First of all, it's not true to say that it costs Facebook nothing to give shares to employees redeeming stock options. Those same shares could have been sold on the open market for a lot of money and Facebook is giving that up. Also, every time an employee exercises an option and Facebook gets a tax deduction, the employee pays the government in the form of capital gains tax. Finally, it's silly to say that capital gains should be taxed the same as ordinary income because capital gains have a huge hidden tax which is capital losses -- you have to put money at risk to have a capital gain and often people end up with a capital loss instead, especially with a new business. It takes a long time to deduct a big capital loss (only $3,000 per year) unless you also have big capital gains to offset. Earned income doesn't have this risk. You get paid as you go and even if the company goes bankrupt you still get to keep the salary you were already paid. A lower capital gains tax incents people to invest, especially in new business which are more likely than not to fail.

I like the ritual of burning a candle for 24 hours every year on the anniversary of the person's death.

Incorrect handling of human waste can indeed spread disease. But with proper composting, you can kill 100% of the pathogens and have no risk of spreading disease at all: http://weblife.org/humanure/

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You mean that's all it takes to get out of school? Some kids will do it on purpose!

I use Superfocus glasses and like them better than any other option. They change the whole lens, not just one spot like Pixel Optics does. Also, being manual, they don't require any batteries. Without these glasses, I used to have to carry a second pair just for reading. Superfocus is better.

The Slashdot headline is misleading. No one's warning them not to read the cables. The warning says: "DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter."