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remember when everyone was bailing on github because of evil microsoft?

it's not uncommon with hypey vc funded startups. I've gone to two different startup camps, it's very much so kool-aid drinking exercises

what would you suggest if you currently work for a softbank startup?

this. I wanted to go to community college but that was not an option in my house. I was 17 when I took out massive loans. I feel stupid but I really don't know what else I should h…

fuck when are you opening up tours in nyc? this is just fascinating for a west coaster that has no ties here

it's improve your life because you're probably a highly paid software developer or engineer (guessing because here you are on hacker news). I would like to hear more from the peopl…

but capitalism is efficient

It annoys me that front-end is sold as "easier". Getting started is "easy", building front-end applications at scale is a completely different ballgame.

>For the last 30 years governments and politicians have proven incapable to do anything about global heating. you spelled corporations wrong. sorry friend, governments don't run th…

That's totally possible but if you're the CTO of Airbnb would you want the high schooler for cheap (who may be unreliable when it comes to managing schedules, following protocols, …

+1 to n for the homebrew installation. nvm team is notoriously hardheaded about not wanting to maintain availability through different tools.

I had so many similar experiences. People writing me off right after the recession and then work picked back up around 2013. Got tons of offers and job opportunities only to have t…

I don't think it's that cynical. It's a known fact that Google and Apple created an agreement not to poach each other's talent to keep salaries low.

These kids would be competing with incredibly prolific web developers who not only output an insane amount of code themselves but manage OSS at massive scales. One example is Jorda…

this guy is going to have a workers revolt on his hands

100% agree. The thing nobody also remembers is that Silicon Valley was called SV because of it's hardware/manufacturing not really it's software development. The software side of t…

heaven forbid tyler cowen have a sad over amazon's taxes. nobody in nyc cares. nobody in queens wants to become the next seattle and get pushed out by a mass influx of allbirds wea…

"I have failed to find one important reason: all news are fake news now." Can't tell if Russian troll farm agent or just someone with poor English skills...

straight up, you don't know how to read. >But what Mr. Yasharahla might view as great, others call something else: hate. >But Ms. Beirich said that groups like Hebrew Israelites we…

>put a cap on tuition so that it can't be more than X hours of work at a state's minimum wage This is the best idea I've heard when it comes to the debate on education costs.

I would argue it's not just rural America, it's also smaller markets and cities. Cities like Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Nashville, Omaha, and Portland (OR), can't compete with the…

I somewhat disagree with his assessment of influencers. Can they be annoying? Yes. Are they providing real value for companies to be able to connect with tribes of people? Yes. The…

This user has 0 comments, 0 submissions except related to this issue. I call bullshit. You're not a real person, you're a corporate insider.

what the hell, how is it legal for anybody to tell you what to do with your land?

I think the problem is that funds like SoftBank have a very "winner take all" attitude about startups. They threatened my startup by basically saying that if you don't take the XXX…