wtflmaohnisdumb

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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Who the biased algorithms are written by are pretty irrelevant. The argument is they are biased against anyone who is not a white male, and that we should be aware of that.
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Because race is intrinsic to how many people interact with the world around them?
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Canadians are criminally underpaid. I made significantly more than many full-time employees (I'd wager the majority) on more than half of my internships. Adjusted for rent and cost of living. I do love London, Ontario though. Beautiful
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
I can't see why you would be skeptical about bias given studies (not relying on IAT) showing that -- all else being equal -- people with minority names on their resume get significantly less callbacks? The same goes with subtle class c
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
I was interested if the parent moved and maintained his (adjusted) total comp and was happy with his decision, or was happy despite a loss in total comp. Obviously there are good companies and bad companies everywhere. :) (FWIW I'm not
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Anecdotes: Claiming racism and sexism will put off anyone in the center who may be convinced that there is a diversity problem. I would prefer the term "subconsciously biased against". It's not so much a concentrated group ef
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
> The oddest turn is that of blaming the global rise in income inequality on SV, and then to lambaste SV for trying to come up with solutions to ameliorate that problem as it proceeds to its logical extreme. People don't like new pe
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Do you get similar salary / benefits (adjusted for rent)?
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Perhaps as people who call themselves "engineers" we should move away from the idea that "gets the job done" is good enough? Especially when we have security breaches left right and center.
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
I think it's an issue with teaching. I am teaching a few people in my spare time and the way highschool (& sometimes university) teaches programming is not conducive to learning or understanding. I've still yet to meet a kid w
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
> Some people should not be in this industry -- not because they don't have the chops; but because they don't actually want to put in the time and effort to develop their skills. And it is an overwhelming task. In what world is
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Internships are paid a decent amount too. More than the average American by some distance.
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by wtflmaohnisdumb 9y ago
Maybe you're asking the wrong questions or are from an undesirable area. I mean the example question you're using is just trivia and not difficult to learn when a problem arises. I'm not sure how much more you want compared t