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Last week, a HackerNews user posed the following question to the forum: What is the most unethical thing you've done as a programmer? As it turns out, some pretty messed up stuff!

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MURKY GREY AREAS BREAKING THE CODE OF ETHICS Anonymous Programmers Talk About The Most Unethical Things They've Done, And Hoo Boy There Are Some Doozies digg.com Last week, a HackerNews user posed the following question to the forum: What is the most unethical thing you've done as a programmer? As it turns out, some pretty messed up stuff! 'THEY THINK THEY BELONG TO THEM' The Great Chinese Art Heist gq.com Strange how it keeps happening, how the greatest works of Chinese art keep getting brazenly stolen from museums around the world. Is it a conspiracy? Vengeance for treasures plundered years ago? Or is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history? TRIAL AND ERROR The Trouble With Designing A Book When Its Author Is In Jail lithub.com "I'm sorry, he's not thrilled. He wants to see more." GEAR WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Travel Backpack Is Organizational Design At Its Peak peakdesign.com Peak Design has done it again. Their new Travel Backpack is durable, beautiful and endlessly adaptable. With a range of packing tools, it provides a single organized space to carry it all: clothes, shoes, toiletries, adapters and all your photo gear. GO BIG OR GO HOME FRUITS OF THE WEB The Best Thing Online This Week Is This Cyberpunk Game You Control With Your Voice digg.com The goal of Nicole He's "ENHANCE.COMPUTER" is simple: find a four-digit code hidden in a picture before someone commits a crime. The only catch is that the only thing you can use to find it is your voice. HOW DO ALL THOSE PEOPLE FIT IN TOKYO? The World's 50 Largest Urban Areas, Visualized digg.com As more and more of the world's population has packed into and around cities, some staggeringly populous urban areas have arisen. YOUR FIRST IS NEVER YOUR LAST The Ever-Evolving Art Of The Coming-Out Video wired.com On YouTube, the personal moment has transformed from bare-bones confessional to something unabashedly public. 'THE WHOLE FIELD WAS FOUNDED BY GUYS!' How Women Came To Dominate Neuroendocrinology nautil.us According to Adkins-Regan, "a lot of the guys back then were sexual harassers and you either avoided them or left the business." VIDEO OF THE DAY ... WHY? Man, Against Better Judgment And Common Sense, Slaps A Hippo's Butt digg.com We're not sure whether it was a dare or just basic zoo shenanigans, but this goes without saying: please do not do this at your zoo. IN THE NEWS Donald Trump Revokes Security Clearance Of Former CIA Director John Brennan Colorado Baker Back In Court After Turning Away Transgender Woman Tesla Is Said To Be Subpoenaed By SEC Over Elon Musk Tweet More Than 70 People Overdose On K2 In A Single Day In New Haven Walmart Bounces Back With Best Sales in More Than a Decade DIGG PICKS Looking For A New Car Stereo? You've Found Nirvana pntrac.com Crutchfield is THE place to get any and all auto audio goods (among other gear.) They have quality products, fair prices, free installation (!) and legendary customer service support. Go on and treat yourself while it's still roll-down-the-window-and kick-up-the-jams weather. It's Thursday. Time to come out and play. Just don't piss off any hippos. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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