I think 2x-3x is not excessive at all. The exchange rate is ~1.30 CAD to 1 USD. I work at UBC and most software developers graduating here are in the $60k range.
Taxes are worse for Americans as you have to pay both US and CAD taxes if you make over $100k.
This "pro" version is different than the one they offer on their site. Pro Font Awesome VS Pro Fort Awesome. Fort Awesome already includes many of the features in Font Awesome 5.
What this article does not explain is who is entitled to the money. It just says those who have jumped through hoops. I owned dell stock and it was sold without my consent, am I also entitled to the increased amount?
This was not the worst campaign ever. They were posting updates often. They were communicating with their backers. Granted it ran over like many other campaigns. But they posted often about updates and what was happening.
Touchtime is much worse than this. Though some of the backers did get a watch but not all of them. They did not stay in contact with the backers. Contacting them about getting your device is impossible.
I would rate big companies i.e. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and startups all at tier two places of work, when you take social and pressures of work into consideration. Good companies to work for are any that 1) do something you are interested in. 2) Don't require you to work longer than 40 hours a week.
The problem I see is big companies, and startups is the amount time they require their employees to work, which is normally over 40 hours and can be upwards of 60 hours average per week.
Paying 100k at 40 hours a week is $48 an hour.
Paying 100k at 60 hours a week is $32 an hour.
I work with undergrads always tell my best students to avoid Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google companies. Longer hours means more stress. Big companies get employees to work longer by offering food and games at work. I tell them find a company that does cool stuff and only asks for 40 hours a week. I tell them I know working for interesting research companies getting paid $80k and working ~30 hours a week. Which is getting paid more per hour than the person working at a company earning 100k and doing 60 hours per week.
I checked up and Google isn't too bad from what I can see online. Some say 40[1] Others say 50-60 [2] Places like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft are worse places to work.
Here is the phone that they will be using.
http://www.windowscentral.com/more-details-emerge-how-xiaomi...
Microsoft should have done this much earlier. Releasing the ROM will allow who ever wants to have an operating system different than Android. They can make profit from their own "marketplace"
Dell has been producing amazing spec'ed laptops since 2013. When they use the IGZO display. Dell and Fujitsu both produced a 3200 x 1800 display laptop. Samsung has their 9 and 5 series that are pretty nice spec'ed work horses.
Apple Does not have any laptop with 32 GB of memory, and you cannot upgrade them. They have the i7 but only 1 of the 13 different possible specs.
Given size it is a bit more difficult but there are laptops with higher display density than apple and faster processors.
I actually didn't tell enough. I have had 2 Asus, 1 Dell, 3 Lenovo, 1 HP, 1 Chromebook, 1 MBPr 2013 late. In the span of 5 years 2008-2013. I only stick need my Apple now.
I purchased and sold 4 of those the Asuses, Dell, and HP.
The Lenovos were purchased by my Prof. I complained and she gave them to the incoming students and I got a new one.
This turned out to be a longer first post than I though it would be.
I don't know why people are comparing these "good" laptops to Apple laptops in specs. Apple laptops really have not been better than the best laptops. For every MBPr that has come out there has been a better laptop by one of the tops Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer. The reason is I buy Apple is I need a stable operating system. The last 4 Windows based machine I owned crashed when I close/move/sleep/awoke it/plugged in another display (who would think that would crash a computer), the reason was drivers. I switched those laptops from Windows to try Linux and it was marginally better but again driver support did not fix those problems.
I bought 4 non Apple laptops in hopes to get a good one.
When I switched to Apple I still faced issues bug only 1/10 the time as when I was with other brands. I hate apple operating system lack of getting things I want. I wish I could have stayed with Windows, I am hampered by using silly work arounds to play video games I love. Linux is great if I didn't have so many configuration issues, installing the correct video driver is a pain (I'm looking at you intel video cards). The system works.
I spent 20 years working on windows machines. The last 4 years Windows machines just have had more and more issues which pushed me to something that is stable and will work.
Taxes are worse for Americans as you have to pay both US and CAD taxes if you make over $100k.