Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin
theverge.com/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trumpIn 2017, then-Governor Scott Walker and President Trump announced a historic deal with Foxconn to bring manufacturing jobs to Wisconsin. But none of the jobs, buildings, or promises have been fulfilled—and look like they never will. The Verge’s Josh Dzieza investigates two years of what happened behind the scenes at Foxconn in Wisconsin.
Don’t Take My DataCamp Course, There Must be Consequences for Sexual Assault
noamross.github.io/datacamp-sexual-assault/A DataCamp executive committed sexual misconduct. DataCamp admitted this in its own post. There must be consequences for executives for such conduct. Don't take my course, or any DataCamp course, if you can avoid it.
Digital Technology doesn't have values. People do. - Digital
blogs.gov.scot/digital/2017/03/13/technology-doesnt-have-values-people-do/“Once you skip ahead to think technology will either harm everything or solve everything, you’ve effectively removed the need to apply critical thinking.” (Amy Webb)
Out of Office Hours
outofofficehours.com/Creating dialog between newcomers and people working in the tech industry.
Why Computer Programmers Should Stop Calling Themselves Engineers - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/programmers-should-not-call-themselves-engineers/414271/Greenwashing , or "green sheen,"[1][2] is a form of spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization's products, aims or policies are environmentally friendly.[3] Evidence that an organization is greenwashing often comes from pointing out the spending differences: when significantly more money or time has been spent advertising being "green" , than is actually spent on environmentally sound practices.[4] Greenwashing efforts...
Sourcing Women in Engineering — Medium
medium.com/@cjc/recently-i-spoke-to-a-founder-of-a-20-person-startup-who-said-if-google-with-hundreds-maybe-bdf7132d78d7“If Google, with hundreds — maybe even thousands of recruiters, can’t find female engineers, how am I supposed to do it with a small team that also has to build a product and get it to market?” — Startup Founder
Sans Bullshit Sans — Leveraging the synergy of ligatures
sansbullshitsans.com/A font that'll get rid off all the bullshit.