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I agree that noise can impact change, but the problem here is we've already got this noise within the Blue states. In order to get a policy change you need to have majority of Cong…

I actually don't think this is a short term action. I think of this as a non-action. If Github pulls the ICE contract they will just use a competitor (Gitlab has already gone on re…

What bothers me the most is how myopic people are about this. Does anyone not see how dangerous it will be if we have the world's largest companies choosing to do business based on…

I just wanted to see if dunstad would support such a ban. And they did, as you can see by their agreement. This shows how real that slippery slope is for many people...

You are right - I always forget that political affiliation is not a protected class within our legal system. However, I think it should be, because we've seen the whole ugly side o…

Ok so would you ok with a restaurant not serving republicans because the party currently supports ICE's actions?

Do you not see the negative repercussions for businesses serving the public to be allowed to make a moral judgement on who they do business with?

But how is Github's product enabling human rights violations? I can understand if Github employees were protesting a product that created human rights violations (for example if Gi…

I find it ironic that the same people protesting the contract would also protest a bakery that refuses to sell a product for say a same sex couple (or if you were in the 60s, resta…

> While what you say is true, does pushing the start time of class back 30 minutes or 1 hour make any difference? I'm skeptical. Did you read the article? They have done several st…

Lol, there's literally no way for transport to work if they blocked the whole street. Market cuts through the middle of most of SF. And yes it will make a huge difference. I have t…

Do you think top down strategy and control is important for large organizations? Most people idealize organizations that are grassroots drive so it's interesting to see how it didn…

Different substances are regulated differently because they have different risks for the population. Nicotine is significantly more addictive and harmful than marijuana which is wh…

While that's the marketing view of most of the e-cig companies, we don't actually know if either of these claims are true. #1 e-cigs are not as harmful as normal cigarettes It will…

I'm going to have to disagree that you are "a paid a little less" at startups. In my experience working for a startup is a 20-30% drop in compensation. When startups say they are n…

There's no definite answer. For example, if you want a site that functions without javascript (i.e. degrades gracefully) you need cookies. Localstorage requires JS while cookies do…

The distinction you are making doesn't exist. localStorage and cookies both persist after the browser is closed so if you want that use case you won't get it from either.

It seems like there is a plethora of tools to help teams communicate and share with each other (Slack, Hangouts, Skype, Yammer, Hipchat, etc.). Which tools or processes have you fo…

This depends significantly by program but at AppAcademy the attrition rate was around ~6%.

A coding bootcamp is basically a vocational program. Grads are looking to get placed in web developer roles so that's what their metric of success - can graduates get junior web ro…

I think you are buying into the marketing/PR hype. The majority of headcount actually works on core products like advertising & search. The headcount in fringe areas like things li…

are you hiring for junior engineers? can you talk a little about your engineering culture, size of team, etc.?

I attempted the switch to Atom in December and had lots of performance issues. Specifically, the startup time for the program very slow, and opening large text files was very diffi…

If you ask any architect or urban planner, you'd realize that San Francisco has plenty of room for further development. This isn't Manhattan island.