Digression: A woman in tech successfully patented Lisp. Given the deteriorating state of patent law, I wouldn't be surprised if it is in the same article.
2017. I would hope it will be some discussion of quantum computers. It's a topic that never ceases to amaze me.
Seeing that 200+ people upvoted, it would suggests that enough people found it useful.
I will admit that I am not familiar with curl and I found this helpful and enlightening. If you don't find it useful, then just move on. We come to HKN to learn about the other aspects that we are not familiar with. Just be mindful that not everyone have the same expertise.
Why not just create an environment that suits the company and its management. The programmer can decide whether that environment is best suited for them.
Some people prefer rigidity. I don't understand their preference, but I respect that it is their preference. But it's hard to say that arbitrary choice always leads to anarchy or the one rigid framework always leads to inflexibility. Everything varies. That's the beauty of people - we are all different, yet we coexists.
The Chinese government is going through a transition period at the moment, so much is undecided. But it is unfortunate (especially being Chinese) that the central government is becoming more conservative overtime (politically conservative, fiscally liberal). I do hope that this is just a phase rather than something persistent.
With regard to foreign policy, the US had been playing a very interesting game of hard-soft combination. Obama and the executive committee had been relatively soft on the Chinese government. At the same time, the US representatives to WTO and other trade organization had been pretty persistent. I don't know how things will turn out, but I am pretty certain that the US government will not impose sanction on China. That is a foolish move giving the trade and the status of China in the global market.
Complexity along should not be a negative trait. There are different applications with different needs, the more diversity is (in the beginning) always better.
Personally, I will need to look at the source-code before I can make an initial judgement. But the idea is definitely promising. :)
I do agree that risk is essential and ought to be accepted. After all, I think I am more defined by my failures than anything else. But that deviates from the main discussion.
I think the main discussion revolves around healthcare, or the lack of healthcare for start-ups. It is one thing to take risk yourself, but it is another to jeopardize your family's health services. I think that's the main arguments.
It is always amusing that colors are merely electromagnetic properties. Yet the visualization of this relatively simple physical property has gone through such evolution through history.
It is really hard to recommend a project to someone just because everyone have such diverse interest and passion. My only suggestion is to roam around the community until something tickles you inside. If you are not sure what you will find interesting may just because you haven't found a project you are passionate about. Frankly if that "dead project somewhere in the corner" is something that motivates you, you should choose that over the larger projects.
Personally, my personality and preference are for smaller projects with a more intimate community. In the end of the day, (for me) it is much more about learning and doing something I love rather than doing something to go on a resume (or my lack of a resume. :P).
So think about these questions:
1. What is your goal in doing this? (i.e. combinations of to learn, to have fun, to add to the resume, etc.)
2. What motivates sufficiently at 4AM in the morning?