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You are correct, "for most people". That is why I mentioned > "data packs make sense for many people." I assume that the audience here does not belong to "most people"

> And if you want to take a look at a blog and you have the video pack - just get the blog pack or ask a friend - or maybe your other friend can just download it and send it to you?

This is good. But what if I want to read something without letting my friends know I am reading it.

> There were other data packs available; the "news pack" would let me....

Consider a hypothetical situation where you are talking with your friend and they tell you about a wonderful blog that they read recently. You get very much interested in the idea that as soon as you reach home you want to read them all. Unfortunately you own a "video pack".

What you mentioned about the data packs make sense for many people. People who spend most of the time on Netflix, Facebook etc. But that is not what internet is all about. Internet is not Facebook or Google or Netflix. What makes internet great is the fact that any random unknown person can host any idea that they want to share with others and I can find that note and read it from other part of the world.

> git config --global alias.git '!exec git'

Is the exec really required?

   git config --global alias.git '!git'

Will also work. Am I missing something?

EDIT: From git doc, "If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, it will be treated as a shell command"

So exec is not required then.

I think the quality of the content really depend on the people we end up following.

When I started Twitter, I started out with my school/college friends and some random tech blogs/site etc. My friends doesn't tweet a lot(Less people use Twitter in India compared to Facebook) or the sites that I follow mostly had crapy content, making my timeline looking awful. I stopped using Twitter. About a year before I came back to the platform, un-followed all of them and started following tech people. Mostly people from js/golang/python communities. Now my timeline has more quality content that I do not get time to read all of them(links to blogs etc). I do agree that at times there are some political opinions but not the majority so its okay.

I am not sure if its the American date format or the way they choose to write them (with the . instead of - or /) made it confusing to me. On Indian website it is written "Available 26.9"

Took some time to realise that "Available 9.25" meant 25th September. The box looked more like a disabled button.

Gratitude for what? Training?

1. The training is useful only if you are allocated to the project in the same domain.

2. You are trained in some relevant tech so that you can look for jobs else where.

Both of this is not the case. Mostly everyone is trained in mysql, language(Java, C# etc) or maybe mainframe systems. What extra are you getting over a self taught programmer. (You would get very less in real because the later has some experience working with some project where as you have none). You are then allocated to some support project where you don't get a chance to write a single line of code.

> Being a programmer at a company like Infosys

I worked with a person who asked me what PHP was.

If you are still not convinced,

1. There is a very small chance that you will be working on what you were promised when hiring.

2. Your interests or background doesn't matter(More true if you are fresh out of college). You know in and out of Java. Doesn't matter, go send emails for rest of your life.

3. I am not saying that there are good projects. There are but very few and the resource pool is very big that your chance of getting a good project is very small. If you have contacts, then you can get tagged to some projects based on their requirements.(This works only if you have enough experience)

If you really want to improve your career as a programmer, join a product company or a startup. You will get chance to learn a lot and work with awesome people who can motivate you to be a better engineer.

Love the simplicity of the design.

Is there any reason why you didn't include the date of publishing in the pages. Or is it just me who looks for the dates on all the blogs that I read.

Several HN readers have also pointed out that some of the free solutions have shutdown because of lack of funding. When money is on the table, user may expect that the provider is "more" answerable than a free service.