overtime or the employer has the right to refuse to pay for overtime?

As people have said, if the employer refuses to pay an hourly worker overtime when they've worked the overtime hours then there are labor law issues (which means that the employee must be paid overtime). But I do know employers can ask/assert that an hourly employee is not to exceed a certain amount of hours per week. If an employer refuses to pay a salaried employee overtime then that's where this article comes in and what people are discussing in the other comments.

If an employee refuses to work overtime then that mostly deals with workplace culture, pleasing your boss/your personal decision/getting your work done. There's a big difference between why or how an hourly employee can or would refuse to work overtime vs a salaried employee as explained by the way they're paid. An hourly employee mostly deals with not getting paid more money whereas a salaried employee most likely worries about a bad relationship with the boss/company.

I suppose everyone has the right to refuse overtime (not sure if there are legal foundations for this) but since the US has a work-as-much-as-possible kind of mindset it's difficult to simply refuse overtime.

I agree...I know this is supposed to be about their relativity to each other but the way my mind interpreted the wording was "Why are neither of the two objects traveling at 1.5 times the speed of light?" and I immediately thought "Well because it's relative and you can't say that you driving 60mph and another car going 60 mph in the opposite direction means you're driving at 120mph because you're still driving 60mph

edit: Because the question doesn't specify the speed relative to what exactly, I automatically thought about the speeds of the objects relative to themselves rather than to each other or a 3rd party.

A couple times carrying the W530 around in my backpack I've noticed that the corner of the keyboard will pop out of the casing and I'll have to shove it back in.

Please tell me how things like "I am kind of kicking myself for making what ended up being a bad tech choice..." and "gak!" are directly informative of the point of the article? This article needs to take a tl;dr approach and cut down the statements that could be stated in one sentence. Maybe other people might want to know this guy's thought process behind everything, but I'm much more engaged with the cold facts.

1-2 months to research Elm and transition the Unison editor? Okay that's all I need to know.

Realistically you would probably only be able to work part-time because you are a paid consultant? Okay cool that's self explanatory, you need to make money and we get that.

This article is informative, but it could've been edited to a maximum word count.

P.S. Thanks for being mature. I willingly admit that I'm young and I have a lot to learn, but I do happen to know terms like HTTP+JSON and why a one-file-per-hash system is an insanely inefficient implementation.

....which is also 8 paragraphs of fluff and trying to connect with the audience

Being skeptical of the value of activity trackers, I really enjoy the fact that the guys behind this originally thought it up as a joke.

Photography - I use my free time to take long walks (perk: easy exercise) and take photos of whatever looks interesting which is very relaxing. It motivates me to travel and discover new places...even if it's still within the same town. I've been asked to take photos of people, events and groups by friends and it's always a nice experience. I also put up my photos online on places like tumblr where they have been recognized by the tumblr community on several occasions.

Triathlon - Obviously a great source of exercise. Teaches you to expand yourself (time, goals, etc.) because you have to train for swimming, biking and running. Races are competitive, but the racers are also very friendly (perks of a somewhat niche sport). And then of course it's always a wow factor among others since races last from 15 miles ("sprints") to 140 miles (Ironman).

First sentence: "According to the patent, the drones will be able to track the location of the person it is delivering to by pulling data from their smartphone."

Further down: "Using Audi's...communications system...DHL delivery drivers would track a customer's vehicle over a specified period of time and then use a digital access code to unlock the boot. This code would then expire as soon as the boot was shut."

...well this is all a little more unsettling than having your mailman or a FedEx driver drop by your house

I live in Boston where our subway transit system still has a branch of streetcars. The points about passenger density and right-of-way are spot on. Actually the only thing that holds up the streetcars are when drivers are acting stubborn and entitle themselves to right-of-way...or when mother nature dumps 3 feet of snow on the city and the old transit system can't keep up.

But everyone still uses the streetcar system because you can get from point A to B, no matter if B is half a mile or 5 miles away, for one fee of $2.10 vs ride-sharing or taxis which accumulate charges over time and distance.

[paraphrase]"What we're saying today is the equivalent of saying 'We'll be able to get to the moon in ten years and NO ONE ELSE will get there EVER'."

- Vice Chair Farenthold, in video, on creating back doors that are accessible to the "good guys" and impenetrable to anyone else

I've made my peace, somewhat, with my phone activity being tracked and everything. But this point about smartphones trying to mimic PCs is where I draw the line. I don't like the push for everything mobile to replace everything desktop/PC because I frankly don't trust smartphones to be powerful enough and secure enough to handle much more than to-do lists, social media or the occasional bank transfer (never done on a public wi-fi network of course). Of course I'm stubborn in preferring a full-sized keyboard, mouse and I dunno...computer for tasks like programming, photo editing (no, putting filters on photos is not what I consider photo editing) and gaming but that's how I think smartphones should be used vs. full-fledged computers.

#5 - I'm young so I think it's interesting (and super informative) that people believed in a naming convention that immediately tells you what hardware you're getting. The rise of frilly landing pages and just-look-at-the-computer-case-not-the-numbers marketing makes it frustrating for hardware-oriented shoppers like me to find what I want efficiently (basically I think #14's "pretty box" solution gained a little too much traction in the marketing aspect)

It's great to hear this turned into a win-win. A high rate of the homeless people in the program remained in stable housing after 3 years and modelling show that the program helps the government save money by investing in homeless people rather than dealing with them with police and medical services.

I would call this a good story, but not so much intellectually gratifying. Maybe if they talked more about the nitty gritty details of piloting a Chinook helicopter..

I'm deeply into photography (as a hobby/creative outlet) and I'm on a triathlon team (as a way to be outdoors and stay active). Having these two things motivates me to peel myself off my computer and definitely shifts my focus to something other than tech news which is very refreshing for the mind and body. You don't have to get deeply involved in a hobby, but I definitely agree that physically getting away from the computer and outside will help a lot to expose yourself to something different and get you thinking about something else.

I'm a 20yo college student...definitely feeling inferior for not being this proactive as a high schooler. But I'm currently in my second internship and I can definitely say I got hired because of personal projects such as this that highlight your skills and your interest in using those skills inside and outside of class/work environments, so great job and good luck!