FeministHacker

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by FeministHacker 14y ago
"it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and unchanging and incapable. It’s patriarchy that says men have animalistic instincts and just can’t stop themselves from harassing and assaulting. It’s patriarchy that says men can
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by FeministHacker 14y ago
http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ Lighten up, I didn't mean it, I didn't intend to upset you, so it must be ok!
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by FeministHacker 14y ago
I don't have the reference to hand, but it's worth noting that when women use only 20% of conversation time, they are perceived by a group to be dominating the discussion. The same thing is in effect here, basically. A bot with a very limit
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Whilst on a small scale they are very random, there are some good studies (sadly I don't have the references with me) that show that over large areas, they actually become quite predictable - so this is less of an issue than people think if
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
The management-heavy buying process still applies, however - as support and service contracts become extremely important for large organisations, and are essential to their operations.
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
It's great to see that I'm not the only one who likes to use this approach! :) That is probably the best example of this tactic I've seen, very well written. [Also, I couldn't let this comment thread go without this nick getting an outing ;
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
A bit of engineer's rough estimating: System was built in 2003 - 8 years ago. Assume moore's law of doubles every 2 years - expectation of 16x more powerful Actual increase in performance - 22x in 1/4th the size Given that it's then a quart
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Whilst your average person at home may not be able to fork out $1.4M, this is in the afordable range of many medium to large businesses, and opens up access to private compute clusters* The highest cost for supercomputers isn't the raw hard
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
This is a personal favourite of mine, and actually one of the key moments in me and my girlfriend hooking up, strangely enough
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
I am of the opinion that businesses are defined by how they handle the exit of customers more than by how they handle take-on of customers. A customer being difficult to manage or not profitable still deserves a professional exit. These sor
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
What I find interesting is the ultimate heratage of MineCraft: If I recall correctly, Wurm Online directly owes it's existance to RuneScape, a Fantasy MMO with skills instead of classes, and a strong crafting system. RuneScape started origi
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
1 to 3 of your above list are about determining and uderstanding, not influencing. Sure, ultimately this would be about influencing, but you can't really do that without the former being well-understood first. Arguably, the former is actual
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Changing your name is not an option for many people: 1) In many parts of the world, this is a complex process in and of itself. Often you need to petition a court, and to place notices in local papers. 2) Names have reputation. Just because
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Likewise. I typically keep open a large number of tabs, opening a pile of links at once and then going through them during the working day. At any one time, I tend to have a hundred-odd tabs open. Although to be fair, firefox isn't too happ
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
On 3, Bruce Schneier has the following advice, which seems a little more sensible than wiping your devices in all cases: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/laptop_securit...
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Somewhere buried at home I have an old Cobol programming book, talking about how, as a programmer, typing was beneith you. Instead you were instructed to write neatly on cards and supply these to the typist for her to type in.
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
The problem with this is that it reflects the issues with our society more than people's genders. Having a reasonable education and writing about STEM* tends to make anyone male, according to that. * Science, Technology, Engineering and Mat
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
There are more names than you realise that give away little about gender, or are used by people across the gender spectrum. For example, Alex, Sam, Rowan, Raven, and Kim. And as for photos, it's harder to tell than you think from a static p
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
To be fair, it actually is hard to parse - I'm re-reading it, and trying to work out how to word it better, but the fact that I'm actually using a freeform gender, and the academic term genderfork, makes it hard to see how. I'll have anothe
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
The range of answers you get when you give a free text entry field is wonderful, and proves why this is the best route. On matters like forced revealing of gender, my gender is rage. I'm in the process of trying to convince an genderfork ac
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Sorry, I should have been more specific on this point - I was on my original draft, and I forgot to put it back in. If you read through lulzsec's twitter, they entered a petty dispute with someone who hung out on a channel on the 2600 irc s
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
after much deliberation, the typo has been corrected :P Clearly my regular keyboard is showing solidarity with the issues I have been having with swype on my phone today :P
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
19 years old & English - this was kind of obvious, really. In my experience, people interested in hacking and infosec over the age of 25 are more likely to know about 2600 and hold it in some regard, unlike those younger than 25. Hence,
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
None of them. The only suggestion listed that you seemed vested in was away notes, so do that one if any. None of the others really cover the main problem you're aiming to fix, and you don't sound like you are excited about the task they ex
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Unfortunately for LulzSec, they lost any respect I could have had for them when they went after 2600 (As far as I can gather, someone they were [potentially rightfully] in a dispute with used the 2600 irc servers. Go figure...)
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
I can also confirm that a lot of interesting things did go on weeks or months ago for some people. More than that I can't say.
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by FeministHacker 15y ago
Let's be honest. This is racist. There's really no avoiding that. But it's also "ironic racism". Whilst this is problematic from a minority rights campaigner point of view, when in a group of friends who understand that it's "ironic racism"
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by FeministHacker 16y ago
You're missing an option: I'm a [person] who wants to create thoughtful moments for my [Significant Other]. Not hard to add, and there are lots of good reasons to include non-gendered options.
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by FeministHacker 16y ago
"The assertion that people in privileged positions can never see their own privilege is refutation-proof" Actually, I never said this, and I wouldn't. Most people who are privileged don't directly realise this, but it is common for concerne
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by FeministHacker 16y ago
You're missing the point. The issue is not the raw numbers, but the pychological problem - that people like you are not in power, or not as equally holding power. That you are not of the type of people who have power. And yes, there are oth

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