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Unfortunately you just have to avoid it. Wheat, flour and bread isn't processed well in the US. For grains and beans, soak them for 10 minutes in baking soda or 5 minutes in activated charcoal. It doesn't get rid of everything, but it's a solution.

I learned this lesson the hard way. I worked for a company that had a huge culture problem. I made the mistake of telling the truth to HR about it, and suddenly I started going from beyond excellent performance reviews to strangely poor performance reviews about my "personality" without any explanation (and even resistance when I tried to ask about it). They were slowly documenting enough negative evidence to let me go. Unfortunately New York is an "at-will" state, so I could never file a wrongful termination suit. The power is one-sided.

One of my favorite things about this article is it's a dad (with a spouse who also works), talking about how important his family is to him and his struggles to have both family and work (AKA "having it all" when some women talk about the same thing). It's refreshing, because it shows that wanting to be both a caregiver and a breadmaker for your family isn't just a women's issue. I wish more articles would come out like this.

This is kind of awesome. Really great landing page. Great testimonials - makes me feel like if I use it, I know many others will already have it (or will easily adopt when I share it). Screenshots are perfect - I know exactly what I'm getting myself into. You guys turned some great insight into a great product. Can't wait to use it myself.

quick edit - have you guys seen Spot.IM? I know this isn't exactly a competitor, but it's probably good to check out: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/22/spot-im/

Wow this is awesome! Motivates me to get moving on my own side projects.

Parse actually seems pretty developer-focused. So does Syncano, except their free tier is limited. I believe they're changing that, though. Pubnub, Kinvey, etc. all seem to target more enterprise clients.

Also:

http://www.syncano.com (freemium)

http://www.pubnub.com (freemium)

http://www.socket.io (open source)

It'll be interesting to see what Google does with firebase. There are already alternatives out there - but question is - which of them will succeed next?

You might want to check out Syncano for real-time apps/data storage. If you're looking just to do just push notifications, check out PubNub. I believe both are independently owned. And yeah, bummer about the whole Google thing.

We actually started using Docker a few months ago and it really sped up our deployment process. It's not only incredibly faster than using virtual machines for testing; it allows you to host multiple apps on one server and to have all versions of your app ready to download and run. More info at http://www.syncano.com/reasons-use-docker/

The irony of getting one huge bad news article that does more than enough to account for every bad review they evaded.

Pretty bold of them to think they could fight social media and the consumer-powered era with such an outrageous policy. Power to the people!

Wow. Pretty bold of them to think they could fight social media and the consumer powered era with such an outrageous policy. While I am amazed at their lack of embarrassment, (especially since the policy is still up on their website), it's great to see how people can win > businesses today. Power to the people!

Wow. You've taken a key insight and created something that directly hits the emotions of your users. You're engaging their feelings, passions, and desires. It will be nice to see how your website, communications, and even your product evolves!

Thanks for creating this!! I just submitted our startup :)

I love the comparison of the octopus with a smart alien. We might not completely understand them, but something about them tells us they are intelligent beings.

What a beautiful thing for a father to do. I love your passion and your urge to create a solution in some way. Can we donate less than $276?

I am so glad articles like these are coming out. It's brave to reveal these intimate and embarrassing situations. I wonder how things would have gone if she or another man in the room had reacted. I think there is a need for women (and men!!) to stand up for women rather than just "walk away." Could you just imagine what that meeting would have been like if a male employee just said, "seriously?" and walked away instead of Heidi walking away?

Singapore is also a tiny island with a limited population that has to import most everything. Over 40 years they've somehow created a culture of hard-working over-achievers and have one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world (they're currently #3). Being dependent on imported goods doesn't seem to be much of a problem here, so perhaps the secret lies in their carefully planned cultural shift. (But if it were me, I'd much rather be a Kiwi with a lower income and laid back lifestyle than a Singaporean with high expectations and a life of hard work).

This is awesome, and exactly the type of thing I've been looking for. Thanks so much for sharing! Can't wait to try this out.

This is a really great visual way to learn CSS vocabulary. Love the simple and clear UX/UI. Have you thought about adding pop ups when you click on each term that explains the exact purpose of each? It could be an interesting way to expand this into a 5 minute self-taught tutorial.

There are two interesting groups at play here - the tech companies that own all data, usernames, etc. on their platform and the user that needs to be on their platform for the company to exist and be successful. Our private information becomes public information when we share it with some of these companies, and they are given permission to own and use the information to a certain extent. They promise us security and stability at first because they need us, but when they don't depend on us anymore they can get away with sacrificing those users who don't contribute enough in order to serve their own interests. Because what does losing one person do to them? Are we all going to boycott Instagram now? Probably not. There definitely needs to be some regulation on how internet-based businesses can use and change a user's information because our public/internet identity has become so integrated into our lives that an incident like a sudden change in username can feel like a violation of privacy (even when it's not really one).

This is great, but I'd suggest having an instructional module as soon as a user signs on with more details about the different planet sizes, what they mean, and what the "actual" distance would be between the center and the 2AU barrier.

Like what you're trying to do here!

It took me some time to figure out what I needed to do. Immediately, when I see "select," I think "click," so I clicked on the item instead of typing in text. Consider saying, "select images by typing in their class below."

Instead of ".classname," give an example. Also consider a pop up tutorial or a guide that shows you what to do on the very first lesson.

The list of lessons is also confusing. There needs to be something that says - this is what you've learned and what you still have to learn. Otherwise it just looks like a strange list of words from a language I don't know.

Also - consider putting the instructions on the left hand side, and putting "Learn CSS!" or something at the top instead of "Select ???." Because I read from left to right, right now I see the image first, an instruction to select something on the image (which I and others will interpret as "click on the image") and then I stop (rather than go all the way across to see the other instructions). If I see the instructions first and know exactly what to do.

Great job on this!

Perhaps her comment that she was single and non-technical is true. She could have found her co-founder on her own and gave it a shot, but that relationship didn't work out for any number of reasons, leaving her on her own again. Who knows. Finding co-founders that fit isn't easy!

Every business experiences fires that they have to put out, and their transparency on what exactly the issue is keeps us informed and on their side.

This is by far the best. version. yet.

Using Chrome and it's not working!

It's so interesting how our generation is so deeply interested in this idea - what would we do if money wasn't an issue? I really loved this video - a good reminder to feel okay to break the "traditional" structure and pursue happiness.

Awesome app - love your videos. UI design is great, and love your ease of signing up via social media. Would be really cool if you could sync this with Google Fonts!