zallen

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by zallen 10y ago
Whoever downvoted me not only has no sense of humour but is also clearly bad at math. Maybe you need to be replaced by a lady.
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by zallen 10y ago
Oh, I don't know, let's math it. I keep hearing that women need to be twice as good to make it half as far. Sooo, 20% women in STEM x 2 x 2 (twice as good; and, multiply by two to make up for half as far) = ... 80% Q.E.D.
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by zallen 10y ago
I keep reading this positive stereotype about women needing to be twice as good to make it half as far, and yet this outcome would be a the natural consequence of that if assessment was to suddenly become fair. People need to better choose
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by zallen 11y ago
This guy has just got daddy issues: his father is a CS prof at Yale. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gelernter , mention of his son as this guy: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1000142405
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by zallen 11y ago
Answering this question feels like the hardest problem I've solved yet... ;) Because, I don't know: I've never really thought "this one! THIS is the hardest!" You just iterate and things get more and more challengin
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by zallen 11y ago
> "That wasn't so hard. Why did it take me so long? Am I bad at this stuff?" Hah. Always. Hindsight bias and impostor syndrome are a fun mix! I remember writing a blog suite (with comments!) in Perl in the late 90s; back t
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by zallen 11y ago
You do realize that finance is one of the worst places for representation of women and is recognized as a cesspit? ( http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/072_terminated_women.... ). It's wonderful that y
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by zallen 11y ago
That is a very good start.
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by zallen 13y ago
Found this sneaky advertorial for CodeCore Bootcamp, which promises to make you a software developer in only 8 weeks! 8 weeks! Sos that you can access fabulous jobs in Vancouver for the exceptionally high average salary of $50k a year! FIFT
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8 weeks to become a software dev in Vancouver...? Sure.(vancitybuzz.com)
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by zallen 13y ago
Fuck you. ...Was that emotional enough? Or not emotional enough? It's so hard to tell.
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by zallen 13y ago
@kansface It's not bad for your credit rating. A number is simply a representation of the account. The account doesn't change. It's not like getting a whole new item of credit issued. Just the means to access it. Also, great idea. But a pai
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by zallen 14y ago
Wait, she looked at the cached version of the site and found the IP address? My stars! What a hacker! (not even nslookup?) They left a database backup in a publically-accessible web folder with directory listings turned on?! That's shocking
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by zallen 14y ago
The post you're trying to recall was this: http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ Women in tech often are exposed to a culture of subtle denigration. A single incident may not seem like a big deal (and, in fact, isn't), but
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by zallen 14y ago
1. The topic isn't about men's participation in other fields; it's about women's participation in this field. The 'what about men?' argument is something that you see a lot in many spaces where women's rights and inclusion is discussed, and
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by zallen 14y ago
I keep returning to the time Etsy decided that they wanted female engineers ( http://www.themarysue.com/etsy-female-engineers ) and tried to figure out how to find them ( http://firstround.com/article/How-Etsy-Grew-their-Number-of-... - go
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by zallen 14y ago
It's not about you.
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by zallen 15y ago
"Men do not hit women." Right. Except all those cases of domestic abuse, I mean. "Men are polite to women." Have you ever actually been a woman? Typically men ignore women, except attractive women, who they ogle or patronize. In stores, men