DougN7

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  1. I’m not sure if savant is quite the right word, but my son is a language genius. Taught himself to read at 3, started studying greek at 6, etc. We just finished a discussion about Navaho vs Georgian language structures,…

  2. If I’m not mistaken, all three have erupted within a week’s time. Really just coincidence or is something happening? I have no expertise in this area.

  3. It’s depressing to see more and more articles about people doing two or more remote jobs and cheating both companies. If this happens enough, I have to believe remote work companies will be less competitive. Excellent…

  4. I have a son that is bit of a savant. He learned to read on his own at 3, started learning Greek on his own at 5, took French and German simultaneously in school, etc. He loves creating his own languages - I guess it's…

  5. I use a version of KeePass on my phone and it's a life saver. But I read recently about a chrome extension that was purchased by a bad actor that added an exploit. The Freenode take over also has me thinking. And…

  6. Help me understand this (really). Why should software be expected to have source code available? Don't get me wrong - I love SQLite and OpenSSL, but it has nothing to do with having access to the source code. My toaster…

  7. One infected person infects 2 to 3 other people on average. This is exponential spread. This will remain true until enough people have immunity that the chance of infecting someone new drops below 1. This is the so…

  8. I've been programming for going on 40 years now. It started when I was a kid and was a ton of fun. It's still sort of fun, but after having done it for so long, it's losing its appeal as a hobby. What sorts of hobbies…

  9. Would someone please create a small car/toy with computer vision that can race around my house so my dog can chase it? I'm serious. Dog owners everywhere would buy one. Bumping into walls and furniture would be OK if it…

  10. Bitcoin is deflationary in nature, so it's price should be going up. What is driving Ethereum's price higher? Are there "real" smart contracts being driven by Ethereum, or is the price rise purely speculation?

  11. Bitcoin is clearly the king of crypto currencies. I don't understand the battle going on in the community right now, but recently read that Litecoin doesn't have some of the short comings of Bitcoin as far as scaling is…

  12. I've been sort of on the fence about climate change, but this article cites so much evidence it can't be ignored. If I read this correctly, it looks like a 3.5C change is coming in 20 years, at which point the food…