Since I use the toggle on a daily basis any replacement would need to emulate this feature. My web browser can easily tell which page view spawned which HTTP request. It's hard to see how this would be done at the router level.

That being said this technique would be really useful for filtering out domains serving up malware/phishing/0-day scripts. Connection-level security blocking layered on top of browser-level ad block actually sounds really awesome.

What do ads like this say to me? What impression do I get of the company (Voco)? "Are you a dull, hyper-sexualized idiot? Do you treat women like trash are rarely get laid? If so you'll love Voco! Play with our V-spot, 'cuz that's the only action you're going to get!"

How will Google manage this risk? The same way Apple does with the app store. Google will act as gatekeeper for downloading and installing packaged apps via the Chrome Web Store.

Is this perfect? No. Will some bad apps get through? Yes. But the security tradeoff is worth it to get apps that are more powerful and more useful.

Lesser managers will try to stump candidates with horrible brain teasers along the lines of “Describe a time you got into a bad situation and resolved it effectively?” — or crap like that.

What hard-hitting, incisive questions does the author ask instead?

Which of your previous jobs did you enjoy the most?

What do you think of our web site?

Tell me about your hobbies...

You've got to be kidding me. These are all soft-ball questions. What amazes me is that the author's company already has a hiring process in place. But he feels justified in abandoning this process at the end when an interviewee doesn't provide correct responses to an arbitrary list of soft-ball questions.

    Do any major browsers have a setting to disable overriding default keyboard shortcuts

I'm curious - if it was a black father modding in a dark-skinned Link what would your reaction be?

http://iamplayr.com/

Now, obviously, they still had to build a compelling product and plan & execute a marketing strategy. They needed to be ready to succeed. Most people don't have a personal or professional network that includes access to decision-makers in large, influential organizations. Even so they still need to be prepared for that opportunity if and when their network expands.

(Note these links go to Apache server-status pages at the time of linking. This may change if the server admins wise up - to be on the safe side consider them NSFW):

  http://black-tgirls.com/server-status
  http://badexgfs.com/server-status
  http://tubepornx.com/server-status
  http://lesbianvalley.net/server-status
  ..... and many more .....

But by the standard laid out in the article most smartphones suck, most desktop apps suck, etc.

But web sites, like smartphones and apps, aren't built by a single amorphous group of people called "developers". No, no, no, the development process is defined by executives, marketers, IT, designers and yes developers. Saying "Do Web Developers Ever Learn?" is misleading. It's like placing the blame on the engineering staff at Nokia for creating sub-par phones - when there's plenty of blame to place on Nokia's executive management.

A broken and stupid product is evidence of a broken and stupid company culture. Bad developers can be replaced. But a broken culture can force good developers to do bad things.

* Drop the move to London requirement and allow him to telecommute. This could especially be appealing as he's working below rate. * Hire him on at a full salary with the understanding that he will defer a significant portion of his salary. He can defer it towards equity (maybe with a multiplier and definitely with a cliff) or defer until you close another round of funding (at which point he is paid a bonus equal to his deferred salary). * Depending on how well you know and trust this person: give him a small equity stake up front with a regular vesting schedule every 6 months.

Microsoft and carrier shops tend to have a thrift store culture. No guidance, no expertise and lots of low-quality stock.

Or worse they have used car dealership culture. Agressive, slick salesmen who see a commission and not a person.

While its nice that the CEO has personally responded this actually shows a far greater dysfunction. Why should it take escalating all the way up to the CEO level to get someone at PayPal to listen and advocate for the customers position?

The contrast with startups is misleading. PayPal has been in business for a long time and is a billion dollar company. They have the resources to stop making stupid mistakes, but still persist in their bad behavior. They can get away with this because they've cornered a large part of the online payments marketplace.

Sure, a startup is going to make mistakes. And they're expected to. That's all a startup is really - a machine that generates mistakes in an attempt to find (or build) a profitable market.

The application process should allow them to rate-limit new signups. And shut down new accounts if their infrastructure starts hitting limits. Also - Hopefully they're not afraid to slam down the ban hammer on abusive accounts.

Expert testimony is used in trial all the time and is given great weight by jurors. Experts parse out highly technical details and draw conclusions to help the jury. Now, I'm not disagreeing with your initial assertion, but am pointing out that our justice system depends mightily on technical and professional elites.

The problem with this case is that a set of very complex and technical questions (did one or more patent infringements occur?) are being decided by non-experts. Having a lay jury decide these questions is as absurd as having the jury determine the caliber of gun used in a murder. Technical questions require expert/elite knowledge to untangle.