coridactyl

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by coridactyl 14y ago
Is that a serious question? 'Cause I can think of enough ways women are made to feel unwelcome at these events without the added bonuses of envy and/or resentment.
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by coridactyl 14y ago
No, because I don't get to tell you what to do. All I get to do is tell you what I think, and I think you cried "Troll!" at someone's honest attempt to participate in a discussion. By all means, disagree. Just try not to freak out when othe
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by coridactyl 14y ago
I don't regard rape as a fate worse than death. It should be regarded as a crime worthy of prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, and right now it isn't. If people in the armed forces were killed by their fellow soldiers at the rate
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by coridactyl 14y ago
An attack on culture is not an attack on community. You're part of the community by default, but you can be better than the failings of its culture. No one is baiting anyone here except the people who feel the need to poke holes in a call f
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by coridactyl 14y ago
Everyone has hormones, most people have sex drives, and a lot of people drink. It's only the douchebags that attribute their awful behavior to the mysterious power of physiology and depressants that doesn't seem to bring out the inner creep
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by coridactyl 14y ago
Your comment should get downvoted to oblivion for its sheer lack of originality, panache, and basic human empathy, but let me humor you with a response: When 1 in N women can serve in the military without being raped by their fellow service
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by coridactyl 14y ago
As a longtime Apple product fanslave I've got to say, something like this would be welcome competition. Apple's obsession with sickly-sweet sentimentality (seriously, who uses FaceTime with any regularity?) grates on the nerves. A cold sc
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by coridactyl 14y ago
You might want to update that link, as it lands you on page 3 of the article.
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by coridactyl 14y ago
I think kids (usually boys) with behavioral problems getting misdiagnosed with ADHD is more due to the conformist structure of our godawful school system than delusional parents. Parents want the best for their kids, and if the child is und
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by coridactyl 14y ago
I appreciate the attempted compliment. It's nice to consider myself interesting and clever. Unfortunately, it's not so nice when I'm unmedicated to lose my train of thought constantly, be totally distracted by small noises (think Doug the d
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by coridactyl 14y ago
Revised: NYT: Ahem. LINKBAIT!!!!!114!234 Okay, now that I have your attention: "News!" BB: facepalm You're really not helping. NYT: Oh and PS, Pao's husband is TEH GAY!!!! BB: Seriously? NYT: Shut up I'm relevant.
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by coridactyl 14y ago
> Apart from that, saying that women did not contribute enough to the Internet, is like saying black people did not contribute enough to the invention of cars; it's mostly true, but it could be argued that that's because they were an op
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by coridactyl 14y ago
> For every woman who contributed in some way to the founding of the internet, there were hundreds of men. That's just reality, and to use that fact to argue any point about the state of the technology industry today is retarded. How is
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The Routine Is Familiar (a response to "Gangbang Interviews")(ampersandean.com)
2 points by coridactyl 14y ago|0 comments
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Should I Break Up With My Boyfriend? - an app for iOS(shouldibreakupwithmyboyfriend.com)
1 points by coridactyl 14y ago|0 comments
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by coridactyl 15y ago
So has anyone here crashed a conference or convention? I've wanted to but haven't for fear of someone recognizing me.
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by coridactyl 15y ago
And certainly flies in the face of the whole "women at startups are a liability because they could be pulled away from work by having babies" arguments we were seeing last week in the discussion on "STFU About What Women Want" piece.
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by coridactyl 15y ago
My inaugural post to HN. Article is by Faruk Ateş of Modernizr with writing help from me and a couple other badasses. Hope y'all enjoy.
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A New Code of Character(farukat.es)
4 points by coridactyl 15y ago|1 comments
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by coridactyl 15y ago
Then please, tell us what we should be doing, in concrete examples, to ensure equal opportunity for historically disadvantaged minorities in this industry. Honestly, I'm all ears.
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by coridactyl 15y ago
Durr hurr yeah cuz women complain all the time about stupid shit amirite fellas? You are the problem.
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by coridactyl 15y ago
Way to assume every founder is a straight guy.
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by coridactyl 15y ago
It would be really great if one could view the pertinent parts of this site (users' pages) on an iPhone, but "WHOAH THIS IS MOBILE!" is the redirect I'm getting. Sigh.