chosenbreed

> Makes sense, it is a diet related illness, so it should have a diet related treatment. Instead of treating the symptoms, treat the cause.

If everyone starts that doing we're going to put the pharmaceuticals out of business. There'd be riots!

Superb. Clearly in your case you summoned the necessary will to lose all that weight. But I think another important factor is that you established a new lifestyle/better eating habits.

> And that's why weight loss techniques need to be treated like a new lifestyle, instead of a goal you hit and then finish. I lost 60 lbs a couple of years ago ...

Firstly, fantastic achievement. I'm curious as to what motivated you enough to put in the effort (I'm assuming it required effort).

Secondly, I wonder if the speed/drastic nature of the weight-loss can be counter-productive. When you think about people don't become over-weight overnight. Perhaps a more gradual pace with some time for settling at various stages of the process...I'm thinking losing weight over a couple of years as opposed to over a couple of months.

> - have to overhear irrelevant stupid/mundane conversations

Quite often I get to eavesdrop on interesting conversations. Typically people launching new business ventures of various kinds.

> My only hope is that a benevolent AI will coordinate this, having prime directives not to harm humans ( by the means of interfering with the communication ).

Mmm...who's going to write that benevolent AI? :)

> Why are you hugging your co-workers?

I get the impression that they were on the receiving end of the hugs :)

Good observation

> *citation needed Yes. Citations would be useful. To me, it seems to make sense intuitively. I'd say that at the very least it is a fair/objective way of ranking candidates. Particularly so if where the ratio of candidates to positions is high.

> Who is this article aimed at? Presumably at anybody looking to 'crack' the coding interview. Obviously not all of it is going to be relevant for every role but I found some useful things in there. At the very least I think it offers a structured approach on which to model your own preparation.

Oh...I was thinking of trying out my luck in Berlin...

> I imagined a world of apps designed with xaml /me shudders

Mmm...XAML/WPF has one thing going for it though...you can be assured that a code-base you haven't touched for year will still work :)

> It relieves stress and anxiety, and also gives me an excuse to step out of the office for a few minutes for a break or to collect my thoughts.

Should we really need excuses to step out of the office to get some fresh air, collect our thoughts, etc for a few minutes?

I think there is much to be said about cigarettes relieving stress and anxiety...

> I wouldn't be surprised to learn that human overpopulation and profligate consumption make a few species' population to strive

I can think of a few examples. Pigeons, rats, gulls, cockroaches, etc

Your comment was flagged before I could read. Really curious...:-)

> Reminds me that Kierkegaard seems to have written about social media:

Interesting. Where did you get the quote from? I might add it my reading list :-)