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What is the skillset they're looking for that would be proven out by having worked remote before?

They weren't kicked out from the normal White House press briefing. I'm sure you know that from reading the article.

What is wrong with you?

Now's your opportunity to learn, then. China isn't exactly some tiny country at the end of the world.

Agriculture needs to go where, exactly?

They're a for-profit company.

They are not good guys. They might be good guys in their personal life, but hiring someone from outside the country, letting them cut ties, and then laying them off immediately is …

So I've (unfortunately) had to spend a lot of time losing weight at various points in my lifetime, and one tip I hear repeated is: don't tell people you're going to lose weight, ju…

The ops people you work with are also developers? That sounds great but has never been the case at anywhere I've been.

Pardoning only Turing isn't enough, but it would be a start.

Sticking Fact: in front of something doesn't make it true. Living your best life, and achieving your own goals, doesn't mean ignoring everyone else in the world's well-being (for m…

No, actually, it's a TIE Advanced x1. An Interceptor has characteristic dagger-shaped solar panels.

There was an interesting talk that mentioned CAPTCHA by one of its creators, Luis von Ahn, at the AAAI-12 conference on AI and robotics this past week. In ReCAPTCHA, the two-word C…

It may be an imperfect analogy, but to call it "rude" seems like a stretch.

I'd posit that your real point is exactly that which you say you don't want to argue. It's a strong statement and worthy of discussion. Much more interesting to discuss that than h…

Let's say I have a buddy, Bill, and we go out for dinner every so often. He doesn't make as much as me, but he fights me for the bill every time. I end up paying less than he does …

He posits that people making over a certain amount should be ponying up more in taxes. A reasonable assumption to make is that taxes would be raised in such a way that those people…

You said "I understand that people want higher taxes on the rich. I think it's stupid, but I'm not going to argue about it." This is not a question, it's a statement, and a provoca…

"But for those making more than $1 million -- there were 236,883 such households in 2009 -- I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of…

Buffett isn't suggesting punitive rates, just rates in line with the income taxes that an average working person pays.

I generally put his articles firmly into the "derp" category. And before we say "hey, we all have to be polite here on HN," his articles consistently take shots at anyone and every…

Has any study been done about the likelihood of people to check-in with one of these social apps? If someone checks-in at the gym on Monday, are they going to be less likely to che…

Somewhat bizarre that they say pro cheerleader-turned-NASA engineer. It's really the opposite. She started as an engineer and became a pro cheerleader on the side, according to her…

For the inattentive meeting-attenders: Do they want to be there? Is it a mandatory meeting? You might be seeing passive resistance to the meeting itself.

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but wow - not using one way hashes is an absolutely terrible security hole.