[pw]

I feel like HN's nerd rage at stuff like this (the TSA expenditure) is the same reason many (if not most) engineers make less than they could. It's a very willful denial of a fact of how the world works (large organizations routinely pay large sums for seemingly very simple work).

[Turing_Machine]

"Nerd rage"?

Try "taxpayer rage".

[kough]

Exactly. Where's @patio11 with some contract negotiation advice?

[patio11]

At Microconf, giving it to people running software businesses.

[throweway]

No different to the difference between the landed cost of whatever crap you buy and the retail price of the same crap.