I think that it's a matter of rejecting an idea without rejecting the person who came up with it - or, in other more sensitive cases, going out of your way to make the person not feel attacked.

Honestly, you still may want to consider it. While you'd be able to process images faster on a beefier laptop, a desktop PC will be able to process them much faster than even that, at least, keeping your budget constant.

Why are you driving 40 miles to work for what's apparently a low-paying job already? Why not use Skype or other alternatives to driving 300 miles to see your wife? Why did you buy a new car if you make $1500 a month? If you're asking what other people would do, I imagine most would start there.

I think the simpler explanation is that HarithBK is a teenager who thinks everyone who isn't him is a moron.

I'm not saying that I don't think your solution is cool (I do!), but wouldn't it be easier, cheaper, and more effective just to plunk down $100 and install a LoJack?

Citation please? I don't think this is true.

At which point he'd look at you, roll his eyes, and walk away.

NZB indexers and usenet hosts have been getting pressured by industry groups for years. We're way. way past all this "first rule" garbage.

Seeing as how you're JesusChrist, couldn't you make that happen?

Workflowy Premium! $5/mo or $50/year. Just saying.

I thought it was obvious that the Hall of Fame QB in question was Jon Kitna.

The "Clever Uses" tag has recently been diluted somewhat, I agree.

Sorry, that's just not true. As long as you don't lie on someone's behalf, nobody is going to care if you said "Hey, I think this person would be a good fit" or something equally non-committal. HR types deal with hundreds of applicants a week and hiring managers have bigger things to worry about. Maybe if you went to…

Lifehacker usually gives out pretty terrible job search advice (which is what happens when you take job search advice from a blogger, but whatever), and while this article doesn't really buck the trend, it does illustrate a more important point about networking.

Well, it's reciprocal. Keeping someone around means that you yourself are kept around, so to speak.

Well, if Facebook existed when you were in 7th grade, what kind of job are you going to be giving out a reference for?

I feel like people get too wrapped up in their own self-image. Unless someone is directly related to you and you personally shepherded them through the entire application process, nobody is going to remember or care if you gave a reference.

I have yet to find a democratic country where you couldn't cherry-pick embarrassing campaign materials.

It's called networking, and it happens all the time. The difficult part of getting a job isn't the interviewing stage of it, is' getting your resume noticed. If someone calls up a hiring manager and says "Hey, I know Person X, and I think they'd be a good fit here" without going into any more detail whatsoever will…