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How do I get more people to read my blog? Had Ilan 122 votes Generating traffic is not an easy task! Also, there are innumerable ways to promote a website and drive traffic. As you are unable to find positive results, I would suggest... Read More » What is the difference between a programmer, a good programmer and a great programmer? Christopher Burke, Electrical Engineer and Software Developer 2.5k votes Programmer: anyone who can write working programs to solve problems, given a sufficiently detailed problem statement. I have no use for programmers. Good programmer: a pro...  Read More » What are some of the most devious military strategies that have been used in wars of the past? Christopher Reiss, Interested in movies, math, history, technology and culture. 1.4k votes This ancient, sneaky trick echoes today in modern language. You've heard the phrase "parting shot" for an insult delivered as a person is leaving. It's actually "Parthia... Read More » I never went to good school, college and university, so can I become a good programmer and get recruited by the top companies? Jérôme Cukier, data visualization guy 3.2k votes One day we were reviewing applications for a software engineering job and we saw one person whose GitHub page had a completely green public contribution heat map. In other ... Read More » What happens when you receive over a million dollars into your bank account? Abbe Diaz, former "maitre d' to the stars" (author, PX This) 327 votes This happened to a girl I know. It was back in the late 90's so I don't know if it still applies, but she said one day she received a telephone call from her bank asking he... Read More » Why is it that Chinese are rude and mannerless, while Japanese are polite? Naoki Nitta 400 votes This is a racist question but I know where you're coming from, and maybe the internet is a good place to ask it so that you don't offend anybody you actually know. Travelin... Read More » Why is dy/dx = (dy/du)(du/dx) an insufficient proof of the Chain Rule? Anders Kaseorg, MIT PhD student in CS; Cofounder of Ksplice, Inc. 304 votes [math]\tfrac{dy}{dx}[/math] is a formal symbol that is not really a fraction. The fraction is just an analogy; it often leads to useful intuitions, but you can’t use an analogy to prove anything. I... Read More » Why didn't the minor European countries stay neutral like Switzerland during world war 2? Robin Daverman, founder of cosmesys-com/ 2.2k votes They tried. Oh boy, you have no idea how hard they tried to stay out of it! Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Hungary, etc., all tried valiantly to stay neutral in the fac... Read More » When you work from 8-6, how do you grow as a person? Salil Jha, Self-Made Millionaire, Authorpreneur, Best-selling Author, Podcast host 938 votes I was there and I am thankful for my fate to endure such long hours. My life completely changed when I was forced to work in an environment with long hours and long commut... Read More » I just got a new job as a developer. Are these normal working conditions? William Hurley 76 votes As other folks have said some of this is the reality of professional software development, especially at a small organization. Also some of this is the reality of developin... Read More »