Trademark theft is nasty. One company blocked the author from obtaining the Flappy Bird trademark, then used another to steal it. Now, they're bringing the game back, probably loaded with nasty micro transactions. Maybe @eff.org can say a word or two about it.

Don't be a sucker.

Linux is looking better.

Just wanted to remind everyone that an oft-quoted maxim of object-oriented programming to "favor composition over inheritance."

Can I recommend a VPN? No, because a lot of shady people are in that business. The one I use isn't even that good. Read the @eff.orgssd.eff.org/module/choos...

How many places have you worked where none of the management, from the project manager to the director to the VP of engineering, are actually engineers?

If you enable two-factor authentication and your recovery email also has two-factor authentication and its recovery mail has two-factor authentication and so on and so forth, you're looking at a lot of authentication.

I almost forgot. The FTC regulation not only prohibits noncompete agreements but also bars TRAPs (Training Repayment Agreement Provisions), which mandate employees to pay their employers thousands of dollars upon resignation, termination, or dismissal.

... If you want to retain your employees, keep them happy. If you want shackled indentured servants, use the court system to force them to do a job they hate. NOTE: The rule contains an exception that allows noncompetes to remain in place for *policy makers* earning more than $151,000 per year.

A few days ago, the US FTC finalized a rule banning noncompetitive agreements for all American workers. California and some other states had already banned noncompetes. People I knew who lived outside these states were afraid to switch jobs b/c their company competed with every other tech company...