johnnygoods | 12 years ago | on: Technology’s Man Problem
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johnnygoods | 12 years ago | on: Facebook PHP SDK: 62 open pull requests, 2 commits in last 6 months
johnnygoods | 12 years ago | on: Terms of Service; Didn't Read
It's not lost on the legal world that no one reads Terms of Service. As a result, TOS are rarely enforceable in court, except inasmuch as they comply with broad industry standards.
However, compliance requirements are much MORE strict for parties who demonstrably should be aware of their legal obligations. Lawyers, for example, can't really argue that they didn't read a legal document they executed because of the manner in which it was delivered (in an inscrutable TOS doc, at the entrance to an amusement park, etc).
If you install this extension, you might actually be making yourself MORE bound to crappy terms of service, since you will not be able to make the case that obviously you didn't read them terms and therefore should not be held to some non-standard provision.
The reviews/ratings provided by tosdr.org are awesome, and I hope you guys continue this project, but I, for one, will be covering my ass and not installing this extension.
johnnygoods | 13 years ago | on: SF Restaurant Sign Calls Yelp ‘Bully,’ Integrity of Reviews Questioned
Restauranteurs, when you're calling Yelp to ask about missing reviews, RECORD THE CONVERSATION! One recording of a Yelp rep saying something like that is game over.
johnnygoods | 13 years ago | on: Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinator startup
johnnygoods | 13 years ago | on: How Intuit Manages 10 Million Lines of Code
johnnygoods | 14 years ago | on: 17 year-old boycotts Girl Scouts for admitting transgendered scouts
johnnygoods | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's your experience with remote working? as employees/employers?
The biggest problem was always when there were some people local to one another who would get together physically to tackle a problem. Either they wouldn't think to dial-in the remote team members at all, or they would but the discussion would be conducted in such a manner that it was impossible to fully participate (i.e., poor speaker phone, whiteboard drawings, projector w/o webex).
I think remote teams can be very effective, but it is crucial that the entire org be oriented around communication channels that give the remote team members equal footing. I almost think the ideal is all or nothing -- everyone is remote or no one is.
johnnygoods | 14 years ago | on: Yahoo Appoints Scott Thompson CEO
johnnygoods | 14 years ago | on: World's Largest Wi-Fi Network Keeps Passwords in Plain Text