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Do 1/3 of engineers produce more value for their company than than their pay? That seems high from the minority of engineers that produce the majority of the value at large compani…

"That sounds like advice from a relatively inexperienced developer." I would say it sounds like advice from someone who has never worked at a larger organization. I believe what he…

It's the normal "China is evil" FUD. http://www.paragon-re.com/Home_Buyer_Seller_Dynamics_in_San_... Articles that claim that Chinese are buying a significant portion of homes tend…

Why is ECDHE+3DES a "lulz-worthy combination"?

"A number of [larger] companies are getting paid for the information. If you go establish a tap on Google’s network, they will charge X amount per month. Usually the government pay…

Warren Buffett recommended to buy it several years ago if Steve Jobs believed that the stock was underpriced at the time. Buffett was describing to Jobs the advantages and disadvan…

So you're saying that the 2.5 year old CR-48's test hardware (2 GB Ram, 1.6 Ghz Atom processor, 16 GB SSD) is why you're not buying a Pixel?

Someone in an HR role would have familiarity with this. Also, glassdoor would be able to provide stats on this for decently large companies if they implemented this. I'm just a lit…

I'm curious about how pay for particular positions at particular companies trend over time. It seems a little tricky to find the data since glassdoor doesn't seem to offer addition…

Google got Matias Duarte from WebOS at the end of Gingerbread so he had minimal effect on that / honeycomb. Android is a huge, slow beast so it took a while to improve.

What about Asians in the US that speak English? Title should include "Chinese" not "Asian". The article only references Chinese. How does pronouncing numbers help with anything mor…

It's 100 kB now. If the plot had a similar curve from 0-50kB would everyone still be commenting? What about 0-5 kB? Is this about the absolute values or the curve? Unless everyone …

"However, Apple's surprise announcement left Google with no recourse but to heap complaints upon Apple's new Maps while having nothing to offer as an alternative apart from its own…