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by to_jon 13y ago
The number of annual H-1B hires by Wipro and Infosys coupled with the corresponding average salary data reveal the extent of abuse in the current system. Indian developers are imported into the US to essentially provide an in-house alterna
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Status and Stress(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by to_jon 13y ago|0 comments
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Stunning spacewalk trailer(io9.com)
1 points by to_jon 13y ago|0 comments
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Is Sugar Really Toxic?(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
81 points by to_jon 13y ago|110 comments
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by to_jon 13y ago
Yes, high availability with ACID and 'eventual consistency' on reads. I never understood why an eventually consistent datastore could qualify as ACID because in the real world if you need ACID, then eventual consistency is never good enough
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by to_jon 14y ago
Elon's comments have some validity, but there is a bit of grandstanding going on. Thermal runaway with lion batteries isn't a random event. It's very predictable and very preventable. 99% of lion batteries in use have a built in thermosenso
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Art of bad customer service: rejecting support emails
1 points by to_jon 14y ago|0 comments
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by to_jon 14y ago
It's just as easy to imagine Google getting undercut by a big company. Yahoo, here's your opening. I always thought of free Google Apps as the company's brilliant play to control the fabric of the business internet. Can you name anything
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Will algae ever power cars?(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by to_jon 14y ago|0 comments
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by to_jon 14y ago
"I agree, but some of his content will be a barrier for some people. I'm sure if the tone of the post was milder, most of the comments here would be supportive." -- too typical a response "Peppered throughout the post are cultural signs and
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by to_jon 14y ago
When you read between the lines, doesn't this story imply that programmers who eschew object-oriented programming practices suffer from mild derangement?
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by to_jon 14y ago
So what- are you saying that any company that builds products with a strong secondary market or longer shelf life than the category norm should be exempt from maximizing recycle-ability?
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by to_jon 14y ago
The spirit of Tim O'Reilly, Steve Jobs, and other great innovators of that generation, whose worldviews were shaped by counterculture values and the human rights movement of the 1960's are truly vanishing from silicon valley. Welcome to th
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by to_jon 14y ago
This may sound counter intuitive, but you have far more to lose by staying than by moving on. In fact you face a couple significant risks that increase the longer you're there. First, the founders may sense your lack of "enthusiasm" and rea
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by to_jon 15y ago
More than call centers, this industry reminds me of the meatpacking industry. Warehouse workers fill a crucial step in a larger fulfillment model that unnecessarily imposes harsh conditions on its workforce. The writer mentions picking 500
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by to_jon 15y ago
It's hard to understand why you're going to such lengths to defend Microsoft in this case. Hejlsberg and a few other Borlanders received justifiably high bonuses, but the absurdly rich enticements were extended much further down the line.
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by to_jon 15y ago
I doubt you'll find any authoritative sources on the full extent of the abuse, as the ensuing lawsuit was settled out of court under the typical terms that sequestered the evidence backing Borland's claims and gagged the truth. However, I
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Groupon Chasing $25 Billion Mirage(forbes.com)
3 points by to_jon 15y ago|0 comments
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37% Unaware that Search Engines Display Paid Advertising(theregister.co.uk)
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Every hour of TV watched after age 25 reduces life expectancy by 22 minutes(bjsm.bmj.com)
2 points by to_jon 15y ago|1 comments
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Groupon's Bottom-Line Might Be Deteriorating(businessinsider.com)
1 points by to_jon 15y ago|0 comments
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IE6 User Intelligence Study was Bogus(technolog.msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by to_jon 15y ago|0 comments
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by to_jon 15y ago
Shocking, absolutely shocking to read that MBA students would engage in such behavior. One might imagine, with great difficulty of course, that their sole purpose in entering business school was the pursuit of personal and financial gain b
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Evidence of Dark Matter Found in Minnesota mine(sciencenews.org)
5 points by to_jon 15y ago|2 comments
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by to_jon 16y ago
Nice strategy. If a customer doesn't give your products fair consideration, sue them. There's no doubt Google has a very strong cloud product, one that's superior to Microsoft's in certain scenarios. But to start a lawsuit over this seem
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by to_jon 16y ago
As entrepreneurs, we need both Conway and the Super Angels. It's time for everyone to get over these unfortunate meetings and forgive the participants. Enough is enough. Did they do something wrong? Hell yes. But it's been exposed, exami
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PostgreSQL 9 SF Release Party w/ Free Beer and Food (tickets available)(postgres9.org)
1 points by to_jon 16y ago|0 comments
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by to_jon 16y ago
My favorite quote: "It’s now William Shatner’s universe — we’re just living in it."
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The Many Iterations of William Shatner(nytimes.com)
2 points by to_jon 16y ago|1 comments
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Toxic dispersant spraying continues unabated in Gulf(veteranstoday.com)
1 points by to_jon 16y ago|0 comments

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