Actually that might not even work- it looks like La Nina may not last past Feb, and El Nino could be back by the ned of the year. For example see
http://www.weathernationtv.com...

In my opinion, JavaScript is Lisp reinvented very badly. That it is so popular and important as a programming language says something interesting about how standards emerge. I was starting to feel that this opinion just showed how out of touch I was with things, but the recent issues with NPM seem to show a serious lack of insight or experience in the communities pushing js on the server side. I can't believe there are so many seemingly competent developers advocating that it is a good thing to have packages that consist of a single line function, and that's before even looking at the security and governance issues with NPM itself.

What difference would that make? If 40 years of business rules are encoded in configuration files how is that any easier to work with than COBOL or whatever language was used?

I find in most business cultures I've had contact with that actually spending time to think about a problem is actively discouraged. Problems get bounced from one person to the next, and the actual work performed by any one person on something is so limited that often no-one understands the full problem. The always connected culture described in the article is part of the problem, but more fundamentally it is that there is such the constant stream of email with so little thought put into it

I had to dig for direct connections between Codenomicon and Microsoft, but the chairman of the board seems a fairly strong link. The way Codenomicon have behaved in this has seemed reckless, I've never seen a bug so heavily marketed. The stats floating around initially seem to be way off the mark - to begin with quotes were of 66% of web servers being affected, later revised to 17% running affected versions. Both these numbers look too round to be anything other than made up.

What does OpenBSD use for SSL by default - does it have it's own implementation or is it affected by the OpenSSL bug?

If you have 14 years experience, and are in a reasonably strong job market, you should know what you want in a position and what you have to offer. Just because you are asked questions about leadership skills doesn't mean they are a requirement for the position, but companies want to know what they are getting when they take someone on. If you have a valuable skill they need they will probably want to build a role around you, and while you may want to be hands one providing technical leadership but not supervising a team, someone else with the same skills may want to delegate much of their less challenging tasks.The interview should be a two way conversation - if you dont like a particular line of questions ask if they are core to the role.

If you are looking for a senior position though you will need to be a leader in some way, this may be thought leadership or more direct,

They have come such a long way that by the time they reach the Earth, the Parkes telescope would have to operate for 1 million years to collect enough to have the equivalent energy of a flying mosquito

That depends on whether there is a managed or unmanaged breakup of the euro. "Your euros don't actually exist anymore" may not be that far from what happens in some scenarios.

I think the biggest problem with forums, chats, mailing lists etc is the linear format where all the focus is on the most recent topics, jumping from topic to another but not getting into depth on much. Quora seems to be the most succesful I've seen so far at breaking this.

A solar flare is physical matter, not light, or else how would we see it coming?

A better analogy would be the wind affecting a cannonballs trajectory.

When were the subsequent tests? The article says they have yet to retest since finding the problem, and I haven't heard any results from MINOS.

Not provably secure - maybe not, but sometimes you have to settle for more provably secure than readily available alternatives.