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I only use Uber/Lyft in Boston for routes where the T would be inconvenient or if the weather is really bad and I don't want to walk home from the T station. I just hate Uber Pool …

I worked with one person at Amazon who had a significant physical disability. I can't speak for him, but he is highly valued by the organization because of the quality of his work.…

As an Amazon employee, I tend to think Amazon's reputation is overstated. Some teams definitely have very high operational loads, but in general my hours have been comparable to fr…

Echo Show switched to showing YouTube through the web after Google blocked it the first time. Now it looks like Google is blocking the website. https://9to5google.com/2017/11/21/yo…

That's an app. Apps are inherently* limited to a particular OS. I'm asking if a company has restricted a website for competitive reasons. *Not counting something like phone gap.

Is there precedent for a company restricting access to its website by a competitor's device for competitive reasons?

Amazon didn't employ him.

I think this highlights a big difference between media and tech (or at least big tech companies). In tech, leaking is a cardinal sin. Foer chose to send information about a custome…

They've also helped millions of people get affordable AIDS medication. http://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/jun/15...

I've started reading the book this is excerpted from: A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age It's very well written.

It really varies by manager and org. I had one manager who would pull stuff like that. The other managers that I've had have been very flexible. I agree that there have been instit…

I liked Learn You A Haskell For Great Good, but it's available free from the author online.

I think his point is that standards are inherently arbitrary and inflexible and that these specific standards are only beneficial to a "small group". My point is that these standar…

> using the law as a bludgeon to force people into obeying arbitrary design policies They're not arbitrary design policies at all. They're standards that exist for a reason. For in…

My experience is that WCAG compliance can actually be beneficial to the company. For instance, an employer of mine saw a very significant jump in sales (as measured by A/B testing)…

I've gotten around this (at least a little) by tracking pages read instead of books read.

This actually sounds a lot like Donald Trump's campaign message.

The Helsinki Metro was built in 1982 and has 17 stations, of which 6 are underground. The New York City subway system has 472 stations, almost all of which are either underground o…

This bill is under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn rules enacted by the executive branch in the last 6 months. A joint resolution of disapproval und…

This was done on purpose - the individual specifically said he was doing it to cause a seizure. It's not comparable to hypotheticals you described.