Determination of the frictional properties of rocks is crucial for an understanding of earthquake mechanics, because most earthquakes are caused by frictional sliding along faults. Prior studies using rotary shear apparatus revealed a marked decrease in frictional strength, which can cause a large stress drop and strong shaking, with increasing slip rate and increasing work rate. (The mechanical work rate per unit area equals...
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Zillow, Expedia co-founder Rich Barton on the importance of a healthy work environment
Find a big pond to go fishing in and find really talented people to fish with. That was one piece of advice from Rich Barton, the co-founder of companies like Zillow and Expedia who took a few minutes...
Airbnb tops Glassdoor’s ‘best places to work’ list; Zillow, Expedia, F5, Concur make top 50
Airbnb has dethroned Google atop Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2016. The peer-to-peer lodging company, now valued at $ 25.5 billion, finished No. 1 on Glassdoor’s annual “Best Places to Work” list, which pulls data from surveys that ask U.S.-based employees about career opportunities, compensation, senior management, work/life balance, culture, and more. There were 21 tech companies among the top...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Windows Phone apps: ‘Give us time’ for unified platform to work
“That won’t work.” That’s what former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said while listening to current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describe the company’s strategy for getting more apps onto Windows Phone. Ballmer, who is still the company’s largest individual shareholder, made the comment to Bloomberg reporter Dina Bass in...
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