jimbob123

This is a massive yikes, if you don't like the company you work for. Go to another company. The police aren't universally bad and hysteria like this distracts from actual issues.

Then why even make the license? This is a useless virtue signal. If you want to help solve environmental issues, there are many actual ways besides trying to ban industries from using your FOSS.

This is a disturbing new trend, open source software is just that, it is open source. Defining who can and can't use it goes against the spirit of FOSS.

This post is disgusting and should be removed. Encouraging destruction in chaos is not democratic discourse.

"All of the things they care about—outlawing abortion and same-sex marriage, and (though this is never said out loud) maintaining a white majority in America—are under threat."

I can't discuss these ideas with someone when the article contains statements like the above. It's her opinion that these men are secretly white supremacists.

Flaming editorialization shouldn't be discussed on Hacker News. We can't have constructive discussions when we demonize the other side.

It's a different way to do things. You can still use Class based components to your heart's content.

Fair wages are determined by the market, the ground work done at Amazon is not highly skilled with a surplus of labor that is capable of doing the job.

I'm afraid that is not an option, this leads to an inevitable conclusion that absolutely every facet of society should be completely shut down. Amazon or any company for that matter can't guarantee a "safe" work environment from COVID-19 for at least 2 years given the widespread pandemic nature we are now living in. When you get a confirmed case of the virus in your workplace or house, you've already likely been exposed for days if not weeks.

Shutting down and "cleaning" will mean the entire distribution center has to close. Since once someone has a confirmed case, you can bet they spread it to many other people.

Furthermore, I would presume at this point, you're more likely to get COVID-19 from going to the grocery store or the door handle to your apartment building, than working at an Amazon distribution center.

At some point, we as a society have to determine a new path forward, our current path is unsustainable given that likely 70-80% of the population has or will contract COVID-19. Multi-month shutdowns aren't going to be saving any lives at this point. We have done about as much as we can to "flatten the curve" and hopefully prevent some portion of deaths from hospitals being overrun which they already are since every bit of data we've seen from this virus has been delayed.

To counter your point, what could Amazon possibly be doing to make this situation better for their employees?

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is in short supply for the entire United States, as evidenced by the heartbreaking lack of equipment for medical workers across the United States.

Given the fact that you need to make personal contact with someone or something they've touched, then touching your own face. It seems to me that short of shutting down Amazon facilities, there is absolutely nothing more Amazon can really do at this time.