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by 1auralynn 8y ago
It's kind of like what happens with the people who invest in startups... the founders who fit the investors' conceptions of what brilliant people look like get funded. It's also a big problem in philanthropy and why many time
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This is so sad. I met him once when my company was doing some work for Vulcan and I was impressed that his manner was so understated but SHARP, he just "got" things very quickly. My favorite anecdote from that time period was some
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People always say Minecraft doesn't have good graphics or whatever, but that game's color palette and overall design aesthetic is VERY good. Everything is consistent, and when you're playing it you forget that it doesn't
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I watched the Ken Burns documentary about the dust bowl, it covers the science and farming practices that led to it - VERY interesting and well done, if a bit dry. My main takeaway was that they "solved" the dust bowl by pumping w
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Apparently we synthesize ~10,000 IU just from being outdoors on a sunny day for a couple hours.
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I've actually found that forced "tangential" thinking makes me fall asleep really fast. Basically, free association but you have to move onto the next thing instantly (eg. Think of a feather and then it's like a comb and
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If you're having a bunch of angsty feelings, listening to music can really help make you feel better and more connected with other people and the world. I think this is a matter of correlation doesn't equal causation.
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Launch HN: 10k – build worlds using data (in VR)
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Redesigning neighborhoods to be walkable not driveable. Rezoning so that more businesses can open near residential areas, so people can walk or bike to work, walk to get groceries, etc. More people around leads to more serendipitous interac
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Many ambitious women want recognition, period, not to be asked about their clothes, husband, etc. Articles that focus on those things might get more views, which I think is the more interesting thing to discuss. Speaking as a woman, I'
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Maybe it has something to do with the fact that women have to hear "Well... maybe it's just that women aren't naturally good at programming" 17 billion times throughout their careers.
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In general the crowd at hacker news prides themselves on being super objective, so I think it's worthwhile to recognize the fundamental subjectivity of being a human.
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I'm in the same boat as you recently, and all I can think of is the story (maybe a myth or fable?) about the painter who was cursed with his paintings coming "alive" when they were finished - to everyone's detriment. So
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Anyone who wants a deeper dive into this stuff should read the book Reinventing Organizations, which goes into detail about Morningstar as well as several other "self-management" organizations. Really great read. https:/&#x2
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Right, but my point is that if you have actively experienced discrimation, you're less likely to judge the research as unwarranted. You can argue with my off-the-cuff example, but as you mentioned there are many documented cases of dis
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Interesting. Going along with the biological metaphor - maybe what is needed is a) redefining the boundaries and cohesion in smaller units of organization (e.g. local communities) and b) a more organized circulatory system vs. a kind of dir
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Sometimes when you just accidentally find out a male coworker is making way more than you (for lower quality work even), then you don't have to search very far. For a lot of women, we assume that there is discrimination because it happ
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As someone who spends a fair amount of time with software developed by researchers (mostly biochemistry visualization software), that for all the "research into what has been done", I think there is a huge amount of effort being d
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The real way we're going to see equity in girls going into computer science/tech is for it to be an academic requirement, or at least an honors-level course in all high schools. In my high school in the 90's, computer science