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by Geekette 9y ago
"This article has zero information, but a picture and name of the accused man. This modern kind of witch hunt is disgusting. It also seems to be that the bar for calling something sexual harassement is constantly lowered and results
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by Geekette 9y ago
Paywall free access: https://outline.com/DCjJDr
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Employers making job applicants play sports as part of interview process(wsj.com)
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100+ sites use NaviStone to log your personal data even before you hit submit(gizmodo.com)
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by Geekette 9y ago
While their severance package may be generous enough (depending on employee's tenure), it's surprising to hear the company uses the stack ranking/rank-and-yank system despite well founded criticisms of it and lack of empirica
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Let’s talk about your plan to run a consequence-free company(mfbt.ca)
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Pharma co. gets $455M/yr by overcharging for combining generic medications(propublica.org)
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Who Holds the DEA Accountable When Its Missions Cost Lives?(propublica.org)
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How a US drug operation caused a cartel's extermination of a Mexican border town(propublica.org)
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by Geekette 9y ago
That was a great project - it showed more nuance in how people communicate. Interesting observations too; got a good laugh at the fact that oft noted doctors' ownership of most unreadable handwriting prize translates to other fields:
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China’s economic rise makes it harder for expat bankers to work in Hong Kong(bloomberg.com)
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by Geekette 9y ago
You know the race for global trade dominance is heating up and playing out regionally when the same company tries to buy Slack and Whole Foods in the same week. While one is familiar with conglomerates holding a diverse array of businesses,
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Futuristic Visions of Germany by Artists in 1930 [transportation and video calls](flashbak.com)
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Class calcification and myth of meritocracy is stronger in the US than the UK(nytimes.com)
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There’s graft, and then there’s Odebrecht graft(bloomberg.com)
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What's the average equity sold by YC startups raising 500k-1M+ seed rounds?
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The Holdup: A Mobster, a Family and the Crime That Won’t Let Them Go(nytimes.com)
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The College-Town Achievement Gap(citylab.com)
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Kafka in Vegas(propublica.org)
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The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’(propublica.org)
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Final Investor Update (frank note on shutting down by founder to investors)(medium.com)
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World’s fastest film camera: When light practically stands still (5trillion FPS)(lunduniversity.lu.se)
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by Geekette 9y ago
Did you read the article? It's as much if not more for economic reasons: Airbus realized that it could get more lucrative US military contracts by having local bases and chose factory locations partly for historical trends (of having f
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by Geekette 9y ago
Does this mean employees eventually shown more details? The WSJ article I read[1] cast both analyses as flawed in that the employee's study may not have accounted for an engineer’s previous experience before joining FB, while the offic
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by Geekette 9y ago
Given the presence of studies noting similar issues e.g. STEM faculty rating male applicants as more competent and employable than identical female ones[1], women’s performance reviews found more likely to include critical feedback than tho
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by Geekette 9y ago
The post states they sought $25M in funding. Curious to know if they were successful in closing that amount.
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by Geekette 9y ago
For a split second, I misread the headline as IAC buying AngelList and my brain went "whoa!", wondering why that crew sold to IAC of all organizations, what this meant for angel investing, what chaos would ensue, etc. Then I blink
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A Digital Archive of Slave Voyages Details Largest Forced Migration in History(smithsonianmag.com)
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What if a restaurant gave away all its money?(bloomberg.com)
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by Geekette 10y ago
I belong to some of the services listed, including ASW and BOAW and haven't logged on in forever because they're boring. Despite all the hype, these services are ultimately no different from other social clubs and most people have

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