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That's the idea behind the classic dutch auction, my friend. While I'm also unlikely to patiently pinch a few dollars, I find it mildly interesting.

> Compilations are things like phone books, or a street directory. What about books of driving directions? Before ubiquitous access to navigation applications, I would have AAA ass…

Aaaand it's a Roslyn member who replies-- just my luck. :) I'll cede this one.

Let's try a concrete example: Jane was hired as a contractor to deliver a business process application in C#. The contract to hire Jane was a work-for-hire contract without the exp…

Can anyone explain why written code couldn't be considered "a compilation (an original manner of selecting or arranging preexisting works)?" I would think common sense would define…

I would assume that by using "Obama administration" in this context it was meant to be purposefully vague. The Executive Branch is massive. This could be anyone from the Pentagon, …

This reminds me of, what I was taught to be, the proper method of counting back change at the cash register. http://brightbacon.com/blog/work/how-count-back-change-begin...

> And you think it's morally wrong even if it leads to better functioning markets with lower costs and better prices for everyone else. Citation?

SF's neighbor to-the-east, The San Joaquin Valley, is "the nation's salad bowl." Which also happens to be home to many cattle and sheep operations. Access for foreign imports are i…

I dislike this solution. Draper's concerns mainly reference representation and regulation. Both of which can be achieved by (1) amending the CA and US Constitutions, and (2) delega…

I see. Do you believe a form of a guaranteed-money-back policy, for the fee, would make it more palatable?

Thanks for looking! I can't argue that 10% is the correct fee - it's more of a starting point. For that fee we guarantee users are promptly paid (net 10 or less, no excuses), absor…

I'd love to drink their milkshake. My friend and I are mid-redesign on a new service marketplace called reBaked. Our innovation is collaboration with many freelancers and paying th…

That's a great question. I would hope no company would voluntarily put themselves in that situation. Biometrics are useful for authentication, but I struggle with a safe use for au…

As a layer of security this is great addition. But I would like to see an option to also employ a biometric for identification. Passwords and keys are great, but their weakness is …

> In a further crackdown on what Mr Cameron referred to as ‘the darkest corners of the internet’, Downing Street will tomorrow announce that a national database will be created to …

Heroku will still be my go-to for quick tests and experiments. But for larger projects it would be foolish to not consider PostgresRDS + Docker on AWS. *assuming they both leave be…

> Personally, high capital gains tax gives me a lot of hesitation, as you actually want to encourage people to invest and not dissuade them from doing it. Interesting. I hold the o…

> Two words: public unions. Citation needed.

My wife's close friend was only able to purchase a house when she had (1) enough to offer a cash purchase, and (2) the emotional ability to put in an offer sight-unseen. Ugh.

Why must the basic income payout be held constant? I would advocate adjusting the payout on a regular basis. Ensure that the program neither massively hoards assets or runs more th…

Aspartame, the artificial sweetener in many diet soda products, is a controversial topic. For many years it was thought that it may cause insulin spikes or even increase the risk o…

To a large extent, this is what we currently have... A company needs an OSS feature so they hire one of the devs to work on the software, full-time.