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- How the Mac didn’t bring programming to the people https://eclecticlight.co/2023/09/16/how-the-mac-didnt-bring-programming-to-the-people/ 266 comments
- UBI in Oakland is the first program only for people of color https://finance.yahoo.com/news/universal-basic-income-in-oakland-is-first-program-only-for-people-of-color-133139312.html 55 comments
- The $42 billion internet program that has connected 0 people https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/the-42-billion-internet-program-that-has-connected-0-people 7 comments economy
- MIT Press releasing an updated version of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), written in Javascript! For the people who swear by the original SICP written in Scheme what do you think of an upcoming version in JS? https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/structure-and-interpretation-computer-programs-1 28 comments learnprogramming
- [X-POST r/programming] Considering this is people's understanding of crypto in a PROGRAMMING subreddit, we're definitely still early https://np.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/myii34/crypto_miners_are_killing_free_ci/gvvduqx 7 comments cryptocurrency
- To people who introduce people to Dynamic programming using the Fibonacci sequence example, why? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/jxvnz4/to_people_who_introduce_people_to_dynamic/ 4 comments learnprogramming
- Low-income people enrolled in Michigan's Medicaid expansion program experienced a six-point increase in employment or student status in one year, new study shows. The findings suggest that states could achieve goals of fuller employment among low-income residents by expanding Medicaid coverage. https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/jump-employment-seen-among-medicaid-expansion-enrollees-especially-most-vulnerable 797 comments science
- Greta Thunberg Offers Advice to Young People, Dismisses Climate-Denying Politicians in BBC Radio Program. "Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/30/greta-thunberg-offers-advice-young-people-dismisses-climate-denying-politicians-bbc 311 comments worldnews
- Trump has nearly destroyed US refugee program, experts say Administration announced it would set a refugee cap of 18,000 people for the fiscal year, and allow states to ban resettlement https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/trump-refugee-cap-asylum-program?utm_term=rwrpdg9yawfsx0d1yxjkawfuvg9kyxlvuy0xota5mjg%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guardiantodayus&cmp=gtus_email 13 comments politics
- The Trump administration is trying to make an under-the-radar change to essential programs that would cut healthcare and food assistance for millions of people https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-policy-change-cuts-millions-healthcare-medicaid-medicare-food-assistance-2019-6 128 comments politics
- Many people suspect there are bases on the Moon. Who, what, and why would they be there? Could the Secret Space Program be one of them? And why don’t we see anything when we stare at the moon at night? Let’s explore the stories and theories of how this could be possible. Or if we even buy this idea https://soundcloud.com/bri-jaimie/moon-bases-are-loco 34 comments aliens
- Quick tip for people wanting to start programing https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/a2amm7/quick_tip_for_people_wanting_to_start_programing/ 8 comments learnprogramming
- What happened to you? Any problem? I can break one of your legs: Union Minister Babul Supriyo to a man during a program for differently abled people at Nazrul Manch in Asansol #WestBengal https://twitter.com/ani/status/1042068217378889728 9 comments india
- Need Ideas-- TV Programs for People Interested in Tech/Coding https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/8o1ide/need_ideas_tv_programs_for_people_interested_in/ 17 comments learnprogramming
- Welfare drug-testing program cost Arkansas $32,000 to test five people https://arktimes.com/arkansasblog/archives/2018/05/07/welfare-drug-testing-program-cost-arkansas-32000-to-test-five-people-in-2017 574 comments politics
- [Kevin Pelton on handling claims of bias, players hating his work] “Like, when people will say, ‘Oh, you have the Clippers ahead of the Blazers because that’s classic big-market for L.A.’ No! It’s just an Excel program on my computer. It has no idea what the markets are!” https://soundcloud.com/washington-post/episode-75-espns-kevin-pelton 224 comments nba
- 30 year old bartender, switching careers...do people hardly get out of programming? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/6m0ysj/30_year_old_bartender_switching_careersdo_people/ 17 comments learnprogramming
- To the people out there learning to program https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/5ydcmt/to_the_people_out_there_learning_to_program/ 70 comments learnprogramming
- Do you know of any programming aptitude tests for people with no programming experience? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/5fwdjh/do_you_know_of_any_programming_aptitude_tests_for/ 44 comments learnprogramming
- I'm graduating with an "Information Sciences and Technology" degree, not CompSci, and I feel no where near as knowledgeable as the people on this sub and other programming subs. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4rlmy3/im_graduating_with_an_information_sciences_and/ 3 comments cscareerquestions
