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Infection Found That Is Resistant to All Antibiotics(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by joelx 10y ago|0 comments
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50% of Devices Draw Power Even When Off(mobile.nytimes.com)
6 points by joelx 10y ago|0 comments
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Army Captain Sues Obama Over War Authorization(mobile.nytimes.com)
24 points by joelx 10y ago|6 comments
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by joelx 10y ago
Amazing post, thank you! I remember "Spot the drowning child", that is a strongly viral site.
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by joelx 10y ago
Very interesting tool! Suggestion: can you scrape gmail to find commonly used links and allow people to optionally add those?
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Show HN: Bootstrapped Training Platform – Try Demo(romylms.com)
4 points by joelx 10y ago|2 comments
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by joelx 10y ago
I am not a fan of clickbait content written to meet quotas, but this article strikes me as a bitter employee spewing up on their former employer.
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by joelx 10y ago
As an employer, I have found that if you honestly tell 10 people the reason that you did not hire them that a minimum of 3 people will have hostile reactions to you. I do agree that it would be a better way for all employees to give feedbac
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by joelx 11y ago
Playboy produces well written articles now, but will their business model survive removing their original reason for existing?
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End of the World Planning(blog.joelx.com)
2 points by joelx 11y ago|0 comments
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A Cofounder Would Have Sunk My Business(blog.joelx.com)
2 points by joelx 11y ago|2 comments
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by joelx 11y ago
Read the comments on the nytimes article...
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Daily Tracking of My Life Rockets Goals Ahead(blog.joelx.com)
1 points by joelx 11y ago|0 comments
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by joelx 12y ago
How many of us have websites that we can publish this story ourselves on? http://www.blog.joelx.com/ddos-attack-on-github-could-be-act...
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by joelx 12y ago
How many of us run websites that we can publidh this story ourselves on? http://www.blog.joelx.com/ddos-attack-on-github-could-be-act...
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Taxation Without Representation for Business Owners(blog.joelx.com)
1 points by joelx 12y ago|1 comments
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by joelx 12y ago
Haha... and golden parachutes are alimony!
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by joelx 12y ago
I agree; this concept if applied to a company that did not (or legally could not) operate this way would lead to the detriment of the employee. By the same token, the concept if misapplied by a company to employees would lead the company to
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by joelx 12y ago
Agreed... you would need to strike some sort of a deal directly with ownership, which is impossible for most public companies. Good point!
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by joelx 12y ago
Wow, this is a really interesting article! I have to say it is a much darker view of the interaction between companies and employees than what I had put forth, but I do agree that it is more accurate for the majority of companies. I do thin
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by joelx 12y ago
I agree most companies are not loyal. It would need to be a 2 way relationship led by ownership (not really possible for publicly held companies, but can work for small wholly owned companies like mine). Perhaps it should even include some
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by joelx 12y ago
Very good point about the parent-child relationship vs the spousal relationship... I thought of the husband-wife metaphor today and liked it so I wrote an article on it. I will consider your idea further to see if my idea needs updating.
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by joelx 12y ago
You have extremely good points about my article. My thoughts on your points: 1) The article was specifically written by me (CEO of my small business) for my top managers, so while a big Fortune 500 company will never act this way - I can ma
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Why Work Marriages Make Sense(blog.joelx.com)
27 points by joelx 12y ago|34 comments
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The $2,500 Veterinarian Bill – Dating a Team Member(blog.joelx.com)
2 points by joelx 13y ago|3 comments
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Weaknesses of Hire Slow Fire Fast(blog.joelx.com)
1 points by joelx 14y ago|0 comments
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2 Air Traffic Controllers on Duty at LAX
7 points by joelx 14y ago|1 comments