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That and you can find good people that get your vision or just do good work and use them on your next project. Or you can mentor a promising person. Etc. Mapping HI to AI as the gp…

> But the bottleneck was never the code. It was always the human attention, the engineering judgment, the ability to hold a coherent vision for a system. We just didn't notice beca…

When you talk about the point or purpose of open source, what are you referring to? I think of Stallman, print drivers, and users owning their work, so your assertions about the po…

I live just west of Lake Michigan, and what you described would be a high-snow winter here. The lake effect is real. I grew up in the Cleveland area, and I was surprised how much l…

> lurk in the middle of the road and make a left turn once oncoming traffic is stopped for the red In the jurisdictions I'm familiar with, this is the proper way to make a left-han…

Just to add a counterpoint, I was hired as employee #3 in 2011. In 2020, I was able to sell 5.8% of my stake for $200K (as part of Series C). In 2021, I sold another 4.4% for $500K…

It would be worse than the nationwide average. Battleground swing states would swing way right. The Republican voters in the suburbs have passports at a much higher rate than the D…

That assumes academic achievement should be the primary aim of childhood. What I learned in school was incredibly important—don’t get me wrong—but what I learned over the summer wa…

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band selling merch that didn’t also have a tip jar.

Maybe to you, but I was broke during and shortly after college. If I could have picked up some gig work when I needed it, that would have been a huge help.

In addition to what others have said, daily demands on time and headspace can be overwhelming. My wife spends over an hour every day managing a chronic health condition. Raising ki…

What is more important, the law, or the typical employee experience? If you're in a strong market where workers are in demand (evidenced somewhat by higher compensation), then work…

I wish I could suggest something for you. My path was moving to the Bay Area 13 years ago to work for a small startup, helping to grow it, then going remote after a few years. Star…

US software engineer. I have 24 days of PTO, 15 company holidays, and 9 sick days. 10 weeks for parental leave (16 for moms). $240K salary, $400-600K in annual vesting equity. That…

In the past, I would have also found it strange to see tech blowing up in a tight job market. After a decade on the team-building side, though, I feel different. Interviewing and o…

Does the LUG have 50M MAU?

For vulnerable teachers, we need better mitigations than mandated vaccines for their students. Vaccinated individuals can still catch and spread COVID. Even if the rate is lower, w…

I am operating from an assumption that COVID-19 is bad and kills people. Unlike the other mandated vaccines, though, vaccinated individuals still catch and spread COVID at high rat…

> It’s to protect teachers, staff, peoples families... The article says otherwise: > “We need to make sure schools are safe so that all parents are comfortable sending their childr…

> There's already a long list of required vaccinations for school... is this one any different? To me, the answer is a clear Yes. Every vaccine on that list, to my knowledge, resul…

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And urban Americans only survive due to crops produced in rural areas.