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salar.ly allows you to find salaries paid by many companies. Unlike other websites, salar.ly does not rely on self-reported salary data but uses the salary data of foreign workers in the US. This salary data must be reported to the Department of Labor and is available on their website.
PG&E Fined $1.4B for Deadly 2010 Gas Line Blast
PG&E was hit with $1.4 billion in penalties by the California Public Utilities Commission Tuesday for safety violations related to the 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno.
The Unexotic Underclass | The MIT Entrepreneurship Review
The startup scene today, and by ‘scene’ I’m sweeping a fairly catholic brush over a large swath of people – observers, critics, investors, entrepreneurs, ‘want’repreneurs, academics, techies, and the like – seems to be riven into two camps.
Hasnain says:
This is over a year old but this is amazing.
"But there are only so many suit customisation, makeup sampling, music streaming, social eating, discount shopping, experience curating companies that the market can bear. If you’re itching to start something new, why chase the nth iteration of a company already serving the young, privileged, liberal jetsetter? If you’re an investor, why revisit the same space as everyone else? There is life, believe me, outside of NY, Cambridge, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, L.A. and San Fran."
Posted on 2014-09-03T05:46:29+0000
New Web Order > Nik Cubrilovic - - » Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft
Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft Tuesday, September 2, 2014 An interesting aspect of information security is how periodically it collides with other industries and subcultures. With more information than ever being stored and shared online and on connected devices hacking stories are frequent and a…
Hasnain says:
"There is no software that users will ever be able to install or upgrade that will make them secure. The responsibility is on both vendors and users. Users need to be aware of good password practices (unique passwords, long, passphrases) as well as the basics of anonymity and security."
Posted on 2014-09-02T23:09:01+0000
high-performance packet filtering with pflua -- wingolog
Greets! I'm delighted to be able to announce the release of Pflua, a high-performance packet filtering toolkit written in Lua.
A Call for a Low-Carb Diet
In a finding that upends long-held notions about a healthy diet, a major study shows that avoiding carbohydrates and eating more fat contributes to weight loss and fewer cardiovascular risks.
What your 1st-grade life says about the rest of it
A study over decades of young Baltimoreans offers insight into who succeeds and why.
Sports fan lobbyist fights NFL blackouts, taxpayer-funded stadiums, and Comcast
David Goodfriend aims to terrify billionaires, end public subsidies for sports.
Hasnain says:
"“What’s really going on here is the NFL is terrified that someone is going to pull back the curtain and reveal all these public subsidies to the point where the public says, ‘no more,’” Goodfriend said. “‘We’re no longer going to subsidize your stadiums, your taxes, your business, we’re just not going to subsidize it anymore.’ That terrifies the billionaires.”"
Posted on 2014-09-01T19:50:27+0000
The girl with three biological parents
Alana Saarinen is one of a few people who have DNA from three different people - the UK may soon allow a new process which could make this more common.
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Posted on 2014-09-01T19:49:56+0000
Tommo's blog
Blogblog
Hasnain says:
"The Advanced Cave Culling Algorithm™, or, making Minecraft faster"
Posted on 2014-09-01T19:49:05+0000