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For some reason ex-Sovient Union population still thinks US is out to get them. I know because I grew up there and still talk to old friends. Wake up, Cold War ended decades ago an…

So oil dropped almost by half since the article was written. I'm all for development of new energy sources, but just because my family's person-car ration is close to 1 doesn't mea…

Microsoft Mesh (in P2P mode, without storing data on server)?

Try finding a senior-level engineering position that doesn't require knowledge of B-trees or similar computer science topics.

https://www.drproject.org/ Quote: DrProject is a web-based project management portal that integrates revision control, issue tracking, mailing lists, a wiki, and other tools that s…

Welcome to capitalism.

Comparing now with something 8 years ago in computer world? That's like comparing cars with horse buggies and saying cars are less safe because there are more accidents now. What h…

That's silly, because the same keyloggers can recognize sequences of 16 digits as a credit card number, particularly since they can be easily checksummed for confirmation.

I love the "please enter your account number exactly as it appears on your statement" prompts which then require you to skip dashes/spaces which DO appear on the statement. Burn in…

http://www.rsnapshot.org works so much better.

Looks like they dropped SkypePro, which was the unlimited US+SkypeIn yearly bundle.

I also go for http://etn.fm sometimes. I find trance great, because it typically has no lyrics, or even if it does then they are very simple so they just become sounds that are par…

How about #1+2 and absolutely not #3? That is, if I liked my day job, I wouldn't be looking for ways to fulfill my family finances by doing something else?

Guy Kawasaki: "Too many companies duke it out on the same curve. If they were daisy wheel printer companies, they think innovation means adding Helvetica in 24 points. Instead, the…

Here's a way I've previously "validated" some of my designs in this area. Look at Slashcode ( http://www.slashcode.com/ ), the code that powers Slashdot. They have quite a few thre…