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Re:What they say about age is true on Sunday August 29, 2010 @05:09PM (#1644580)
>I certainly do not have the answers

Perhaps the hip young trendy 20 somethings at startups wouldn't dream of discriminating against somebody black or gay - but they don't feel comfortable telling a 50year old what to do. Or worse finding that they hired a 50year old that knows more than them.

Re:Obesity: Drink till you drop on Sunday August 29, 2010 @05:06PM (#1644575)
>I just do not understand restaurant portion sizings.

The food is a very small part of their costs. They can double the amount of food for a cost of $1, charge an extra $2 AND have many more customers for their great value!

It's like selling home PCs with a 1Tb drive, most users don't need it but it only costs them $5 more than a 500Gb drive.

Re:Two pieces of code someone really ought to write on Saturday August 28, 2010 @09:31PM (#1642855)
Yes but thats a hack built into bash

The point of unix is to do everything in the file system then anything that can open a file can do everything

People with very high technical skills don't work for companies with hiring managers