It would make sense that Theia would have a composition very similar to earth if it formed in the same orbit at one of the Lagrangian points. http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/...

I used to worry about that, but, for books, I realized I just don't care. Only novels are acceptable for me to read on a Kindle. Technical materials must be in paper form or PDF. Once I've finished reading a novel, with very few exceptions, I'll never read it again. If I do, I'll find a hard copy. Life is too short for obsessive hoarding.

Also: Not just power tools - hammering nails or anything else. Sharp blows are terrible for your hearing because your inner ear bones don't have time to adjust and attenuate the signal.

I would like to be married with children but am not. I have chosen to rent and invest the difference. Obviously I have made some "sacrifices". I also receive zero tax credits and writeoffs. My point was to treat savings as a necessary expense on par with food, health care, and basic shelter. If something will cut into your savings rate, such as a larger house, a nicer car, or HBO, YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. I know I must be prepared for opportunities in tech to be more scarce once I reach age 50. I don't view this as a plan to get rich. This is a plan to avoid being poor.

This is certainly achievable for a technical professional. I've done it. I'm close to the million dollar threshold at age 40, and have done it while working solely at "competitive pay" (HR-speak), non-management, no-stock-option jobs. The secret? Save 20% or more of my income and start saving on day one out of college. My first job paid $50k but I treated it like $40k. I don't have cable. I don't drive a fancy car. I don't take out loans to buy things. Barring a major life calamity, I can now coast the rest of the way if needed.

You're right, a 4.0 deserves a phone screen, but not for the reason that most think. The purpose for phone screening a 4.0 is to make sure they took the time to have a few beers once in a while, to make it more likely they'll be able to work in a team.

I have no problem with this, as long as it's stated clearly up front. What I would have a problem with is not treating all data equally, such as throttling Netflix because it's perceived as competition.

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When I hire new graduates, it usually matters little what school you went to, as long as it's a real, accredited program. I look for project involvement like the solar car, co-ops and internships, little side jobs of a technical nature, and so on. Unless you have that, your resume looks just like everyone else's: Name of school, list of classes, GPA. Who cares? Your resume might as well be one line. I know what classes are required for an engineering degree, don't repeat the school catalog to me.

Noooooo!!!!

You may not have the licenses around to legally do so, particularly in a business environment where you may have hired more people over time. This is not an issue with open source.

After Phyllis Diller and William Windom died this week, I thought about the proverb of death coming in threes. Crap.

Harry Potter had a major impact on the number of children who spent time reading. The resulting intellectual development has to have had some positive impact on the world.

The value of Instagram to Facebook has nothing to do with photographs per-se. Mining trends based on GPS location coordinates embedded within the EXIF data of the file, deriving nearby businesses from this, the time-of-day, and identifying groups of people based on facial recognition are the purpose. Then string together multiple photographs over time. These data sets are then correlated and sold. As long as people keep submitting pictures it's worth a fortune.

and he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!