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You Cannot Truck Your Way Around the Strait of Hormuz: A Back-of-the-Napkin Catastrophe
Never Underestimate the Bandwidth of a Station Wagon Full of Hard Drives There’s an old saying in computing—often attributed to Andrew Tanenbaum—that you should “never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.” The modern version uses hard drives, and the math still checks out beautifully. Say you need…
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Lines of Code as a Productivity Metric: Are We Really Going There?
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Healthcare: The Hidden Tax You’re Already Paying
Let me walk you through a simple calculation that might change how you think about your compensation. Calculate Your Healthcare Tax Use the Healthcare Cost Calculator → Or do it manually: Step 1: Pull up your most recent pay stub and your benefits enrollment documents. Step 2: Find these numbers: Add those three together. That’s…