Vula_Design

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by Vula_Design 12y ago
I hear what you are saying and I agree that the term patriarchy is a very loaded one. However what I am referring to is, as other commenters have pointed out, a systemic patriarchy. I am by no means implying some sort of conscious system of
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
This article is the worst kind of inflammatory journalism. I would never attempt to deny that there is a systemic patriarchy in place, or that white privilege exists, but tying every perceived injustice in the world to these braoder issues
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Indeed. I would say this makes the issue even more difficult to deal with. As you say, people who weren't even reporting directly to her maintained the code of silence over breaching email account rules. If memebers of the government t
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Yes, but that is self regulation. I think the point here is that, short of having convenient Romanian hackers break into the personal accounts of high ranking officials from time to time to update us, the state and the public have no way of
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
I agree, but in this context I think that it's a valid criticism as their business model is a sort of 'all things under one roof' delivery system that should be prepared to offer a simple delivery like this one ate a competet
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Obviously preaching to the choir here, but it's good to see big companies, that could 'benefit' (when taking a very narrow view) from shaped net distribution, coming out in support of hardline net neutrality.
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
I couldn't agree more. As the co-founder of an app development company curently working on our flagship I have had a very similar experience. Although I wouldn't call myself an expert in the field it will impact (and I think some
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Fascinating idea, I would definitely read it. I think that design is often a term that is too readily equated with 'graphic' or 'product' design and dismissed as aesthetics. The reality is that we live in a human-designe
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Indeed. If I were a prospective employer who was intereseted in your presence on Hacker News as a way to separate you from the crowd, this would not be the article that did it.
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
Despite the humour and, on the surface, being a story about ordering a burrito, I think this is actually a very useful 'what not to do' cautionary tale for startups. They've clearly got a concept which, on paper, sounds like
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
I don't write code myself but my startup partner is a programmer in London who has been struggling to make ends meet for a while now. There are certainly jobs to be had, most of which pay fairly equivalent wages to most starting salari
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by Vula_Design 12y ago
The mind boggles at how much of a disjuncture there can be between executive management and their development teams within a development-driven sector! When will the marketing graduates realise that the web is not a magical dream-realisatio