A Dutch city is giving money away to test the “basic income” theory
"We think that more people will be a little bit happier and find a job anyway."
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Posted on 2015-07-02T11:38:46+0000
Made to Order - Futility Closet
Divide the number 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,998,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 into 1 and express the result as a decimal expansion, and you’ll find the Fibonacci sequence presented in tidy 24-digit strings: (Thanks, David.)
U.S. Chamber Works Globally to Fight Antismoking Measures
The American trade group and its foreign affiliates pit countries against one another and lobby on behalf of the tobacco industry around the world.
MIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encrypted Data | WIRED
MIT says it's found a new, more efficient way to blend data mining with the privacy protections of encryption.
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Hasnain says:
If only all compilers had error messages this helpful...
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:49:10+0000
The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise
Mike Adams Negotiation Imagine that you’re poking around in your company’s payroll website when you stumble upon a mutable and persistent input field labeled “Market Rate Salary”. You naturally give yourself a 10x adjustment (b/c you’re that type of engineer of course) and go about the rest of your…
Hasnain says:
This is an awesome read. Just misses "get a competing job offer"
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:47:35+0000
Back to SF after the U.S. Digital Service - Insouciant
After 6 months working for the U.S. Digital Service, I returned back to San Francisco mid-April to figure out what was next for me back here. I got …
Hasnain says:
"Within a few seconds, I’d fall back into my old groove, geeking out with other engineers about tech stuff. It was so fun and intellectually satisfying to nerd out with them about all the techie subjects I loved. But after a period of time, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, this background process would kick off in the back of my head and ask me “But does this matter?”"
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:46:35+0000
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too
Some consumer websites say they will not sell users’ data, but unrestricted-data clauses allow them to transfer it if a merger or other transaction occurs.
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Posted on 2015-07-01T11:43:45+0000
Should I Work for Free?
Who's ready to stop working for free? Hopefully you are! If you have any doubts, consult this handy chart below. Start in the middle and work your way to your answer!
Hasnain says:
A great chart. I'd mostly just replace it with "no" though.
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:43:10+0000
Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Years
All prices change. So why did the price of a Coke stay the same for decades? The answer includes a 7.5-cent coin and a company president who wanted to get a couple of lawyers out of his office.
Hasnain says:
This reminds me of how cans were 1 riyal for like forever
Posted on 2015-06-29T11:31:27+0000