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I like the spirit of the ideas, but yeah I gotta say it's a little extreme to me. Forcing people to spend money in their life time is going to incentivize consumerism. So I was sup…

I think the point of the Latte factor, isn't that you shouldn't buy expensive coffee drink. The bigger problem is mindless spending racks up the expense column without adding much …

I think if you can get a decent tech job and if you speak French. Montreal is definitely a better pick than Toronto.

I think of it like mechanical art pieces. A blend of mechanical engineering, art, and craftmanship. Plus if it's made out of precious metal it's a hedge against inflation. And like…

Windows and OSX are products, and Linux is more like a free commodity. It's great to use it at scale because you save a shit ton of money on licensing fees, but not great for end u…

Graduated 2 years ago and been working as a QA. Looking for QA automation and Junior front-end engineering. Location: Toronto, ON. Remote: No preference Willing to relocate: Yes Te…

From a business perspective, they can convert and retain a lot more users if they actually try to dampen the racism on the website.

I don't know what I'm more sad about in this article, the fact that so much economic activity is dedicated to boast oneself's social status by paying to gain proximity to celebriti…

Soooo, facebook is trying to be slack?

Wow. To call this article a fluff piece is an insult to fluff pieces.

I think a good way is to split your emergency fund with cash and credit. Sock 3 months of cash and get low interest LOC to cover whatever else comes up. That way you don't get oppo…

I'm Asian too. I don't think it's because of raw intelligence. Asians work hard, but in a very confined way, and visible way. For example in high school, you work hard in school to…

I had an interview with Salesforce as a new grad and they spent one round asking basic algo questions, one hour long phone screening asking specifics of Java, Python, C++, Javascri…

Waterloo represents. :)

Also a lot of the take home interviews are time limited. So you would only have a certain amount of time to implement a solution.

>"Synergy, You know what that means?" >"Does it mean take a stack of cash and light it on fire?"

This makes perfect sense. The reason why debt/fixed income products were stable in the past is because of the lack of liquidity. But now with the advent of structured product and E…

I don't think a lot of people will get offended if you address a group as guys. But if you address a group of girls as "girls", or even "gals", you are walking a fine line.

>Nassim Taleb summed this up for me: “3,000 years ago people were doing math on tablets. Now…people are doing math on tablets.” >If something withstands the test of time, use it. E…

So the writer didn't like it because it's too geeky? She's too cool for tech gadget.

The author of this piece is self-rightous. But the bigger problem isn't his inability or his relent to honor the student loan debt. The bigger problem is the detachment of the valu…

I'm assuming the government gets the interest payments in this case. Or else this "loan" is really just a subsidy for the banks.