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Even 2100 CAD ($1670 USD) is about half of San Francisco 1 bedroom rent. His post is still correct in terms of ratios. http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2015/03/03/mapping_the_median_.…

That makes no sense. You only have to remember one sandwich at a time to decide on the best sandwich, but you have to remember at least three numbers to recall the mean and standar…

FYI, you made typo on "Boltzmann" in the essay. Edit: looks like you already submitted the essay. Oh well. Good luck :)

Yes, ask any Facebook/Google new grad. Standard offer is $100k base salary + $15k bonus + $30k stock a year + $XXk signing bonus.

Isn't $79k somewhat offensive for a software engineer? At a time when new college grads are making well over $150k their first year?

> However, for the most part, the "efficiency" argument is off base. You can COMPILE regular expressions into tight code. Rob Pike has written multiple regular expression engines a…

I was being nice before, but it's obvious that you don't know what a greedy algorithm is. Please don't make offensive comments like, "I guess the algorithms course is no longer req…

Greedy algorithms run the same way every time given the same choices. Why? Because, if options are received in a deterministic order, it'll make the locally optimal choice. With it…

The slowdown is nowhere near what you've estimated. To run a regular expression, you have to search through the entire corpus. Right now, when you type a search in, it searches thr…

$80-100k understates the salaries in Silicon Valley. $100k isn't even a recent college grad salary, it's usually closer to $110k + $40k in other compensation == $150k right out of …

Thanks for posting this. I like to buy into crashes (with some safety margin if I'm wrong). +$4k on the SGXNK so far because of your great timing! :)

Usually it's not $200k salary, but compensation package. A typical example is: $165k base salary, $25k annual bonus, $40k stock. Sorry, I won't mention any particular companies, bu…

There's a difference between average and high-end: Washington D.C. Avg Software Engineer salary: 102k http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-l-Washingto... Bay Area Avg S…