I'm pretty sure the the founding fathers in 1777 could be considered domestic terrorists .

Why do you assume /. was ever intended to encourage intelligent discussion?

Or they could just build a monolithic dome for an 8% premium and get all the benefits and more.

This is about egos. The Rails ecosystem is rife with developers who think they are gods. They surround themselves with people who have similar inflated egos, further reinforcing their group behaviors. It probably has something to do with DHH being the leader, in stark contrast to the humble Matz who really made it all possible with the elegant, powerful language.

I've been a Rails dev for 5 years, and I've encountered way too much of this during the times I've been looking for work. The irony is, many of these guys (and they're almost all guys) are so rabid that they cannot consider anything other than pair, TDD, Rails, mostly Mac, and Github. "Show us your Github!"

We need a term for these guys, something on par with "brogrammer" but specific to their unique, incestuous behaviors.

They might become suspicious if they never saw any replies, so perhaps put all the banned folks in a group so they could spam each other. That would cause them extra angst, seeing only competitors replying.

There's more and more research about the benefits of standing - or rather, the harm that comes from sitting.

I started standing for work four years ago. Only the first couple of weeks were challenging, but I quickly became able to stand for 12+ hours non stop. Granted, I don't stand like a statue; I shift around (but not so much that I look like some freak).

Within a week of changing from sitting to standing, my lower back problems went away. Those lower back problems developed despite my proper ergonomic arrangement in the number of Herman Miller Aeron chairs I had for the previous decade.

Lastly, if you frequently get pulled away from your desk, having to stand up and sit down is a real nuisance. When you work standing, it's as simple as walking to and from your desk.

I don't know any _real_ telecommuters, at least not developers, who would ever be compelled to click on anything related to CareerBuilder. Thus, this survey obviously only attracted monkeys. Worse yet, it is/will be picked up by news sites and used to dissuade companies from considering allowing workers to work remotely.

I say this survey was entirely bunk and unscientific. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the results weren't purely made up by a hungry "writer".

It's cool to sell $100 HDMI cables that people don't need, but omg if you try to sell an adapter that many of us need... well that's illegal!

Hey I've got an idea! Let's just ditch the HDMI on both ends and go mini-dp.

... spend 6 billion to make Larry Ellison's head bigger

or ... spend 10 million to remove Larry Ellison's head

From a pure business standpoint the decision is obvious.