The internet is seen by many to be a vehicle of freedom of speech, and even a basic human right. The outcry on NN is likely an pushback on the principle that it sets a dangerous precedent of privatizing a public service.
As others have pointed out, use-cases for Vagrant still exist, but docker containers is a more popular VE for development. Docker very much still has stuff to work through (ex. docker storage) to believe there's going to be a hot new VE sooner rather than later.
hydroponic/vertical agriculture, energy optimized shipping, limiting deadweight loss within the US labor force, waste (like trash) management, developing a public-facing interface for human genetics, meal substitution, sleep substitution
I've taken both Stanford's and Princetons Coursera courses, and powered through the MIT OCW, and I would say this evaluation is spot on.
If you have to pick only one go with the MIT OCW, and snag a copy of CLRS. I got mine from my local lib. and it gave me more than enough time to work through the problem sets from the mooc.
Docs may be 20, 30, 40 pages long, and out of those only 10 of those may be applicable, but you really can't know until you read them all. Read the manual.
also, was going to ask if you actually knew an example of an app calling an external api and then I happily found a walkthrough on your blog :) http://javaeeeee.blogspot.com/