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Nope, just giving support to a demographic that they'd like to see growth in. It's what smart companies do.
by jcoder 13y ago
Nope, just giving support to a demographic that they'd like to see growth in. It's what smart companies do.
- TomaszZielinski 13y agoYou mean you would support them as much if they supported white males with blond hair ?
- jcoder 13y agoAnnnnnnd we've gone full Godwin in less than an hour! Nice work, HN. Hit the showers.
- jacalata 13y agoshowers? in context...really? :)
- theorique 13y agoI don't see what Finnish men have to do with Godwin. Mennään saunat, miehet!
- TomaszZielinski 13y ago1. You could also say that Alphabetus law says that in any discussion the likelihood of using all letters of alphabet approaches 1. So what? Godwin's law doesn't say anything about validity or invalidity of mentioning Nazis or Hitler. 2. I meant neither Nazis nor Hitler. I merely pointed out that if they were giving free accounts to a group that is not (considered to be) discriminated then suddenly it wouldn't be so cool. And just in case: there are many white males with blond hair around, I know quite a few personally and I've never suspected them to be Nazis. If you have any proof that some of them are give me a shout so that I can unfriend them!
- TomaszZielinski 13y agoAnd one more thing - I'm not against Ada Initiative or Github giving them free accounts. Good for them & cheers! What I'm sayin is that justifications like this one: "This reluctance has good reasons behind it: fear of being told they are bad programmers, fear of being publicly mocked or harassed, and even fear of losing job opportunities. All of these are greater risks for women on average than men." are IMO simply not cool. You discriminate one group of people, favor another group and all that in the name of equality.