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It's a generic newspaper without a regional focus, unlike the NY Times, LA Times, etc. It's distributed nationally, and it's popular with travelers and companies who cater to trave…

United States is a large country. $51k or $80k would be a nice salary in Arkansas. In the Bay Area it's low. What's your point?

"Just try again in a year" is a good option when you're young. But it gets less attractive as you get older, especially if it means abandoning an interesting project or senior role…

No feedback has been the norm, in my experience. Can be frustrating when the company asks you to invest 4+ weeks on phone screens, take-home projects, and in-person interviews, and…

Here's another source, Payscale.com: Software engineer (Canada): $51,000 (C$70,000) Software engineer (US): $80,825 The gap here is smaller ($30k vs. $50k) but still significant. A…

If you want a MacBook-quality laptop running Linux, the obvious thing to do is put Linux on a MacBook. There's only an issue if the MacBook is out of your price range, or they Appl…

Access to the truth is perhaps the most basic prerequisite condition for it being useful. Once access is cut off, no other conditions matter.

>>> "if they do and they aren't, they're idiotic" There's an implicit question, or at least an admission of ignorance.

If that's a genuine answer, the Family Guy segment is based on a long-running advertising campaign by the Pepperidge Farms brand of baked goods. I guess I'm old.

> but I'm very worried about what actually comes out of it given the media landscape We've seen recently that some people believe what they want to believe, regardless of facts. Th…

> As someone who actually flies, the existing system works amazingly well, and delivers a service at a surprisingly low cost. Are they really low cost? And having worked abroad rec…

> Southwest is a great example that the current model is working. Southwest is called out in the article as an example of an airline doing things right. I fly Southwest and prefer …

How does buying over the phone avoid fluctuating ticket prices? Do the ticket prices not fluctuate if you call? Are they lower than online?

When you look at PARC's contributions (laser printer, bitmap graphics, GUI/windows/icons, WYSIWYG editor, Ethernet, OOP, MVC) or those of Bell Labs (transistor, laser, information …

I enjoy working in an office environment because working in my home can be isolating. But cubicles with low walls where I'm constantly seeing and hearing my officemates is awful. W…

You have a door?! Is your company hiring?

Best case scenario, it gains attention. Worst case scenario, it gains attention and I drive my car into a tree one night or spontaneously OD.

Part of me wants to make a really nice website to shine a spotlight on these corporate shills and track their offenses. Obviously, we can legitimately argue about the merits of som…

There are parts of SF I'd rather not be in at any time of day. That includes the area around Twitter HQ.

We have this big problem. We'll just patch over it with this other problem and call that a reasonable strategy.

I spent a few minutes browsing through the data, and immediately founds lots of mislabeled data, e.g. an industrial power washer labeled as a toothbrush sound.

With pool at least, I've had them charge me a fee when I cancel immediately. I was in a rush to the train station and accidentally booked a pool. I cancelled within a few seconds a…

With pool at least, I've had them charge me a fee when I cancel immediately. I was in a rush to the train station and accidentally booked a pool. I cancelled within a few seconds a…

Certainly some of them are for undergraduate education, but I'm not sure they're top research universities.