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That and the fact that our factories weren't being regularly bombed.

source?

I like the escrow idea. I've also seen forgivable loans based on certain obligations (hiring, salary levels, etc.) But they are taking advantage of a bunch of things; local governm…

A big problem is that it is that the benefits are rarely measured. It's assumed that it'll be worth it and never revisted. ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/us/how-local-taxpayer…

In a lot of cases it's just used as a threat to get a better deal. "Let us pay less taxes or we go to China"

Definitely agree. I would argue that streaming has had the largest impact both because, as you mention, it makes for a better audience experience and it demonstrates the capabiliti…

I'd be curious if you are seeing the results of 'shotgun' style job searching. Sending your resume anywhere and everywhere with the hopes of getting a callback. I imagine that woul…

Anyone have any more information on this? Going off just the post leaves a lot of questions.

Lexington, KY; Relocation, Full Time Stack: Ruby/Rails, JS, whatever I need to learn Resume: http://blakeshall.github.io/resume.html Contact: In resume Graduating next week with a …

Interesting map. Only suggestion being that at certain zoom levels the yellow and blue points are small and get lost in the background.

I seriously don't agree with working for free for "exposure and experience". Didn't HN just have a couple of posts recently about the serious negatives of unpaid internships?

I'm surprised no one has said anything about the intern. Decent presentation and solid work. Good on him.

I really enjoy write-ups like these. Anyone have a resource that is primarily blog posts/articles like this?

I think he is saying that it isn't worth it/ too inconvenient to go out and get a bluetooth dongle just for this app.

So XBOX is to Kindle Fire as Microsoft Points are to Amazon Coins?

Interning was a great start for me and helped me meet a ton of people. The difference was I interned at a startup. The problem is that they are sometimes hard to find, and you'll p…

Not sure if you're joking or didn't make it to the "Don't be an Asshole" slide...

So people communicating in sign language can never have a private conversation unless closed off in a room?