In other words, you're getting upset that I have knowledge (and maybe experience) about how business really works, and to you that's a liability. In other words, you want sheep who "shut up and code."
Interviewees have to protect themselves from unscrupulous companies looking to make off with free work. If you don't want to come off as one of those companies then don't make a candidate do a day's worth of free work. That's what the blog author is saying and he's completely in the right.
Ah, yes, Hacker News--where duly-elected representatives performing their duly-allowed-by-the-Constitution duties to fund or not fund the government "should not be allowed to do this."
Big news, folks: the House is allowed to not allow any additional spending. It's their right to do this under the Constitution. No votes to allow spending? No spending. It's really that simple. Don't let normalcy bias (we've always increased the debt ceiling!) cloud your judgment.
Oh, and should not be allowed by whom? They are allowed under the supreme law of the land, the Constitution. Are some suggesting that there is a more supreme law/being/entity that can disallow that which is Constitutionally approved from happening?
Until there is a huge leap forward in battery technology, or until cars are powered on some alternative energy source that is energy-positive, Tesla will never be anything more than a boutique car company whose customers consist of rich people looking to get noticed.
The word "experience" occurs at least eight times in that announcement. Come on, folks. They're just documents. Documents don't need "reimagining." We don't want "experiences;" we simply want a product that works well, has great features, a fair price, and from a company that will be around long enough to make our investment worthwhile. CTOs aren't sitting around asking for "experiences."
I'm pretty surprised to see this. What about men who are just starting out with learning to code and don't want their scratch-space projects visible to everyone (and potentially archived for all time)? Using demographics is the wrong approach; instead, GitHub should use one's ability to pay as a baseline (non-profit companies, individual developers, etc.)
This isn't a tech problem. If you want meaningful change, organize hundreds or thousands of people to march in DC--you know, like they did before the Internet.
"Dear community, thanks to your help, we've built the best _____ on the Interwebs. We couldn't have done it without you!"
Next, the let-down:
"In order to continue being completely awesome, we've decided to partner/merge with ______. With our combined efforts/technology, we'll be the new best _____ on the Interwebs."
Then they either say they're shutting down, or they aren't going anywhere. What these articles should say:
"Dear community, we, the founders/controlling interests of _____ (the best _____ on the Interwebs) have decided to cash out. You played a huge role in us getting rich; without your user account, we couldn't have cashed out for as much money as we did. We'll be around for a bit longer--maybe, if we feel like it. Thanks again! I'll be sure to wave at you from my new supercar, if I feel like it."
Want the chance to work for FREE for The Coca-Cola Company (that is, unless you win and accept the prize, in which case you get a measly $10k)? Step right up, ladies and gentlemen!
Pretty cool stuff! Obviously, the biggest issue with this isn't the tech but rather the user retraining necessary for this to be remotely usable. Check boxes have always been "click to toggle the check box under the mouse cursor" and users are going to expect them to work that way.They'll never think (unless you tell them) to drag over several check boxes.
This is precisely why I wrote my .NET routing framework, JuniorRoute (http://projects.nathanalden.com/JuniorRoute ). I was tired of cumbersome MVC abstractions (ASP.NET MVC, FubuMVC) that don't fit the nature of HTTP. Some abstraction tends to be necessary, but I believe the MVC architecture is not appropriate for server-side Web development. We need frameworks that get us closer to the metal rather than introducing paradigms that don't fit with the browser/HTTP world we live in.
LOL @ this blatant advertisement. I love the pictures of raspberry ketone products at the bottom, complete with skinny woman and tape measure. Yep! This is it, folks! Lose weight now just by eating raspberry ketones! Sigh.
I logged in to post that very message. Why are we petitioning the executive branch to "make it legal?" Last time I checked, the Constitutional authority to write laws is vested in the Congress.
Be careful how much you clamor for Obama to make all your wishes come true, folks. You might just get more than you bargained for.
Interviewees have to protect themselves from unscrupulous companies looking to make off with free work. If you don't want to come off as one of those companies then don't make a candidate do a day's worth of free work. That's what the blog author is saying and he's completely in the right.
Remind me never to work for you.