I've seen no evidence to indicate that companies who hire foreign employees with H1b Visas pay them any less then they do natural American citizens in the same job.

I've seen plenty of evidence that outsourcing is a way to drive down labor costs; but I've yet to see an example of (legal) insourcing as a way to drive…

Maybe you should actually try taking a STEM class before you make assumptions about the pitfalls of learning in those disciplines. Do you really think that the existence of intrinsically right or wrong answers actually stifles the learning process and/or creativity? The existence of wrong answers means that mistakes…

As someone who actively works promoting STEM education, I think there is a major misconception that is being promoted here: the idea that those of us supporting increased STEM education are looking to bring people without an aptitude for science, technology, engineering and mathematics into those fields. STEM…

Much love for the A-wing. The favorite fighter of anyone who ever played any of X-wing series; because speed an maneuverability where everything in that game.

Yeah, and technically speaking the Tie Fighters shouldn't make noise either; but do you really want to watch a movie where Tie Fighters are silent instead of a masterpiece of audio engineering by Ben Burtt?

Get over it.

Hmmm, speaking of misinformation running rampant: this isn't about the overpopulation of the badgers, it's about a disease they are carrying that endangers the cows. It's a business decision to protect farmer's investments. I haven't read enough to take a position on this issue, but I'm starting to suspect you haven't…

Dare! Dare to believe you can survive...

In fairness, it's not like we don't still have computers that take up entire rooms:

In fairness, it's not like our MOST powerful computers don't still take up an entire room:

How I feel about most non-tech savvy people:

Yeah, watches are well and good; but I think Google needs to get to the front of the trend and just open up an API for all devices integrating with Android over NFC and Blue-tooth. That way, we can basically have whatever peripherals we want interface with our smart phones. Oh wait, they already did. Touche Google.

ditto

I can state from experience that my ~$150 mechanical keyboard was worth the price.

First off, as a professional programmer, I spend a lot more time jamming on the keys than someone whose job is more of a power user of some software like excel where they are using the mouse much more than the keyboard. It really is…

It's like that time Iran photo shopped images of their pretend fighter aircraft in flight and then later Iran saw those and thought they were real.

Considering that me watching a Michael Bay transformed movie is the only event in the universe whose probability is identically zero; I couldn't possibly care less which specific transformers he has decided to desecrate next.

Ah, then I misunderstood your comment; I thought you were suggesting that molten salt move through the pipes into the towers to absorb the heat from the mirrors.

For 11 million I could relocate 200 tortoises to the freak'n moon. At least, that's what I would tell you happened, how are you going to check?

Maybe they have some kind of anti-static thin film applies to the mirror surfaces, that prevents dust from settling on the mirrors?

Because molten salt would be much harder to keep moving through the pipes, absorbing heat, and moving that heat away from the focal point of the mirror for storage. It's not just about the heat capacity of the liquid; it's also about the viscosity. I don't know why they aren't using some kind of oil though.