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If I understand right, this is basically merging s&p 500 [1] and dollar value index [2]. The value of the dollar has been dropping all year, at a higher rate than the value of the …

But few of them have such a high concentration of true tech companies where the tech is the product and not a cost center.

Do you have a better alternative that we should put our faith in? At least the government has a somewhat transparent and, at least in theory, non-profit motivated process for creat…

That's a good question. I've been involved with some research, outside of Google, on this exact topic. Because we don't have the same data sets that Google has, we have a slightly …

It's in this collection. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857985737

At the gargoyle, "Don't be a weeping angel, don't be a weeping angel, OH GOD IT'S A WEEPING ANGEL"

Because these days, most users spend 95% of their time in the browser. And most of the time spent outside could still be spent inside (using Word, playing games, etc). ChromeOS is …

I'm sure this has been talked about before, but I think the ideal of what a scroll bar should try to impress on the user is that it is a shading, representing the area they current…

Merging? If you have 2 dozen authors collaborating, there's bound to be people working on the same files.

Homepage says more than 25,000 companies

Like the article mentioned, coating a boat seems like it could be awesome. No drag, zip through the water. If it does work like that, I'd imagine we'll also start seeing it in comp…

Why? Like the article pointed out, there can't be a very large market for it. LibreOffice is free, not to mention the increasing trend toward cloud-base office suites, including Of…

I'd say no more than 50 years before driving by hand becomes illegal in most places, especially large cities. The benefits will just become too obvious.

If you had a self-driving car, would a malfunction in the car causing a crash be your fault?