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The sign-up page to join our waitlist is here: https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs

But we aren't planning to allow folks to enroll / allow Khanmigo for folks with children under 13 at this time as part of our research phase.

Just to be clear: it's not for every student (at least not yet!). We are in a research phase sharing it with a limited subset of users. More details about our approach to the responsible development of AI: https://blog.khanacademy.org/aiguidelines/

^ Eng manager here at Khan, I can vouch for this!! We have a huge emphasis on work life balance on our team.

Mobify - Vancouver, BC

We think that the web should be fast, beautiful and accessible on every screen. Today that means making the web better on desktops, phones and tablets. Tomorrow it will mean Google Glass, smart TVs, and a host of other web-enabled devices.

We have tons of positions open - some of the most pressing are Front-end Engineer/Designer, HR Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager, and Product Manager. Some of the products we work on:

- Performance analysis tools written in Python and Postgresql, collecting data for billions of users and aggregating that data to improve the performance of responsive sites.

- Performance improvement tools, written in JavaScript on the client-side, and powered by many different backend services (image resizing, JS minification, etc) powered by Python and Node.js.

- Cloud based application that allows you to manage your projects and create amazing mobile/tablet experiences, and that provide an entry point into our performance tools. Written in Django and Backbone.

- We do a ton of open source - Mobify.js (http://www.mobify.com/mobifyjs/) and our UI modules (http://mobify.github.io/).

We are one of the fastest growing startups in Canada, doubling in size every year. Check out our jobs page for more info:

http://www.mobify.com/jobs/

Or checkout this great video about our culture, and life at Mobify:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4XFJUrniY

The point is, if his goal is to truly make him understand, he can achieve that goal MUCH faster if he doesn't hurt the ego of the person he is having an argument with. When your intelligence is insulted, you will spend a lot more time defending yourself rather then accepting a point.

Completely agreed. When you insult someone personally, they will defend themselves much sooner then they will accept your point. Instead of arguing against his point, he insulted the petition makers intelligence. When trying to make a point to someone, it's always better to do it without hurting their ego. Always.

and thusly will block the document from loading, most likely delaying first paint.

I wouldn't imagine having two or more images would make much of a difference until you start reaching the max # of TCP connections per host, since these images would download in parallel. Would still be interesting to see results for.

I use the Chrome Users feature to achieve this - one profile for home, one for work, and one for Facebook. Works a lot better then incognito mode!

Amazing story - I applaud the intestinal fortitude. I have long though about doing this myself. I have travelled quite a bit more then any other 24 year old that I know, and while I love travelling, I also love too many things about home to become a permanent traveller. I love the adventure of travelling and meeting new people, there is also tons of value in long term relationships with family and friends, and those are things I could never give up. Satisfying the travel bug while still maintaining strong long term personal relationships is hard!

So, this update might actually get me to switch back to iOS from Android. Anyone else?

Hundreds of websites use Mobify.js today, and the feedback we get has always been the same - how do you make it so fast?! I completely agree about perceived load time - it is just as important to consider as actual load time, and if Capturing caused a 10 second white screen, then the technology would be not very useful. Luckily, Capturing is very quick, and with the speed of mobile devices greatly outpacing the speed of networks, Capturing becomes even more useful. Plus after the first load, every subsequent page is EXTREMELY fast, due to the library cached and optimized by the JIT.

Of course, if you find that the initial white screen is taking longer then you would like, you could easily render out your logo and background color before capturing the document to improve perceived load time :)