Notices by Joe Pallas (jpallas@hachyderm.io)

@inthehands I have been hired 7 times in my career. The number of times I did not have a personal connection to someone on the inside (sometimes the hiring manager themselves) was zero.

One side effect is that I’ve internalized the idea that “I don’t interview well,” because I don’t otherwise get offers for jobs I think I’m qualified for. And twice that I know of I was being rejected and got reconsidered because of the personal connection.

@skinnylatte I was confused at first—why would his non-US phone not work with the Walmart WiFi? It turns out Walmart’s “free” WiFi required him to give them a phone number and wouldn’t take non-US numbers (crappy UI that doesn’t even let you enter a country code, I’d bet).

Lawsuit was definitely stupid, but Walmart is definitely going to abuse that data.

@artt @inthehands I’ve heard the suggestion that the line between hosting and recommending should be the line where the section 230 safe harbor ends, and if you recommend content you are a publisher with all the attendant liabilities. If google were contemplating being sued the way Fox News has been, maybe their responsibility to their shareholders would suddenly align with their social responsibility.