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by pstack 13y ago
I can't tell if people here are being intentionally thick or not. "Is bro supposed to be sexist or is it meant to be ironic?" "Man referred to manual, not men!" I can't even imagine many of you people watching
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by pstack 13y ago
I joined Sun slightly after Sun Quentin and from about that point on, it felt like a very different place. That is, very engineer-friendly and exciting, but I joined the tech workforce at about the time when you had to start being more blan
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by pstack 13y ago
Frankly, the entire religion aspect of the discussion doesn't belong here. As an atheist, I'm entirely fine with you finding comfort in whatever you like, even if it is completely irrational. It is your business. I also accomplish
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by pstack 13y ago
There's no discussion to be had. A toddler may feel at ease because someone convinced him his flashlight will fend off the monsters in his closet and under his bed. It helps the kid sleep, but there's no enlightened, meaningful, o
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by pstack 13y ago
It doesn't help that life or death issues for men, like testicular cancer, are almost completely ignored. About a decade ago, I had the same concern as you and after a scary doctor visit (which included his female assistant observing,
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by pstack 13y ago
Well, the author was apparently there with her when this occurred. Doesn't sound like he spoke up about it. Frankly, that seems weird to me. If this happened to a friend I was out with, I would be expected to say something. Unless he w
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by pstack 13y ago
I know that, without reservation, my fiance would respond to such a situation with a "dude, what the fuck?! Get off me!" rather than demurely accepting the situation and biting her tongue until she could get home and blog about it
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by pstack 13y ago
Repeating your accusations doesn't make them true. Knock your vile rhetoric and bullying off for five seconds and quote, for all of us, the specific sentence or more from Merritt's comment where he shamed the author, implied or su
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by pstack 13y ago
Hbags, you are full of shit. Merritt said the behavior was unacceptable and the way to fix it is to address it when it occurs. Followed by the comment: --- "Running off to write yet another gender-division-in-the-tech-world blog whi
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by pstack 13y ago
So, anyone who has any sort of income at all should be humble and content, because while someone may be artificially hindering their income and networth, at least they aren't a homeless person on the street with no income. I guess . .
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by pstack 13y ago
I think everyone on the internet should be forced to use their real identity, except for me , because I have a completely legitimate reason for wanting privacy and anonymity!
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by pstack 13y ago
Of course. In most states, you can be fired for anything, except race, sex, and religion. And in the rest, good luck proving you were fired for those reasons.
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by pstack 13y ago
You could not hide slavery, a woman's inability to vote, internment camps, segregation, or any of these other things. Spying on your own people, however, is something that has always been hidden in this country except the times it has
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by pstack 13y ago
Only 10? I've backed almost 700 crowd-funded projects. Almost all video games. Even accounting for those sure to say "I give up and can't finish the game, but I'm keeping your $50k" and those that have to delay thei
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by pstack 13y ago
The whole "and should end" thing always makes me laugh. Oh, we just determined that violating the constitutional limitations on government is against the constitution, so we're going to stop violating the constitution, now. N
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by pstack 13y ago
It's more than one every other minute only for ONE company! I can't even fathom how many there must be if you throw in Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, AT&T, Sprint, and countless others.
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by pstack 13y ago
Exactly. I think people get hung up over what level of math and what type of programming. Sure, you use general math in almost all programming. Up to basic algebra and maybe a little more. I've done well enough for myself, but never re
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by pstack 13y ago
You wouldn't know it by the prices.
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by pstack 13y ago
Don't we all just assume this is going on? Also, if it's alright to pay major gaming sites and magazines and personalities to talk about your product, why not some knucklehead with a bunch of youtube followers? It's no less s
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by pstack 13y ago
Exactly. Not being content with what we have and not being endlessly amazed by it is what propels us to drive for even greater advancements instead of standing around like remnants from an ancient society completely gobsmacked by a guy maki
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by pstack 13y ago
The answer is to work on the issue from all appropriate angles, but also taking accountability for your own safety and protection. All the cultural programs and political promises and media campaigns and jail sentences are not going to help
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by pstack 13y ago
Email is just fine. It lets you address things as you like, puts no time pressure on you, and gives you a written record of your discussions. It's also low-overhead and universal. Don't blame email, if you can't create a few
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by pstack 13y ago
The video was completely void of real content and seemed more created as an attempt to self-justify and rationalize the choice for the author of it to rent, instead of buy a home. There are different markets, different economies, different
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by pstack 13y ago
Even if many people felt they could actively do something about it, they are in direct opposition to all of the people who mindlessly undermine their country by spouting rhetoric like "well, we have to give up some privacy if we want t
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by pstack 13y ago
Which is kind of bizarre, because how much extra effort would it have taken them to pave a walkway to the door and have some lights on a randomized timer during the night, to give the impression that someone uses the home? Although, I guess
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by pstack 13y ago
This is entirely common, all over the world. Maintenance, accesses, and vents to the New York subway system are hidden behind non-existent town and row-houses and you can discover them if you pan around Google Maps for awhile. http:/&
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by pstack 13y ago
Because nobody but yuppies would prefer not to have a giant substation or maintenance station of various sorts slammed right into the middle of a neighborhood? Also, for things that would otherwise simply not be covered at all, it keeps kid
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by pstack 13y ago
I don't think I've ever used antibiotics, but I'm concerned that in the next decade (when I'll be in my mid 40s), I will have a fairly major surgery that exposes me to a lot of potential infection. The idea of not having
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by pstack 13y ago
Right. My point was simply that there's little point to them being concerned about their ISP in the first place if they're exposed elsewhere along the chain (unless they're simply worried about being locked-down from accessin
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by pstack 13y ago
That's why I said it is what we have today. Right down to spying on dissidents and political adversaries and blackmailing and extorting them for personal, political, and economic gain.

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