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stolsonon AT&T Is Dragging HBO's Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark Ages

You can subscribe to HBO NOW for $15 a month.

stolsonon For-profit college cancels $500M in student debt after fraud allegations

> More than 90 percent of its students are enrolled through online courses, according to the company.

That's a huge number. I believe online education is going to be an important part of college education, but that's almost the entire student body. Good to see this debt being cancelled.

stolsonon Middle Earth Map Style

Likewise.

stolsonon Building a Kickass Portfolio

Mine's super simple, but once I have more projects under my belt I'll be expanding it out:

https://stolson.com

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The title is pretty awful, but when the gig marketplace model devalues your work so much - why participate in it?

I understand Uber & Lyft are the exception here, they really have tanked the finances of traditional cab drivers. On the other hand, I think most of the other services offered this way can really be circumvented by differentiating yourself as better than the gig workers.

Anyone have any anecdotes about other industries being impacted like this?

stolsonon Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE

Good on them. Companies like Palantir have thousands of people building these types of systems, it's nice to know there are peers of ours standing up those less privileged.

stolsonon Is capitalism a threat to democracy?

Unchecked capitalism and barely regulated monopolies? Absolutely. But that's a less flashy headline.

stolsonon Over 400 Startups Are Trying to Become the Next Warby Parker

You know, it's crazy but things like Brooklinen slowly worm their way into people's heads that they need this kind of stuff.

I'm sure that they're nice sheets, but I just hear more and more "I've heard they're really great quality/convenient/etc" and the actual anecdote where they got this is several degrees removed. The ads just look nice.

stolsonon 90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housing shortage intensifies

My commute ranges anywhere from 35 minutes to 90 minutes. It used to be pretty consistently under an hour to mostly anywhere in Manhattan south of Central Park, but the past few years have been pretty terrible (thanks MTA).

stolsonon Apple will start paying $21B in back taxes to Ireland

If only.

stolsonon Facebook Employees Are Quitting or Switching Departments Over Ethical Concerns

"Over Ethical Concerns"

Maybe over concerns that their department is in limbo due to the general public's concern, but I can't imagine they have been working on their projects and only now found ethical issues with them.

stolsonon The health care toll today’s work culture exacts on employees

To the deli guy - I've had this experience too. When you meet someone who has what Americans would consider a "high school" job or "work between jobs" is very much someone's only job, it's really hard to wrap your head around it.