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by factorial 14y ago
You must be joking! The book you are referring to accompanies a course called "CS116". What about digging through some graduate school course catalogues instead? Of course Kernel development isn't impossible. Otherwise, there wouldn't be an
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by factorial 14y ago
I'll quote you again: "There is nothing, in software engineering that can’t be done by other “non-genius” programmers. Further no one developer is greater than a community of developers. - Coding Ninja" If you think that kernel programming
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by factorial 14y ago
Who creates the tools that allow, in your world view, average programmers to compete with "geniuses"? Further, you are the one making bold claims, so the burden of proof lies on you. There are more than enough examples of great software wri
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by factorial 14y ago
Do you know who McCarthy and Alonzo Church were, what the lambda calculus is, and in which way LISP relates to mathematics? If this is all Greek to you, then please look it up. Next time, though, please do some research BEFORE you write blo
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by factorial 14y ago
This blog post is ludicrous. Seriously, how bloated does your head have to be to insert your own quotes in your blog articles? Check this out: "There is nothing, in software engineering that can’t be done by other “non-genius” programmers.
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by factorial 14y ago
So, do you know accept that there is a biological difference between men and women? It seems that you do. But now you claim that we have to "beat biology" to eliminate the differences. Bravo! You are twisting and turning, pulling random arg
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by factorial 14y ago
Do a Google search on "IT needs more women", make a mental note of the number of hits you get, and then do a search on "Plumbing needs more women". Please report back which number is bigger. For extra credit, calculate by which factor the f
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by factorial 14y ago
Do they really start out equal? I've played chess for a few years, and all I know is that it gets quite competitive rather soon. Probably you are referring to scholastic chess where teachers plunk down chess sets in front of their pupils an
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by factorial 14y ago
Yes, most girls JUST don't like to go into IT. Two years ago feminists said that girls are "too smart" to go into IT. Now that it's one of the few fields that are booming, they have to be in IT. Also, did it ever strike you as slightly odd
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by factorial 14y ago
If it's only played due to the platform it is on, then it's due to a novelty factor. I got that you were after "viral spread", but imagine a world in which people cared a bit less about rapid deployment and more about quality. I rather play
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by factorial 14y ago
Easy: Look at the gender balance in engineering, and you'll find that there are not many women. Conclusion: Women don't like engineering as much as, say, political science, medicine, or communications. Re.: brain differences: it's called sp
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by factorial 14y ago
Yes, and discussing a positive question might reveal that discussing how the world should be according to some people is a futile concept as it denies biology.
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by factorial 14y ago
Sadly, the author doesn't understand the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy and neglects the possibility that boys and girls are simply "wired" differently. Modern science supports this view as there are significant differences between the
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by factorial 14y ago
"Honestly, HTML5 games get more attention just for being HTML5 – deserved or not." ...that's one of his arguments why HTML5 is the "best platform". I wish he would have gone more into detail how he defines "best" as his understanding of tha
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by factorial 14y ago
Did it ever strike you that men and women are not actually the same? I know, this line of reasoning is not popular among the gender studies-infested crowd, but it's just biology. There are dolls because girls like to play with dolls, and no
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by factorial 14y ago
There's nothing keeping parents from buying the more elaborate LEGO set for their daughters.
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by factorial 14y ago
Logic is completely absent from your argument. Imagine you are a your typical US high school graduate, and the message you've gotten for years was that women are better at anything, that they are more likely to finish school, get a degree e
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by factorial 14y ago
The gender pay gap is a complete myth and noting but propaganda. In fact, accounted for hours, women actually earn slightly more than men. Seriously, if any employer can get a woman to do the same job as a man then why on earth does anyone
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by factorial 14y ago
Are you a man or a woman? Further, do you work in tech or don't you? There is certainly something fishy about you and your style of argumentation. Your rhetoric also reminds me of women. Sure, cold hard facts are "ugly". What's next, callin
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by factorial 14y ago
Please elaborate on why my second point is "outrageous nonsense". You just aren't convincing me with shaming language.
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by factorial 14y ago
Huh? How does this relate to anything either you or I have written in this thread? Now all of a sudden we have to get more women into tech because there is a "shortage right now". Why not motivate more men who may be more interested in tech
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by factorial 14y ago
I'd say that the statistics speak for themselves. If you (sp332) say that women are discouraged from entering tech, it's just as valid to claim that men are discouraged from entering basically any other field. Besides, I get the uncanny imp
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by factorial 14y ago
What's your rationale behind your reasoning? I'd say we need people in this field who can actually take some heat, no matter shether they are male or female. There are certainly also plenty of guys who get driven away. Just have a look at h
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by factorial 14y ago
Hmm... Couldn't it just be that men are discouraged (!) from entering basically any field other than science/technology these days? Just have a look at the gender distribution in most majors. Why is nobody making a fuss about creating more
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by factorial 14y ago
This certainly does not apply to conferences that cost a cool four figures to attend and are geared towards the corporate market. Nobody can tell me that the organizers are not making money.
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by factorial 14y ago
Please tell this to the crowd that is so desperate getting more women interested in computers....
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by factorial 14y ago
Why do you assume that the community is unwelcoming toward women? Isn't it just equally plausible that women just don't really want to be in technology-oriented fields? Maybe they just much rather prefer other areas. I know, the thought tha
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by factorial 14y ago
The SNES is now close to 25 years old, and the older the hardware gets, the more serious the issue of "bit rot" will become. Among NES collectors, it's not rare to find people lamenting not being able to play their original cartridges anymo
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by factorial 14y ago
Why is this on HN? The "after" picture looks as if the guy had just pulled in his belly, to be honest, and calling a diet "radical system-hacking" is quite a stretch, isn't it?