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Would anyone care to offer opinions as to the best 401(k) provider for smaller technology startups? We are considering Fidelity, CUNA, and Schwab and leaning Fidelity due to the lo…

This!!! "Prestigious" colleges aren't mostly about the course material, which after all must be learned and re-learned throughout life (at least in my case). The more important par…

Hiring good people and keeping them happy is enormously difficult, time consuming, and expensive. Finding the right person can easily take a month or more--and the process must be …

> People who say this don't have a lot of friends, or don't care about their friends I just wanted to add another voice saying that this isn't remotely true. I have a large and clo…

Sure, if you are looking for a beverage, then buy cheap wine, have a soda, or drink some water. All are tasty and thirst quenching! If you are fascinated by wine as art, though, yo…

I find it interesting to read about this "taboo" because, as a scientist at a public university, the issue is...nonexistent! If you are a scientist writing grant applications with …

I've had WiFi problems for many moons on 10.9: long latencies when pinging the router and complete dropouts for periods of 2-10 seconds every 3 minutes or so. The problem seems onl…

Yes, it is that simple! I have found the experience of calling my congresspeople to be very rewarding and impressive. In general I have been connected to a very knowledgeable and i…

The same is true of scientists: the best among them say "I don't know" or "I don't understand" all the time .

I need to learn 3D graphics for some of my scientific projects. Specifically, I want to rotate clouds of points just as shown here. I have no idea where to start with doing this, h…

I've lived in this world: it was San Francisco about 15 years ago. People there used to leave their networks open (60%?) and now they don't (99%). It is an amazing change and I don…

I don't believe that the author thought he was doing the right thing as a legislator! I think he was trying to save the state some money, without thinking carefully about how those…

Talk to a lawyer. A good lawyer is your best friend and won't make things more confrontational. He or she will vastly improve the situation by making clear to you (and others if ne…

I just need to add my voice to the chorus: OAuth really, really sucks. I don't understand what problem it solves. A malicious app (native or web) can find a way to get your passwor…

It is interesting...I had never heard of the Pomodoro technique but independently developed a method in which each "work unit" is: 25 minutes. I wonder how many others have also co…

I love R--but I end up using Stata more often because it is easier to produce vector graphics that can be imported to Illustrator. I wish that the R community would start to focus …

Those of you who have heard Bill Gates speak about global health will know that he is NOT just "giving away lots of money". Doing that would be easy, for somebody who has so much m…