jeffreybaird

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by jeffreybaird 7y ago
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 would do that. A union just levels the playing field.
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by jeffreybaird 7y ago
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 is to form a union and give the employees formal power in the
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by jeffreybaird 7y ago
> 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 undermine this important function. We're concerned wit
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Memo Shows Kickstarter Senior Staffers Are Pushing Back AgainstUnion Efforts(gizmodo.com)
1 points by jeffreybaird 7y ago|0 comments
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
This is much more similar to the IWW model of organizing.
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
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 future of the company.
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
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.
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
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 would argue that even if that wasn't th
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
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 to continue to compete. I think we should eliminate all for-
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by jeffreybaird 8y ago
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 extraction, add a carbon tax, and lower the threshold for the
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by jeffreybaird 10y ago
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 itself a sign of poor mental state, and I
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by jeffreybaird 12y ago
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 people helping me, read a l
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by jeffreybaird 13y ago
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.
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Zynga's Patent for Game based incentives for commerce (patft.uspto.gov)
1 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|0 comments
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ShopKeep POS, The ‘East Coast Square,’ Raises $10 Million(blogs.wsj.com)
1 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|0 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
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.
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Rap genius founders looking for girls with swag.(cosmopolitan.com)
7 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|4 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
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
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Empire State Building Will Be Lit Up With Election Results(mashable.com)
2 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|0 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
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." Tests should be open note, open book, all the time. If y
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Zynga is Granted a Patent for "Game-based incentives for location-based actions"(patft.uspto.gov)
4 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|2 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
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 was awful, fighting a libel suit would only make this worse e
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
Here is there website http://www.kixeye.com/
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
"Think about what it means to drive. The cabin, steering wheel, pedals, controls, engine, tires and chassis of a car are all controlled by you. The world through which you move is outside, not inside. Even in malls, you park outside the st
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Browsers Should be Cars not Shopping Carts(blogs.law.harvard.edu)
2 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|1 comments
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NYC on Rails Junior Developer Panel Video(youtu.be)
1 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|0 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
Part I found most interesting: "PersonalWeb has been working closely with the University of Texas at Tyler and other community participants to develop products in the search, social network and content filtering technologies. BDE CEO Kevi
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
In an interesting addition it looks like Personal Web Technologies was recently involved in an acquisition that resulted in these patents changing hands. http://www.personalweb.com/media/20110928_PressRelease_Perso...
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Ask HN: Does your company have a software apprenticeship program?
7 points by jeffreybaird 14y ago|5 comments
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by jeffreybaird 14y ago
Self-taught developer here, I think the foundation is incredibly important if you desire to advance in your career as a developer. That being said, you don't need to know all that to get started. I probably would have hated a CS program if

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