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I highly recommend Michael Crichton’s autobiography, ‘Travels’. It chronicles his time beginning in med school, where he began writing on a whim, to his post-fame struggles. Time periods are framed in short stories that are entertaining and thought provoking. I never would have guessed he even had an autobiography and now I find myself reading it once a year.

I like the idea. I fear that there is a negative association with a per minute pricing model. It makes me think of psychic and sex lines. I suggest looking at a per call model with a time limit; should the caller exceed the time limit, perhaps then you implement a per minute model.

WeWorkRemotely.com, RemoteOK.io, Stack Overflow remote filter

Keller Williams Realty International | Remote option for Engineers/QA/DEVOPS, Onsite for all other positions | Austin,TX | $100 - 200k (base) + profit sharing depending on role

I'm looking to fill several Consumer product positions at Keller Williams Realty International (corporate not an individual broker :)). I'm building a brand new consumer team that will build a new consumer mobile and web experience in the near term. KW is the largest real estate company in the world, with the most agents, and greatest production volume.

This will be an opportunity to make a very large impact in the real estate space, and see your work used by millions of people right from the start.

All product positions are located in Austin, Texas (relocation an option). KW has AMAZING benefits, including a 6% 401K match, generous vacay, flex hours, and a profit-sharing program that has paid out over 30% of employee's base salary for the last few years.

Here's a few positions we are hiring for, but we're also looking for several mid-level and senior product managers, mobile and SWE.

I will personally review your resume and take part in the final decision making for each Consumer position. Email me your resume directly at courtney.powell@kw.com.

Product Line Director- Agent (also looking for a PLD for Consumer Products) https://keller-williams.careerplug.com/jobs/754860/apps/new

UX Designer- https://keller-williams.careerplug.com/jobs/708491/apps/new

Software Architect-https://keller-williams.careerplug.com/jobs/708578/apps/new

React Dev- https://keller-williams.careerplug.com/jobs/755407/apps/new

Here's an example of contractors requiring fingerprinting in a highly regulated environment pushing them to 'covered employee' status.

The requirement of fingerprinting does not in and of itself make some an 'employee' or vice versa, but there are precedents in Texas, like this example, that could inch Uber even closer to this line.

http://www.newcaneyisd.org/cms/lib5/TX01918142/Centricity/Do...

The real issue for Uber and Lyft may be the fact that fingerprinting puts them closer to needing to classify drivers as employees instead of contractors. They could surely solve any friction around fingerprinting, but requiring drivers to be classified as employees would put them out of business. Fingerprinting through a government clearinghouse is typically reserved for employees. IMO, they spent $8M on this local vote to delay the real issue as long as possible.

I experienced the same issue today. Entire screen was blank with the exception of the page header. I was only able to access my mail in an incognito browser.

Shareholder agreements can define 'Unanimous' in any variety of ways. So long as the agreement is approved, it can supersede Deleware shareholder laws.

Check out realhq.com. If you are interested email Courtney@realhq.com.

We're 100% remote at RealHQ. We post (and seem to get the most hits from) on: We Work Remotely, AngelList and HN.

Were hiring for a few positions now, you can also check out our jobs page at www.realhq.com/jobs

Real HQ, Junior Controller, REMOTE

Real HQ is the company behind Agent Pronto https://agentpronto.com/. We help home buyers and sellers find awesome real estate agents in their area. We’re four years old and growing quickly.

What We Believe We started this business with inspiration from Seth Godin and 37signals. We keep our fires going with inspiration from Frank Chimero, The National, Louis CK, and Warren Buffett.

We also have some Clubhouse Rulez to help guide us in our work:

-We will be artists. -We will asynchronously overshare. -We will work hard, but we won’t work long. -We will not create emergencies because we know that most often, they are created. -We will make things beautiful and profitable. We will even make beautiful more profitable. -We will speak to customers, partners and co-workers like a friend, not a corporate robot. -We will make ourselves better so we can make the world better. -And we will have a fucking blast doing it.

