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maybird··on Why We Care About Inclusivity
True, but it's also a shame that it has to be addressed at all.
maybird··on In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

  Tech start-ups founded by women are few and far between,
  but they're highly attractive to female and male
  candidates who don't want to join a boys' club.
My best experiences have been working with, or for, women.

I stumbled on these companies purely accidentally tho. I wish there was a list of companies that have a better-than-SV-average rate of women.

maybird··on Why France Has So Many 49-Employee Companies

  After the owners of the Lejaby lingerie factory in
  Yssingeaux won court approval in January to fire about
  half their 450 employees in France and shift production
  to Tunisia, the company found itself thrust into the
  center of this year’s campaign.
So Tunisians are to France what Mexicans are to us?
maybird··on I just open-sourced my iOS password manager with dropbox syncing
Sounds like there's an interesting story behind this. Care to elaborate on what happened..what your business plan was?
maybird··on Why One of Silicon Valley’s Savviest Investors Has Shut His Wallet

  investment in internet companies at $1.4 billion was down
  slightly in dollar terms in Q1 of 2012 compared to the
  end of 2011
To me, this is a clear sign we're not in a bubble. Investments don't slow down in a bubble, which is exactly why they're so dangerous, they just pop.

Seems to me like investors are pretty smart this time around, and are doing everything to avoid a bubble.

maybird··on Ditching Google for a week
It's worth noting that slate.com use to be owned by Microsoft.
maybird··on FTC Charges Myspace With Breaking Law in Sharing Users’ Personal Information 

  Without admitting or denying the F.T.C.’s charge, Myspace
  agreed to a tentative consent order announced Tuesday
  that requires it to obey its stated privacy policies, to
  establish comprehensive privacy controls and procedures
  and to submit to audits of its actions every other year
  for 20 years.
I'd be shocked if Myspace was still around 20 years from now.
maybird··on Spire.io: A New Platform For Serverless Apps That Work On Web & Mobile
Sounds like Firebase.
maybird··on Blueseed or Canada?
How are taxes in Canada compared to the US?
maybird··on Show HN: gig-finding app for freelancers
Very nice, but the "Ninja Rockstar" sign reeks of brogrammer.
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