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zsgoldberg··on Every Google result now looks like an ad
Is it plausible they've created a Church/State style separation between the Ads and Results? Seems like that would be desirable in a lot of cases, though perhaps not in cases when someone is Googling for something with an obvious first result
zsgoldberg··on This Page is Designed to Last
This is great, but you may want to fix the color contrast on your links =)
zsgoldberg··on Uber: 3,045 Sexual Assaults Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year
They can't put the percentage or denominator in the headline? Seems borderline click-baity to me. Even a percentage probably wouldn't cut it -- I can't tell from either whether it's lower or higher than I should expect. Obviously I hope for 0 sexual assaults, but it'd be nice if the headline communicated meaningful information
zsgoldberg··on As Tech Goliaths Face a Reckoning, Small Businesses Say They Finally Feel Heard
When people here read these articles, is the platforms-vs-publishers relationship top of mind for you?

I don't really know what headspace I should be in when I open these articles. I generally want to understand the underlying motivations of the publishers. How are y'all feeling?

Let's not limit it to antitrust issues since it's usually been about privacy, free speech, the rest

zsgoldberg··on Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
Headline seems click-baity?

"It then models this anonymized data in simulations — creating a synthetic population that faithfully replicates a city’s real-world patterns but that “obscures the real-world travel habits of individual people,"

zsgoldberg··on Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
Love Pocketcasts. Though I hope this mean they'll need to make the web app accessible
zsgoldberg··on Money stolen by Bernie Madoff is still being found
I enjoyed Wizard of Lies too, but let's all take a deep breath
zsgoldberg··on Computer History Museum 2018 Fellow: Guido van Rossum
That grey on grey text is awful
zsgoldberg··on Practical Tips for Cheating at Design
Please be sensitive to the lightness of greys you use for smaller text, especially if you value any of your users who are aging (all of them) or have vision-related issues (some of them, maybe more than you think)
zsgoldberg··on Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide
if you're eager to separate the idea from the sanctity of life (or whatever), you can just throw this into the huge bucket of things we do as a society to dissuade behavior with significant negative externalities. and suicide does come with a lot of negative externalities
zsgoldberg··on Amazon paid just £15m in tax on European revenues of £19.5bn
taxes aren't determined by revenue, i haven't even opened the article (yet) and it's already stunted its own impact
zsgoldberg··on Zenefits Co-Founder Sold Stock Months Before Scandal
does it?
zsgoldberg··on Zenefits Co-Founder Sold Stock Months Before Scandal
Is it too much to ask that the article go into some detail about why this should bother me as a Zenefits employee? How does this compare to other founders? Would this be a disturbing sign to investors? What is the point of the headline if none of this is going to be discussed?
zsgoldberg··on Zenefits launches free payroll software for small businesses
if you use Zenefits for HR/Benefits, they will know everything they need to determine your deductions and taxes. This makes it simple or them to run everything for you in 'self-driving' mode. All the changes you make in Zenefits are reflected in your payroll automatically

The custom experience where you can go in and configure things specifically for payroll without making those changes in Zenefits, that's the one they're charging for

zsgoldberg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)
Zenefits | San Francisco, CA | Software Engineer | Full Time, Onsite | https://secure.zenefits.com/jobs/57437?gh_jid=57437&gh_src=b...

Zenefits is a disruptive, well-funded startup that provides an all-in-one HR solution for small businesses. It's also one of the fastest growing SAAS businesses in history! Companies who join Zenefits are able to consolidate their many HR systems into one easy-to-use place, the Zenefits dashboard, where they can also secure and manage benefits for their employees. Zenefits the product is fast moving, and the engineering team is growing fast! There's still a lot of work to be done, and the projects we work on are high-impact projects with a tangible effect on the business. I haven't been here long, but so far it's clear that the perks are great, the people are of the highest quality, and there's a great culture of transparency and shared ownership. Experience with Python/Django and Ember.js are by no means necessary, but certainly won't hurt.

https://secure.zenefits.com/jobs/57437?gh_jid=57437&gh_src=b...