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notuson People don’t want to commute; they just don’t want to miss out

Yeah I 100% agree. I prefer the remote companies that remain agnostic to where you live when they determine salary (which is like all of them except for gitlab). It allows me to do things like move to smaller towns without established tech scenes and save money. Zapier and Duck Duck Go are both like this.

notuson In Defense of Richard Stallman

Counter points:

Diversity - I'm fine with a lack of diversity of opinions on whether or not minors can be willing participants in pedophile relationships.

Inclusiveness - Really? Nobody ostracized him because he is an aspie. It is disingenuous to even say that.

Fairness - Nobody fired him, he resigned and let's be honest, the backlash he received was fairly minor. Yes old statements were dug up, but most people are not okay with the statements he made then, they just didn't know about them.

> holier-than-thou hypocritical tell-tales and people who enjoy yielding power over others by drawing lynch-mobs

Who does this label apply to? Anyone who gets upset at a public figure's viewpoints? Where are you personally drawing the line between acceptable and unacceptable.

This isn't just about Epstein. Epstein is what brought Stallman's views to the spotlight, but the focus is primarily on former stances on pedophilia he made that are far more damaging things to say than whatever people were saying he said about Epstein or the girls involved with him. Stallman doesn't seem to believe that people can be groomed into appearing like they want to do something when they really don't or aren't aware of the consequences of it.

notuson Do we need to rethink what free software is?

You mean GPL -> "Free, but..."

notuson Do we need to rethink what free software is?

What do you consider free software? Because I don't consider anything licensed under GPL as free, but I would consider software licensed under MIT or BSD as free.

notuson Interim Housing

This seems like some misguided ire. Stallman has notoriously lived like this for a long time, this isn't a new thing. He is known for being somewhat of a couch surfer. I wouldn't assume everything you read about Stallman in the future is somehow related to people calling him out for odd stances on pedophilia (which people have a right to do).

notuson Trolls Are Swarming Young Climate Activists Online

but they already do and no amount of saying they shouldn't is going to change that

notuson Trolls Are Swarming Young Climate Activists Online

We should be asking how we can make these better environments for children, because saying children can't use a public twitter account is not going to fly. Also attributing it to bad parenting is also a cop-out in my opinion. Not all of these concerns are immediately visible to parents. If they don't use twitter themselves they might not be aware of how it can be used.

notuson Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE

Yeah those are good points. I'm not really sure how that could be handled well. It has to be handled on a case by case basis. In this situation specifically though the CEO says that he doesn't support their actions either so seems like a simpler case of "Hey my employees brought this to my attention and I agree with them"

notuson Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE

Here is the developer's statement: https://github.com/sethvargo/chef-sugar

Article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/developer-takes-down-ruby-libr...

Note this is the same developer who left Chef in 2014 because he received death threats from their open source community.

notuson Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE

They don't have to look at the moral behavior of every person they work with, they just need to listen to their employees. The likelihood of employees being able to actually abuse that privilege is pretty low since it requires a lot of collaboration. Also this is not about "doing anything" in the sense of stopping ICE. This is about an individuals right to choose who they want to support and work with. Would you really expect an immigrant to feel good about working with an organization like ICE and facilitating their bad behavior?

notuson Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE

I disagree with that implication. Refusing to do business with ICE in this context is just saying that their actions are so bad that they cannot support that level of evil. All that implies of the people they continue to work is they don't meet that threshold of evil. It's not a black and white thing.

notuson Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE

Terrible response, companies totally can pick and choose who they work with and who their customers are.

> I want to be clear that this decision is not about contract value — it is about maintaining a consistent and fair business approach in these volatile times.

Doublespeak for, this decision is 100% about contract value.

I am interested more in the former employee that removed the ruby gem though. Cool form of protest IMO.

notuson 200k people applied for jobs at Amazon in a single week

6 years. At my current company you have to demonstrate leadership abilities and also technical ability to get it. It isn't given to people for just existing for a certain amount of time in a specific career. At least not where I work, a lot of places do that which leads to incompetent seniors.

notuson Anxious tech workers are going to therapy

While I think everyone can benefit from therapy, that tagline "Bummed out by the world and their role in it, tech workers are seeking help — and founding some start-ups along the way." seems a little off. I thought it was due to stress of working not being bummed out by being near the top of the financial ladder relative to the rest of the world and having flexible jobs.

notuson Colt is ending production of AR-15s

Palmetto State Armory is specifically what I was referencing, but last time I looked was also 3 years ago

notuson Colt is ending production of AR-15s

Fair point. I was mostly anticipating people's reaction to it thinking people would correlate it with noticeably less AR-15's.

notuson Colt is ending production of AR-15s

The only buy back I have to reference is Australia's and it wasn't very much money.

notuson Colt is ending production of AR-15s

It's not Colt branded AR-15's most people are buying. It's the AR-15 platform that allows people to build a decent AR-15 for 300 bucks that is making them so prolific.

notuson 200k people applied for jobs at Amazon in a single week

This is the difference between a person who has an established career already and a junior getting their first job. I take my time with job searches and pick companies I like, but getting my very first job was difficult and it wasn't a great job.

notuson 200k people applied for jobs at Amazon in a single week

I'm a senior software engineer and my experience is much different for contrast. I get a response from almost every place I apply.

notuson Welcoming Semmle to GitHub

I spent way too long thinking that Semmie was just a badass programmer

notuson Young People Are Going to Save Us All from Office Life

Sometimes company policy can get in the way of mental health days if you call them that. They will usually want to think of it as a sick day instead of PTO. While I know not every company does this, every company I've worked for requires a certain amount of notice for PTO which depends primarily on how much PTO you plan to take off. However when I use sick days I tell them I'm using a sick day and don't ask.

notuson Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

I had the same experience, but I did see quite a few positions in the list that were catered towards juniors or entry level positions so it seems like it would still be really helpful for some people.

notuson Why We Should Ditch React [video]

There is a far less framework churn now than there was 10 years ago. React, Angular, and Vue have all been around for a long time now relative to previous JS frameworks. React makes a lot of changes but they are, on average, improvements. Not all of them are the best decisions and some are temporary band aids to support new features, but the constant iteration in response to changing expectations for web is one of it's strengths IMO.

notuson Remove Richard Stallman: Appendix A

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20Jun...

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_Janua...

notuson Remove Richard Stallman: Appendix A

I don't get why people are playing devil's advocate for Stallman so much on this. If it had been anyone else, a famous actor for example, the pitchforks would be out by everyone, but because he is a figure in the computing world people want to make excuses for him. This seems more like people unwilling to accept a revered figured in their community is a bad person.

notuson Why Are American Houses So Big?

I use word of mouth recommendations for finding housekeepers rather than a service. I think a lot of people do it this way. I have cameras around my place anyways but at some point you're just going to have to make your own judgements about the trustworthiness of someone.

notuson Why Are American Houses So Big?

Doesn't have to be a full-time maid, it's just a lot of work to do regular deep cleanings of large homes IMO so sometimes you need help, but it definitely depends on your disposition towards that type of work and your time commitments.

notuson Why Are American Houses So Big?

Taking care of a large home is a lot of work. Unless someone is a stay at home person you're pretty much guaranteed to need a maid every once in a while.

notuson Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT

I think it may also have been because comments like this were resurfacing:

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20Jun...

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_Janua...