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stack ranking actively hinders managers from retaining exceptional performers. if you only have 2 A grades to give out and you have five people deserving of it ALL of them are goin…

don't hate the playa, hate the game none of these companies are leveraging truly novel patents in their lawsuits. few of these companies are even generating novel patents. they're …

the server seems to be written in erlang (using cowboy and rabbitmq?) but there's no erlang client library available. what gives?

They are temporary because they are granted for situations where Apple has not yet implemented an API or formalized an entitlement. Apple bends over backwards to be developer frien…

i think the point is that when designing clocks we didn't just attach some gears and a timing mechanism and some hands to a sundial, we threw the sundial out. computers are complex…

if google gives privileged access to android to motorola (earlier access to os builds for testing, for example), that's just going to motivate samsung, htc, sony etc to differentia…

i don't work at valve, but i work at an organisation with a very similar management structure (there is none) and payment scheme (autonomous self organizing teams are paid by clien…

serious question, do people not realize you can use the wireless apple keyboard with the ipad? it pairs with bluetooth and it's fairly small of it's own accord. it's also much chea…

diamonds aren't artificially scarce to control demand, they're artificially scarce due to low demand. bringing a gigantic chunk of platinum to earth isn't going to increase the uti…

you can't fix sexism (or racism, or classism) by pretending they don't exist. this isn't the venue for a debate on the topic, but you can read up on male privilege if you'd like to…

HiPE is the native code compiler, BEAM is the VM. otp is fantastic, however

Galiano isn't that remote. It's less than an hour from Vancouver International Airport by floatplane, or a couple hours from downtown Vancouver by the (2+ times daily) ferry. It is…

google have slowly been rebuilding AOL's walled garden for five years now. if anything, they're jealous apple and facebook beat them to it

While you can get cheap housing in Sacramento or Stockton, the California equivalents of Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto are just as unaffordable as those cities. Maybe more so. If…

I commute between Portland and Vancouver fairly frequently. Initially I drove because I never really considered not driving, but round trip expense wasn't really that much cheaper …

deterministic memory usage is a good start

Here's why HBO requires you to subscribe to their channel to watch Game of Thrones. If you watch Game of Thrones, maybe you'll also watch Veep or Girls or Eastbound & Down or Life'…

Mike Daisy exploited a story about violations of human rights to benefit himself. This is not a greater good situation.

I fly into the US via YVR Vancouver approximately 18 times per year, and it's almost always a terrible experience. ICE officers are surly, impatient and unpleasant, even when there…

for the most part, facebook can only target you when you're on facebook. google now targets you across their properties some of which have significant lock in. it's not as easy to …

That's only 7.5 million per corrupt official, which is about the cost of the houses they buy in Shaughnessy, North Vancouver and Point Grey.