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I mean, you have power over their lives with force. You can decide at a moment's notice that their livelihoods could be taken away. Or, you could sell your company to someone who w…

Absolutely. I love where I work, and I love my coworkers. I want to make sure that the culture of openness and transparency stays that way. I believe that the best way to do this i…

> Forming a union is a great tool—for marginalized workers. Unions are historically intended to protect vulnerable members of society, and we feel the demographics of this union un…

This is much more similar to the IWW model of organizing.

Congratulations Kickstarter! I hope this becomes a trend in the tech industry. A union is not only about getting better pay, or more vacation - it is about having a voice in the fu…

Wow! You are right! Nobody is entitled to anyone's labor! We should make sure we let the capitalists who use the labor of everyone around them to extract profits.

Why do you assume that degrees are "worthless?" How are you defining "worthless?" Based on the research, getting a degree significantly increases your earning potential. But I woul…

You prefer an under-educated population? The most valuable asset we have in the technology and service based economies is human capital. We need a creative and educated population …

Raise the income tax, create a VAT, kill the mortgage-interest tax deduction, add a Financial transaction tax, tax capital gains like normal income, stop subsidizing fossil fuel ex…

Author here. > I am not trying to diminish this person's personal experience nor fail to have empathy. You did. > However, "incredibly stressed about the state of the world" is its…

I blogged about my process two years ago, here: http://learnwithjeff.com/blog/2012/08/21/how-to-get-a-job-as... TL;DR: Pushed code daily for about six months, had some awesome peop…

The issue is men don't use the app. I downloaded it on my SO's phone and was able to find most of the college age guys I know on it. None of them knew they were on there.

My fiance works at cosmo and gave me the heads up that they were in the office. Was wondering how bad the interview would be.

This seems like it could get unwieldy fast. If you are looking for a way to abstract web development to a single, concise language, why not check out http://elm-lang.org

I think it is the wrong question. As Seth Godin says in his talk at TEDxYOUTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc "if something is worth remembering it is worth looking up.…

I don't know if the OP is reading this but he should probably be a little careful. I found it incredibly easy to track down "Steve's" Linkedin profile. While what he went through w…

I don't know if the OP is reading this but he should probably be a little careful. I found it incredibly easy to track down "Steve's" Linkedin profile. While what he went through w…

I don't know if the OP is reading this but he should probably be a little careful. I found it incredibly easy to track down "Steve's" Linkedin profile. While what he went through w…

Here is there website http://www.kixeye.com/