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PayPal freezes 400-job expansion in North Carolina over bonkers religious freedom law

Wednesday 6th April 2016 20:10 GMT rhfish

Paypal does not give a whit one way or the other about this or any other political issue.

However America's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been taken over by radical lesbians that believe American industry must push their agenda or die. http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/05/24/lesbian-eeoc-commissioner-chai-feldblum-re-nominated-for-second-term/

They threatened to bring corporate Boy Scout sponsors to their knees if they did not fall in line on homosexuals. http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/wysk/enforcement_protections_lgbt_workers.cfm

The current administration has weaponized our bureacracies including NASA, FCC, National Park Service, and the IRS for use against political opponents. Sets a very very bad precedent.

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Coding is more important than Shakespeare, says VC living in self-contained universe

Monday 15th February 2016 21:46 GMT rhfish

We live in a mostly Capitalist society where price signals us to produce more or less of something.

If the market signals that liberal arts graduates will mostly be working in fast food, Walmart, and Uber, best choose another major.

If you chose poorly it is immoral to compel your neighbor to subsidize your underappreciated knowledge of Frankfurt School, Feminist Naratology, or Postcolonial Studies.

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Florida cops cuff open-carry, balls-out pirate packing 'operational' flintlocks

Tuesday 7th July 2015 17:29 GMT rhfish

Texas has been a concealed carry state for 20 years. We just approved open carry starting January 1 with unexpected support from some members of the Black clergy. Gun control came to Texas 125 years ago as a means to disarm former slaves.

"Concealed Carry" is considered more aggressive than "Open Carry" since it gives the armed individual the advantage of surprise. Very few criminals carry their weapons openly. This was one argument for requiring a criminal background check before allowing individuals to carry concealed.

In metropolitan areas (such a Dallas) police departments routinely issue news releases of CHL defenses such as carjackers getting shot by little old ladies. This seems to have a demoralizing effect on criminals.

"Open Carry" is considered the more defensive option. Cops carry openly. There is no subterfuge. If you're armed, everyone know you are armed, including the bad guys. Most CHL holders will probably continue to conceal so as not to give away that advantage.

About 3% of Texans have a CHL. There were 250,000 issued last year, 70%male 30%female.

https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/demographics.htm

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HP starts a memristor-based space program to launch ... THE MACHINE

Friday 13th June 2014 15:27 GMT rhfish

"... for HP's "Machine OS" to mean anything, it has to fully interoperate with legacy software"

Jack is too young to remember Ken Olsen (DEC) and Edson de Castro (Data General) bravely making the same arguments while bashing the early microprocessor systems. A few years later Gary Kildall repeated the effort while attacking MSDOS. Anybody still running RSX-11M, RSTS, RDOS, or CP/M?

The norm in the tech world is the conservative but slow slide to irrelevance; Digital Equipment, Digital Research, Kodak, or Microsoft.

HP may or may not prevail with Machine OS, but it will not be due to lack of "compatibility" with some legacy code. Meg Whitman is swinging for the bleachers in a manner almost unknown for large public companies.

Bet your company, bet your job, bet your fortune, that's pretty strong stuff.

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Happy 75th birthday, Adam Osborne

Friday 7th March 2014 21:55 GMT rhfish

Party Animal

His Halloween party in the Berkely hills was Hollywood meets Geekworld.

Great friend, brilliant strategist. RIP

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Google staffing boss: Our old hiring procedures were 'worthless'

Friday 21st June 2013 19:50 GMT rhfish

Just Me

We've had similar experiences to Google. Lots of Phds are practical idiots. Our best Phds are great due to their character not necessarily due to their education. One of our most productive developers is a high school graduate who did his work on the subway.

We now use the $500 plan. We target several individuals who have demonstrated visible skill we can document on the internet. Open source projects are one good place to find talent.

We contact them and ask if they are interested. We then send them $500 (even before any paperwork is signed), and see what happens.

About 30% take the money and disappear. The rest usually ask, "What's this for?" We tell them we'd like to see what they can do with $500 and tell them to return when they want more.

In short order we find who produces and who does not. Incidentally we do not care how much time the developer spends, only on the results.

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