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This is really Youtube at its best. Deep dive into a niche topic, expert led, compelling storytelling, and professional production. Not sure how/if something this could have been c…

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Unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes

In Canada each province has a fairly strong teacher union. In Manitoba for example a teacher with 10 years experience will earn approximately $95K CAD (more than most software deve…

I consistently find that people who are unhappy/unsuccessful and also identify as "smart" are generally very good at rationalizing why things don't work out for them in a manner th…

Been using ahrefs for years, not sure what is sleazy about it. It audits your site for issues, shows Google rankings for keywords, estimated volume for keywords, backlinks to speci…

This is often the only choice when there is so much noise. In the midst of an election a weekly (bi-weekly? monthly?) summary article of what happened, and what is important is mor…

I like it! Sites like NHL.com or ESPN.com are borderline hostile navigating this info. It is reminiscent of the morning sports pages in the newspaper I would read each morning as a…

Many of these bikes are not a great compromise at all, they are just all together bad. A "dual suspension bikes" for $200, will be both bad on a trail, and on a road. It will have …

To place blame more accurately Sandusky was Penn State (not Notre Dame).

The 80s!

These offers show signs of life for Canadian salaries. I am presuming you are in Toronto, and these were IC roles. What types of companies were the 2 best offers?

Not all do. For example a defense Attorney defending a DUI charge will likely be a flat fee. They will also charge according to what it is worth to you. e.g. If you were Palo Alto'…

Nope. Teachers salaries would be similar to that across Canada. Software dev salaries would be very close, with some exceptions. Winnipeg/Calgary/Edmonton are all very similar to S…

And this... >But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested fr…

US Presidents are the peak of this. Presidential salary is currently $400K, the real money is made as a former President. George W. Bush, Clinton, Obama have made incredibly amount…

"The best way to beat Tiger Woods is to play him at something other than golf." I think I am paraphrasing Buffett here, this can apply to so many career/business decisions.

It is curious how the trauma from his kidnapping is considered different than if he had been a 2nd generation war criminal. Presumably the child of a war criminal would also have s…

Plane crash investigations are remarkable post-mortems. It seems so unique, and it could be applied to many areas.