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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 companies. I'd argue a small minority is vastly underpaid, and most engineers are overpaid.

"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 says holds more true in smaller, very product-driven companies. But whether you get recognition or not for your work still depends on non-coding skills in these environments.

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 to conflate immigrants / people of Asian descent with foreign investors, and then complain about new wealth in China.

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 pays it."

This is directly contrary to what every "larger" company has repeatedly stated in response to Prism. People actually think that the companies are not only forced to keep silent, but release public statements lying?

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 disadvantages of potential ways to spend extra cash.

I'm re-iterating that this was several years ago!

Warren Buffett also never said anything himself about the stock being underpriced. It was all contingent on Jobs's opinion.

[Edit] Original transcript. Unfortunately pdf. Starts at "No, I've never bought Apple.". Stock was around 200 when Jobs talked to Buffett. http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorial...

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 little hesitant to trust their numbers as is since some tech companies have obviously been around for a while...

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 more complex than counting?

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 is expecting exponential page size growth to continue indefinitely (and ignoring bandwidth increases), I don't see the point.

"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 limited web app. "

Wait... So Apple's Maps is actually wonderful, and all complaints are actually by Google? It's not since the new Maps app provides a subpar experience to the old Google-powered Maps app?