katedye

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by katedye 9y ago
They could have sold to a company that would have overhauled their monetization, but you're right that it isn't _unethical_ to shut-down (unnecessary, maybe).
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by katedye 9y ago
It doesn't really support the theory that billionaires create jobs... On a more serious note, this was clearly anti-union. But there is some truth to the claims about profitability. I don't know if DNAinfo was profitable or not, b
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by katedye 10y ago
I didn't know that, but their current homepage, the tone of a few articles, and Wikipedia[1] seems to confirm that news—thank you! However, I also googled "steubenville hacker"[2] and found a number of other articles confirme
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Why ‘push’ chatbots in Slack are awesome but ‘pull’ chatbots are more common(venturebeat.com)
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Show HN: Slack bot that replaces LMS/elearning software(obie.ai)
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by katedye 10y ago
Spending on social security (most programs, minus food stamps...I think) is in the neighbourhood of $930 billion. Right now, that's delivered to 65 million people. Of 330 million people total, ~80% are over 21. And it would be safe to
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by katedye 10y ago
It seems odd that Orwell advocated for English purism, 1984 makes it seem like using 'base' English words as building blocks and eliminating unnecessary, flowery language was synonymous with fascism (or at least not a good thing)
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by katedye 11y ago
Every firm has government interests. Its naive to think that $225k has any meaningful sway
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by katedye 11y ago
This is one of the most beautiful (and minimalist!) onboarding docs I've ever seen. Aside from the Elixir-specific links, it could be used as a template for any developer onboarding. Anyone else agree that developer onboarding is a mes
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Ask HN: What are some ways tech can improve HR?
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