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Processing power has cheapened exponentially for the last 50 years (Moore's law). I am skeptical that a continuation of this trend will drive a fall in wages. In my own experience …

Anecdotally, I think its worse in the public sector. I know several public school teachers who have gotten graduate degrees for the sole purpose of getting a raise. Its not like a …

... reckons local hotel employee.

I think some places think "we're just as good as FAANG so we should have the same bar."

Could you elaborate on how its a wealth grab?

Am I correct in assuming these are mostly to filter out tweets pushed by Twitter from people I don't follow?

I don't think using the IRS mileage number is an accurate way to calculate costs of operating a vehicle for a couple reasons. Consider this report from AAA: https://exchange.aaa.co…

Our phones, too.

I tend to agree that there is a lot of unimportant and largely unimpressive research going on. Just my anecdotal observation, but try picking a random mid tier university and check…

"Far be the thought of this from Henry's heart, To make a shambles of the parliament-house!" -Shakespeare (Henry VI, Part 3)

What are the ways they get paid at exit with worthless stock?

Kind of reminds me of this copypasta that has become a meme in the emo music scene: "Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. Wha…

Not OP, but I would say no. The corporation is subject to competition. If their curated products suck eventually people will figure it out and they'll go out of business. Do you co…

Is that a bad thing though? Modern CPUs seem to be incredibly reliable. I think much of the complexity has to do with the the fact that all the low hanging performance improvements…

Perhaps the author meant something like: "There is only one correct way [for a user] to do something [with your software]"? That would kind of make more sense with the follow up re…

I saw this on twitter: https://twitter.com/chloe_lamyia/status/1194453574010454017?s=12 The tweet indicates that iMessages were spoofed to appear to come from a known contact, and …

I didn't understand this comment: "The pool of affluent 18-year-old Americans was shrinking, especially in the Northeast, and the ones who remained had come to understand that they…

I guess the Library of Congress is the closest thing. They are open to the public and have a huge collection but it's not everything ever published in the US. I'm not sure if you c…

Good luck finding any men's clothing if you wear size small or even medium. It seems to be 99% L and XL. Same holds true even for stores like TJ Maxx.

Absolutely. We don't even know what the right regulations would be. Trans fat is a prime example. The FDA classified it as safe for years and then had to do a 180 on their position…

Very true, but according to the article chip makers are actually planning to use it in production this year. And they've actually started ordering more EUV systems, which is anothe…

First question, no, they use CO2 lasers which emit in the um range, not nm. Probably a typo. Second question, the loss of power is due to two factors: 1) Conversion efficiency of C…

Amazing how some can turn anything into a negative.

As I see it, Facebook and Google actually do one better than a social contract. They have a real contract with every individual user in the form of the EULA. I think you could even…