Work Anywhere We’re looking for people who live in the United States. Once hired, you’ll have the flexibility to work from anywhere. If working from home in your pajamas sounds like fun, give that a shot. Or you might be interested in checking out a coworking space in your area. You can even travel to exotic lands like Walla Walla, Keokuk, Cucamonga, or Seattle! Location is irrelevant as long as you do your job and you do it well.

If Real HQ had a home, it would probably be Austin, Texas. But we have folks who live in big cities like Kansas City, Chicago, and Portland and not-so-big cities like Bozeman, Lewis Center, and Erie. Some of us travel while we work. Ryan managed accounts and did yoga in a Berlin coworking space. Kym worked from a castle in San Juan. Peter pushed code from planes, trains, and a 2010 Hyundai Elantra.

Last year, our team got together for a weeklong retreat in the artfully-minded desert town of Marfa, TX. This year, we opted for the Rocky Mountains and headed to Boulder, CO.

Think You’re a Good Fit? Great, because we’re hiring! Available positions are listed below.

Click through to learn more about each role.

Junior Controller: http://realhq.com/jobs/junior-controller

Don’t see a role that’s a good fit? Get in touch with us anyway. We’re good at finding a place for smart, passionate people who are excited about what we’re doing and want to help us do it even better.

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Take a look at this article's analysis on whether or not the 'Founding Fathers' would have been for or against the type of surveillance we are now seeing.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/29/if_george_w...

I am very pleased to see other HN readers mention the enneagram. A good friend told me about it a couple of years back and I can honestly say it has helped me better understand myself and others. I see lots of 3's in startups, along with some 1's and 7's. I agree that 5's/8's seem to make up the majority of engineers I've met.

How is a woman who refuses to date another employee considered an "office-romance?" Retaliation as a result of unwanted advances is considered harassment.

sexual harassment definition: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm

I'm curious, is the possibility that the passengers are still alive being discussed by any major news outlet? I have read tons of coverage but the authors implicitly state the passengers are lost.

Awesome, love family oriented startups. Also check out activityhero.com. I used them last summer and they have more cities.

Uh, I most definitely am a mother to a ten year old son.

I would love any suggestions for making tweets look less "spammy". We face that problem daily.

The company is not required to engage with us in anyway to access a complaint. And specifically in this case, they ignored not only tweets coming from PublikDemand but from me as well. We simply help the consumer get attention when they weren't being helped otherwise.

UPDATE: I was able to email Jeff Smisek and the SVP of Customer Experience directly a moment ago. I will post their response publicly if I hear back.

I emailed him directly to after someone sent me his email address a few minutes ago, and their SVP of Customer Experience.

This is a difficult problem to solve, one that we have been working on for a while at PublikDemand. We have hoards of people with the same complaint against a company and are trying how to best unite them and allow them use the collective voice to demand change.

Re: the question on scaling. Our system is built to allows companies to simply respond to complaints we automatically share with them via Twitter. We then send the company's response back to the user receive that response via SMS so the conversation can be continued without our involvement, although we retain the conversation data privately on our site. This removes us from the typical dialog we see on the majority of complaints. I only personally get involved when we see something of an emergent nature.

I also tweeted at the from my @CourtneyPowell account on Twitter.

They were most likely upset that I called their emergency press line in order to get the mother help. After I gave United the contact information for the mother they refused to talk to me further. They blocked us the next morning.

I agree! I am not sure why they have yet to learn from the past.

They have claimed they did not block us but I know for a fact that it was someone on their team and not Twitter.

I personally reached out to the mother, checked the flight records and reached out to United before sharing anything. We also waited until the child was home safely before sharing anything.

We went to Twitter and made sure that we were not blocked for a violation of terms and they confirmed we were not and that a user blocked us.

Yes! Crazy story.