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The Great Automatic Grammatizator (By Roald Dahl), 1954 [pdf]
Which content sites are still up and running in Russia?
There are rumors of people posting news about what's happening in the Ukraine as Google Maps reviews for restaurants in Moscow. What other UGC content sites are still up and running?
A Russian businessman has put a $1M bounty on Vladimir Putin's head
I Was a Lifelong Vegetarian. I Decided to Taste What I Was Missing
Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy
A quick guide to Stripe’s culture
Capturing Antarctica
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Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial
Yes, Zenefits has a gorgeous interface which feels much more modern and sleek than something like Trinet. The trade-off is that the healthcare benefits are inferior for a small company - because unlike a PEO, Zenefits is NOT pooling together tens of thousands of young, healthy employees across many companies and getting a good deal from insurance companies. Yes, as an employer, you don't play the hefty admin fee you pay Trinet - but you just don't have access to better plans for your employees.
The other pain we've found is that at the end of the day Zenefits is simply a wrapper around third party services (healthcare insurance, payroll etc.). If everything is smooth sailing, there is no problem. the moment something goes wrong there's this super frustrating finger pointing session where you have to call Aetna directly, or Intuit Payroll and Zenefits blame each other, or no one wants to cop to a payroll tax filing error. If you have an employee waiting for some critical healthcare reimbursement, this he-said/she-said is the worst. Never had to deal with that with the one-stop-shop PEOs.
Zenefits has great software but the customer service needs some catching up. Maybe this round of funding will do it.
Sex Education in Europe Turns to Urging More Births
Ask HN: Conference phone/hardware recommendation?
Does anyone have a recommendation for hardware for conference calls? Most of our team is in one location with the occasional remote member or client calling in. We love hipchat, uberconference, hangouts etc. but sometimes we just want that person who's WFH that day to be able to hear what everyone else around the table in the office is saying. We currently use a polycom soundstation2 which...