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In my limited experience: no. I'm sorry but $40k pre-tax is not a liveable salary in SF or any medium-->big city.

"CyberSource's patented invention is simple: when validating online credit card purchases, use IP address information (such as IP addresses) as a check against fraud. Thus, the pat…

Thank you to the original poster. I too suspect this is mostly people wanting to protect their homes and shops. I sincerely hope, though, that this is not used in pro-gun rhetoric …

I took 6.01, in python. Just missed out on SICP, but I'm going through all the exercises now.

Ah, OK, shift the whole scale I referred to over...Google,Dropbox Diamond and Microsoft platinum. Wasn't aware of how much support Microsoft provided in general though. Thanks!

Just from glancing at the first page, there does not seem to be a diveristy of sources there.

Why is Microsoft "only" a Gold sponsor? They have more cash on hand and are worth more than Google and Dropbox combined. It may be a trivial thing to note, but it still seems odd t…

Being from the upper midwest, I always considered "the South" anything south of the Mason-Dixon Line plus W.Va and Kentucky. Wow this is off-topic. Little gems of insight like Simp…

Guh. Right you are: named ranges ( http://www.contextures.com/xlnames01.html ). I learned about this feature years and years ago and never used it. Maybe it wouldn't actually be al…

"But, I'll just mention two things that are critical in Multiplan. The first is the use of naming. You are not put into a mode where you have to use "A10," "B9," "C14," and things …

"Hoffman pointed to one of his recent investments, Airbnb, a short-term vacation rental website, as an example. The website pairs people looking for vacation rentals with people wi…