- Obese people believe that drinking diet beverages (DBs) may be a simple strategy to achieve weight loss. However, replacing DBs with water after the main meal leads to greater weight reduction during a weight-loss program, according to a new study. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/102/6/1305.abstract 220 comments science
- Ryan's "inner city" comments sparking backlash: Rep. Paul Ryan said comments he made on a conservative radio program about people in inner cities not valuing the "culture of work" were "inarticulate" http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/13/ryans-inner-city-comments-sparking-backlash/?hpt=hp_t2 29 comments politics
- "The top-secret world the government created in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work." - Washington Post http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/1/ 5 comments politics
- An Open Letter from Former Commissioners of the Social Security Administration; As former Commissioners of the agency, we could not sit on the sidelines and witness one NPR perspective on the disability programs threaten to pull the rug out from under millions of people with severe disabilities. http://socsecnews.blogspot.com/2013/04/open-letter-from-eight-former-social.html 5 comments politics
- Republican state representative who steered legislation through the House to drop thousands of people from the state-run MinnesotaCare program is an independent contractor for an insurance brokerage firm that lobbied for the change http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/08/politics/gop-gottwalt-health-insurance/ 8 comments politics
- Naturists outraged by BBC television program depicting people wearing clothes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9706749/bbc-hid-the-naked-truth-in-pursuit-of-profit-claim-naturists.html 4 comments nottheonion
- 13 Ways You Can Be Tracked By the US Government: Here's how some of the biggest government agencies and programs track people. http://www.alternet.org/rights/154931/13_ways_you_can_be_tracked_by_the_us_government/?page=entire 5 comments politics
- Obama on Catholic charity - "Some of you know my first job in Chicago was working with a group of Catholic churches that often did more good for the people in their communities than any government program could." http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/04/03/remarks-president-associated-press-luncheon 15 comments politics
- Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm. Government waste at its best. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/ar2006070100962.html?referrer=reddit 13 comments reddit.com
- When artist Wafaa Bilal set up a paintball gun that people could aim and fire at him over the Internet for 42 days, he never guessed that by day 20, he'd get shot more than 40,000 times and that hackers would program the gun to fire automatically. http://www.wafaabilal.com/html/domestictension.html 13 comments reddit.com
- Sysadmins arent (necessarily) programmers, they're people who can program http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/2010/01/sysadmins-arent-necessarily-programmers-theyre-people-who-can-program/ 8 comments programming
- His goal in releasing the virus' programming code was to make people aware that "we are now becoming a surveillance society" and that "police Trojans are reality and questionable." http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/aleqm5i0aa3p8cfabdqxangwc6tfqxgiowd9afd3io3 6 comments technology
- Journalist fired for exposing plan to carry out mass genocide against the American people by unleashing a deadly flu virus and instituting a forced vaccination program. http://www.infowars.com/journalist-fired-over-flu-pandemic-lawsuit/ 20 comments politics
- Programming Language People http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/cus/people/index.html 51 comments programming
- Eric Meyer on people complaining CSS is broken: "it doesn’t address their exact problem the exact way they think it should using patterns they find personally familiar so I guess CSS is a real programming language after all" https://mobile.twitter.com/meyerweb/status/1074354657739329537 6 comments webdev
- I am learning PLC programming. People dropped advice to tell me to pick up Arduino https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/6nsomb/i_am_learning_plc_programming_people_dropped/ 105 comments arduino
- Seriously, How Can They Possibly Justify $100 Billion in Farm Subsidies while People are Starving? Most people taking subsidies are scamming the system- cancel the whole damn program! http://bigstory.ap.org/article/white-house-threatens-veto-house-farm-bill 15 comments politics
- Krugman: People Talking About The "ONE TRILLION DOLLAR" Deficit Sound Like Dr.Evil From Austin Powers. These People "Use The Deficit To Argue That We Can't Afford To Maintain Programs Like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. So Its Important To Understand That This Is Completely Wrong." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/opinion/krugman-that-terrible-trillion.html?src=twr 302 comments politics
- After the braille decoder post I had the idea of creating a subreddit for programming challenges, a place where scripters can hone their skills and help people at the same time. Come on by and leave a challenge or +frontpage. http://www.reddit.com/r/programingchallenges/ 15 comments programming
- The best case that the war on poverty has failed "Without government programs such as food stamps and unemployment insurance, the poverty rate would grow from 16.0% to 28.7%, causing the ranks of the poor to swell from 50 million to 90 million people." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/19/the-best-case-that-the-war-on-poverty-has-failed/?tid=rssfeed 27 comments politics