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this is a joke... right?

I agree. I like to avoid being an early adopter for anything business or work related because it is so much easier to use things when there is an already established user community…

He probably got fed that idea day in and day out while there. I have worked for a few different large organizations and have often faced the size excuse for being unorganized and i…

What a top notch grad supervisor to write a letter like that.

Note to self: dont feed trolls.

Its more about what was communicated/interpreted than the actual words. Take for instance: "I'm not going to let some bitch tell me what to do" vs. "Hey bitches, whats up?" the fir…

"Come back with something better", "I am waiting on you to produce the stats", " " ...um, why would I want to engage in a discussion with someone who communicates like this? Also b…

Sexism can manifest itself in many ways, and the subtle ways arent less legitimate concerns just because it could be worse. "At least youre not getting beaten, be thankful for that…

This kind of sexism isnt really isolated to CS unfortunately. If that guy had called the author the n word, which I'm not sure I can even type without offending someone, the situat…

Cool! I've not heard of Polymaps before, and will look into it. For the time being, I am using Google Maps. Do you have any recommendations on how to create the tiles? The most imp…

Are you saying that PostGIS has a way of handling the marker clustering rather than dealing with clustering in the browser (like I am now doing)? If so, that would lighten up the d…

Interesting, and useful info. I am developing a similar application with a map and live data generated dynamically by my server. The difference with my app, is that the data will b…

Same boat here as a contractor. If I could take my own advice, it would be great. My goal with new workplaces is to be reserved and act introverted until I have figured my colleagu…

Atheism, is still a faith-based judgment call. Atheists BELIEVE that there is no god. I think agnosticism is a better goal.

Im in BC Canada, and am not a lawyer, but if they arent paying you, they have violated not only your contract, but basic employment law. I would get out of there asap. You are esse…

"first you need to make the assumption of a browser baseline. For me it is at least IE8, however that is quickly moving to IE 9 as most should upgrade to at least IE9, even stodgy …

I wonder if cheaper health care costs give Canada any kind of advantage business-wise?