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I third Stratoscope's and jacquesm's request for that story. Also interesting to note: that picture you found is from his first month on the job, yes? The "Welcome" section at the …

I'm going to feel pretty dumb if this: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news08.html turns out to be a joke that I didn't grok. According to the link, he stopped writing chec…

The "Continue Reading..." link on your "OK, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS." post sets off malware detection in Firefox & Chrome. I don't know much about WordPress, but judging from th…

Desks with adjustable height are great. Being able to change positions throughout the day is well worth the cost. Long work sessions are far more comfortable since I began using on…

I just glanced at the rules. I didn't see anything about disclosing outside of Netflix, but you do have to license winning algorithms to them. The license appears to grant them the…

Netflix challenge? No recurring revenue, but, hey, a million dollars. You'll have to disclose the algorithm to accept the prize.