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Comment · 14 years ago
Any suggestions for Canada? I don't go often enough to find a better solution than using an ATM there, but I do go often enough to feel ripped off every time I do.
Comment · 14 years ago
robots.txt...humans.txt nice! It reads like a movie's credit roll.

But do you really want to make it easier for a recruiter to poach your team?

Comment · 14 years ago
Same thing in Google's C++ style guide. No FP, C++11, or boost. I find that disappointing.
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Comment · 14 years ago
Does this ruling indirectly legitimizes DRM removal tools?

I mean, without them, how can you resell a license?

Then again, the EU has anti-circumvention rules similar to those in the DMCA.

Comment · 14 years ago
Any recommendations for someone who's been fired?

How can I help someone who's been fired bounce back?

What should someone who's been fired tell potential employers why they're no longer with a previous employer?

I'm trying to help a friend, but I've never gone thru this, so I feel powerless.

Comment · 14 years ago

  Also widespread on the Internet were photographs taken in
  a Hubei Province classroom of students hooked up to
  intravenous drips of amino acids while cramming.
Can anybody explain to me what that's for?
Comment · 14 years ago

  pranksters placed a 911 call through a computer that
  cloned her number
When did 911 start taking voip calls?
Comment · 14 years ago
Acts of God can happen anywhere.
Comment · 14 years ago
This makes me wish I could use "PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC" with mmap() on iOS.
Comment · 14 years ago
What's creating this shortfall?

Too many openings?

Too many engineers working for themselves?

Too many engineers retiring?

Too many engineers going abroad?

Too many engineers interested in the same small number of niches that leaves everyone else with too few applicants?

...?

Comment · 14 years ago
America is deep in debt, but its economy is doing comparatively well.
Comment · 14 years ago
It's not just banks, I've had the same thing happen with my cellphone bill.
Comment · 14 years ago
Perhaps the average consumer's satisfied with wireless speeds, and it would make economic sense to reduce the production cost of the average system by removing the ethernet port.

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