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Jack, you're way too intelligent to pretend that you don't understand what I'm talking about here.

It's simply common sense - if you're going to hire someone, you should pay them the same amount, within reason, as any other qualified person on your team. "There's increased risk …

I think that's the same thing people say when they pay African Americans less money too.

Yep, about half of ex-cons end up back in the joint. And this is all the more reason, if you're going to hire someone with a criminal record, to try and treat them with the same re…

I've only recently discovered the horror that is AT&T U-Verse. Some buildings in Chicago have a contract with them so there's no escaping it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if…

Nothing like taking advantage of someone who has nothing to lose, I mean - what could possibly go wrong.

I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know about half.com. That is pretty cool.

I know how I'd spend the first $100: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/introduction-algorithms I don't know about the other $1.9K.

Mark Russinovich was hired by Microsoft for any number of reasons, not the least among them being the fact that he was easily one of the top Windows hackers out there. I can still …

You're probably already aware of it, but Martin Thompson of LMAX has done a lot of great work on HFT systems and his blog "Mechanical Sympathy" is excellent: http://mechanical-symp…

The next thing you know, we'll have a Secret Court. Oh, wait.

The whole notion of absolute immunity for government agents, whether it's the mailman or a prosecutor is completely nuts - it seems ridiculous to me that our legal system includes …

Probably. The whole patent system is broken and it is just infuriating to observe the farce. I have simply lost count of all the examples of patents which should never have been gr…

I'm so sick of software patents. The solution seems pretty simple - the approval process for software patents should consist of running the idea past three people off of the street…

I don't know, sounds like he got off pretty lightly considering he threatened an FBI agent's children. I would expect the jail time would be a lot higher, but I guess I don't know …

I think user drawkbox says it best in his post: "Nothing amazing will happen with words if you couldn't change it with actions in possibly years of work." This is it. Plain and sim…

The easiest way to avoid making mistakes in an exit interview is not to participate in one. You're not obligated to do an exit interview, and nobody takes it personally if you don'…

The irony of it was that they already had a whale on the hook. The person whose identity that they had stolen was someone with an incredible net worth. They actually had direct acc…

I like digital currency, and at the same time I am somewhat concerned about the idea of moving away from paper currency and over to an electronic system. My main concern is that on…

It's been a while since I've done an integration with fraud prevention systems, but the credit bureaus do offer functionality like this - for instance, they can give you a red flag…

It's good to see a business sharing stories of having been scammed - a lot of times start-ups are so involved in the process of growing the business and making sales that they forg…

I thought Chicago was hilarious - it's the only place I've lived where two people can walk in opposite directions and both still have the wind blowing directly in their faces.

Millenia of History? Hell, that ain't nothin' - we got us a Millenium Falcon!