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  1. Nazi Analogy — Winning! on How Uber Turned Carnegie Mellon Into a Minor Nursery For Its Research Division (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    I've known of this for many years. For they came for NREC, but I said nothing because I was not a robotics engineer. Then they came for the infrastructure team at my current company, but I said nothing because I wasn't INFRA. When they came for me, I had no one... other than the myriad friends who work for them and say nice things like "competitive salary", "great benefits", and "flexible work schedule." On a more serious note, I have multiple friends who work for them now, and it sounds like a halycon environment. They make you work hard, but when they overwork you, you get time off a possible and maybe a stipend. They're fair. If you need something to do your job, you don't need to speak weeks in meetings justifying $200 worth of software. Not to mention how smart these guys are, but daaaaamn.

    Short story long: Uber took the lion's share of awesome engineers in Pittsburgh because they pay very well, they take care of you, and it's a place you want to show up every day. Other companies are having a hard time competing.

    That being said, I know people who still work at NREC/CMU (mostly older folks). CMU, for tenured folks, ain't a bad place, but it can't compete for 25-35 year old engineers at their prime. CMU needs to up its pay and benefits to attract the people they used to, Otherwise Uber, Facebook, and Google will take over Pittsburgh.

  2. Re: Oh it's you! on US Government IT Outsourcing Is Poorly Managed (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the Overly Redundant Department Of Redundancy. Also known as ORDER.

  3. The real enemy to security on Fewer IPsec Connections At Risk From Weak Diffie-Hellman (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not afraid of hackers or the NSA or anything else. I'm afraid of Bruce Schneier. Rumor has it he even can intercept information flow between quantumly entangled particles. Until we deal with the real threat, all your data are belong to us.

  4. Re: If border cops don't know what to do, on Hackers, Activists, Journos: How To Build a Secure Burner Laptop (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Simple: add a second password, that when logged in with, puts it into that mode. Make it look like a normal login but immediately sound the silent alarm.

  5. Re:Both Sides Are Terrible on SXSW Cancels Panels On Harassment Due To Harassment (sxsw.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Way to misrepresent what happened. Jennifer Keller (aka Laughing Witch) showed her real name in letter(s) before sending it out to Thunderf00t's employer, police, and anyone else she could think of. In her pursuit of attacking Thunderf00t, she exposed her real name with enough information to Google her in under 60 seconds. Thunderf00t made a video calling her out on it and nothing more. Thunderf00t never asked for nor condoned harassing the witch. The witch, however, actively tried to recruit more people to help amplify her vitriol. So tell me again who is using despicable tactics?

  6. Re: You're doing it wrong. on The Ethical Issues Surrounding OSU's Lab-Grown Brains · · Score: 1

    I have memories from 2-3: being potty trained, seeing my grandfather for the last time, and determining 3 was my favorite number. Obviously when I turned 4 I realized the error of my ways and ++FAV_NUM;

  7. Re: NIMBY strikes again on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    Leave Goku out of this

  8. Re:Is she sure she told them the correct address? on If a Financial Institution Mishandles My Data, What Recourse Do I Have? · · Score: 1

    This is why I was named Tim Doerzbacher. There's only one other guy w/ the same name as me out there, and we're friends. Problem solved.

  9. Re: It's even easier on Entanglement Makes Quantum Particles Measurably Heavier, Says Quantum Theorist · · Score: 1

    Wait... e=mc2. Since the photon has energy, it should also have mass as "m" cannot be zero if "e" is nonzero. That's all I was able to understand from a Susskind lecture on the Higgs field.

  10. Re: Religions codify survival info ... on Science Cannot Prove the Existence of God · · Score: 4, Informative

    You forgot about infanticide (Psalm 137:9)

  11. Re: What IP address ranges are in the US? on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure the NSA has technology to use foreign IPs. Just block all traffic by slicing all cables.

  12. Re:Sounds Better? on Vinyl Record Pressing Plants Struggle To Keep Up With Demand · · Score: 1

    I'd bet that the results are much like taste tests between regular food and organic food. People will pick what they want to, based on prejudices. (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?...) I'd also wager they're more likely than not to try and justify their position. Admitting "defeat" and changing one's stance is a thing many avoid doing.

  13. Re: The Nazis excluded people on Google Suggests Separating Students With 'Some CS Knowledge' From Novices · · Score: 2

    That's not the appropriate comparison. This is just simply separating people into separate but equal queues for the fountains of knowledge that is our education system. I'd say it's probably also best if they sit at the back of the school buses so as not to intimidate other passengers. I for one cannot think of any examples of how this has ever caused problems in the past.

  14. Re: C is primordial on How Relevant is C in 2014? · · Score: 1

    You're not comparing the languages properly. If jQuery was ported to C++, it would be the same as the no conflict style: jQuery("zoolander").addClass("ambiturner");

  15. Re: This isn't carpentry. on Why Apple, Google, and FB Have Their Own Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    I agree carpentry is inappropriate. Should've been a car analogy.

  16. Re: Ada Engineer... on Which Programming Language Pays the Best? Probably Python · · Score: 1

    I'm in Pittsburgh and it's about $120 for me a month with a brand new Sentra and full coverage through Progressive. I've heard of others around $100 for similar coverage. Anyone from Miami care to share their experience?

  17. Re: Which VPN solution were they using? on US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach · · Score: 1

    Telnet

  18. Re: Ummm.... on XKCD Author's Unpublished Book Remains a Best-Seller For 5 Months · · Score: 1

    SOAP? Use REST for washing his mouth out. All the cool kids do

  19. Re: user error on People Who Claim To Worry About Climate Change Don't Cut Energy Use · · Score: 1

    My 2013 Nissan Sentra gets 42 mpg on the highway, with the AC blasting, and going up and down mountains. 32mpg is what I get in bumper to bumper traffic.

  20. Re: THC infections on Biohackers Are Engineering Yeast To Make THC · · Score: 1

    AFAIK men can get yeast infections too. Don't be sexist (jk ;-)

  21. Re:Lamepocalypse on The Upcoming Windows 8.1 Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    Quick! How many permutations are there for distributing 10 horns over 7 creatures? Bonus credit for My Little Pony Demon animated GIFs.

  22. Re:UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh on Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials · · Score: 2

    Presby is only a 5 minute drive from places where stabbings and gunshots are common. One of my mom's friends lost her son from a gunshot basically on the doorstep of Presby. There's a handful of other hospitals next door too (Magee, Mercy, Shadyside, etc). Something like this may have saved his life.

  23. Re:Mutants on Why US Gov't Retirement Involves a Hole in the Ground Near Pittsburgh · · Score: 2

    Their pontifications about the Steelers make it an amusing town to live in 'n'at. Yinz don't even know...

  24. Placing bets on PETA Abandons $1 Million Prize For Artificial Chicken · · Score: 1

    I was always placing my bets on advertising the 5th piece from this: http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_... New slogan: "Gotta love getting some juicy tail at KFC!" Subheader: "For a limited time, get your tail with or without a bone!" Artificial chicken for the foreseeable future is as real as Robot Chicken.

  25. Re: Basics of the physical world on Ask Slashdot: Educating Kids About Older Technologies? · · Score: 1

    They'll learn about Z80 programming when they try program something that displays boobs on a TI-83