Github is blocked in China
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Updated: The popular project-hosting and code-sharing site is apparently caught up in the Great Firewall of China and is unavailable to users there, according to multiple reports. Read more »
What would you tell your younger self?
What one thing would you tell your younger self if you had the opportunity? Hacker News posed the question — borrowed from the Twitter@ayoungerme account — to its community and got some interesting results — some flip and some philosophical. Read more »
Meteor relents, changes licensing on popular JavaScript framework
The folks at Meteor apparently listened to developer hue-and-cry and put the promising real-time JavaScript framework under a more open MIT license. That means it will be easier to build commercial software with Meteor than it would have been under the GPL license. Read more »
Do real programmers ‘like’ Facebook?
Programmers like to visit Facebook, but they don’t want to live and work there, according to an informal poll posted to Hacker News. Respondents said they’re more likely to turn to Github, Twitter or Google+ to keep abreast of what’s going on in their field. Read more »
