feminist17

??? is weirdest thing I ever heard. I can be a feminist and a capitalist; feminism != communism. I suggest you consult a dictionary for the definition of feminism and reconsider your attitude.

Massively annoying advertising with crappy content, or you can pay for it as a service- your choice.

Other possible titles:

"I didn't understand that the world's second richest person and publicly the world's most powerful person, who is extremely competitive, quick, intelligent, with little patience, who also controls the majority of the world's publication/data/hosting/streaming (BTW- Netflix and Hulu run on Amazon, so don't give me that Prime ain't everything argument) could affect me."

"I significantly underestimated the heat of the sun when I touched it."

"I've basically been a hermit for the past 20 years."

Have one roughly the same age and I still use it all the time at home. Run out of space a lot, though; 128GB is far too small.

If there were a pro with an SDXC reader, headphone jack, bar, dedicated function keys, and 32 GB memory, I'd get that.

The main problem I have with the macbook/air/pro is the edge not being rounded and digging into my wrists.

Also:

Insecure: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/security-failings-demonstrate-a...

Some fry your lap: https://www.google.com/search?q=lenovo+hot

No laptop/borrowed only: $5-10 USB drive + per hour rate - just go to any internet cafe and pay the usage rate or one of many US public libraries that provide free computers.

Cloud-only, low-end, severely limited dev (if on extreme budget): $179 currently: https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/samsung-chromebook...

non-Microsoft dev who doesn't like tinkering: $999+ https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/

Microsoft dev or tinkering Linux dev: $800+ XPS 13 still a good choice http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-9360-lapto...

Security-focused dev: $1199+ Librem 13/15 https://puri.sm/

Or: buy refurbished, but don't skimp on specs.

Rule 6.1: Rule 6 is excluded from Rule 6.

Incidentally, Plan 9 was just 6 upside down.

> Companies pay some employees more for pretty good reasons.

I think you give companies too much credit. Those pretty good reasons are typically that that's how much they asked, it wasn't unreasonable, and they passed the interviews.

People's salaries are all over the map for the same sorts of positions, and it's not just IT and development.

But, even though it might not be a clearcut answer to whether there is discrimination or bias in salaries, it should be explored. Even data with a wide, overlapping range doesn't mean that the mean and median can't be compared and valid conclusions drawn about probable bias.

Google seems to take bias seriously, and I think if it could be proven with adequate certainty that salaries were affected by the sex of the employee alone, they'd do something about it.