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In your case it would have been easy "I have an exploit that let's me get the e-mail address of every Google+ account". Then they could decide how much that's worth to them.

But I also don't see how that would play out. If their offer is too low what would you do then? You can't sell it to someone else as this is most likely illegal and just keeping it for yourself is also not a great choice.

Getting that message is not a bad thing as it tells you there's a problem as opposed to just silently doing something you didn't want it to do.

This doesn't even reference Vancouver or Canada at all. It has some interesting information, so thanks for the link, but I don't think it answers the general question.

This is a blog and therefore the author can of course present his opinion in any way he wants, but I'd really like to see this claim backed up somehow. Are there any statistics that show a difference in the distribution of wealth or well-paying jobs between the Bay Area and Vancouver?

There's Xing, but it's mostly focused on Europe.

I don't think "most" U.S. companies only give between 0 and 3 holidays. Every U.S. company I ever worked at at least had the following holidays: New Year , Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas. And then usually there are 2 or 3 other holidays depending on the company.

Serious question: Why would you sign up for the delivery with all of your information but not for the loyalty card?

There are already several reasons mentioned in the comments here:

- AFAIK currently the companies don't pay to stop at the MUNI stops.

- A working public transportation system for everyone would be greatly preferred to a system that's only working for employees of certain companies.

- By offering these shuttles companies contribute to more people living in SF, driving up rents (I'm not saying that they shouldn't be allowed to offer this, but it's an argument one could reasonably have)

- These shuttles might actually make an improved public transportation system less likely since none of the Google (and other companies') employees would most likely use it, even if something better than Caltrain existed.

BTW: I'm not generally against these shuttles, but you were asking for arguments against them and I think there are several.

And now you both owe $100 Million in sales tax ;)

Even though the amount of taxes you pay might not be that far off from European countries there's a big difference in how much of that money is used on welfare. See this table: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state#Welfare_expenditu...

For example according to this table Germany spends 27.4% of GDP on welfare (excluding education), while the US only spends 14.8% of GDP.

The site is working for me with Chrome and Adblock Plus

How is 5 hours a day 300 hours a month?

5 * 30 = 150

Nice, but these bug bounty programs must be one of the cheapest possible ways to "outsource" QA work. Paying a few thousand dollars for a critical security hole? That's extremely cheap compared to a regular QA department.

I'm of course not saying that it replaces the QA department, but even if they hire only 1 person less because of these programs it's already financially worth it for them.

Same here. Cubicles with walls high enough that I don't constantly see everyone and vice-versa work pretty well for me.

Why do you think most online communities have rules against posting real addresses? Because exactly these kind of things happen.

If it were just the industry standard failure rate then we should have seen a similar pattern of bad reviews for the other recent console launches. I don't know if that happened or not, but I think you're making it a bit too easy just blaming it on the standard failure rate.

I find it interesting that as of now with 516 5 star reviews and 332 1 star reviews (and very few 2, 3 or 4 star reviews) the average still shows up as 3.5 stars. It's interesting since the lowest value possible is 1, so more realistically it's not 3.5/5 but 2.5/4. I'm wondering if this makes a psychological difference and if less people would buy something on amazon if they changed their rating system to go from 0 - 4 stars.

Are there any statistics what happens to drivers at fault that kill another car driver?

What would be the "best" outcome in these cases? Do you want to throw someone in jail for making an unintentional mistake? Should there just be a civil lawsuit where either the driver or the insurance pays to the victim's family?

I don't have an answer to that, just asking for opinions.

Do they also get money from Motorola?

I'm pretty sure a .doc file created fifteen years ago also still renders in Word.

Same for a PDF file created 15 years ago or most other formats. So I don't really see your point about open standards in this case.

I'm not a citizen but a greencard holder, so I have very little power to change anything (not allowed to vote in elections).

These kind of news are so embarrassing for anyone living in the United States. It's a tragedy that there's not a bigger outrage about torturing people.

I'm getting closer and closer to expatriating because of the policies of the US government. And please don't tell me that all developed countries are participating in torture as this is just not true.

I don't think so. Here are the FAQ about the blue card: http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/...

Quote: "What preconditions need to be met in order for an EU Blue Card to be issued? 1. Applicants must provide proof of a completed university degree. If the university degree was not awarded in Germany, it must either be recognised or comparable to a German university degree. 2. Applicants must either provide proof of a concrete employment offer or present an employment contract that has been signed or that already exists. 3. This offer or contract must be based on a minimum gross annual salary."

The link you posted is some inofficial site. Here's the official information: http://www.bamf.de/EN/DasBAMF/Aufgaben/BlaueKarte/blauekarte...

Berlin is a relatively cheap place to live. So depending on where you live now you might actually need much less money when living in Berlin.

Deleting a comment that is threatening with a lawsuit is not a surprise to me. I'd like to know if the same comment without the threats and accusations would also get deleted.

Yes, for the user it's probably easier this way. However, I find it a bit weird that Southwest is paying Google to display this banner. If it's just an enhancement for the user shouldn't that be offered by Google itself?

I'm just a bit concerned that we're moving more and more to the point where your business can only be successful if you're paying Google. I'm not sure if it's fair to say that and I understand that Google is a business that has to earn money, but there are some red flags showing up for me.

But if you're searching for Southwest Airlines then why do you want to get an ad for Southwest Airlines instead of just a neutral link to their homepage?

I understand ads for terms like "cheap tickets", but why would I want an ad for the term "Southwest Airlines"?

"jwt web toolkit" and "neutron spin echo" are your best examples of results that might contain ads?

How about "playstation 4" for example?

Wow, what an idiotic response by the FB group admin at the end of the post.