Inconel

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by Inconel 9y ago
I appreciate your comment, and I should state that I am aware of the impact that stereotypes, both positive and negative, may play in the broader cultural landscape influencing career choice, among many other things. With that being said, s
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by Inconel 9y ago
It's late, and sometimes my reading comprehension sucks, so just to be extra clear, are you suggesting that the representation of Asians in tech is due to the stereotype of Asians being good at STEM and not the fact that Asians are wel
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by Inconel 9y ago
Aren't Asians fairly well represented in tech, particularly at the larger SV firms? If they're trying to keep things exclusively White, I'm not sure they're doing a great job of it. This of course isn't to say that
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by Inconel 9y ago
I don't. What articles have you seen that paint Google negatively and are frequently flagged? I'm genuinely curious.
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by Inconel 9y ago
I agree, particularly with your point about thinking critically and treating others with dignity, but at the risk of sounding overly pessimistic, why are you hopeful that the broader tech community can help, or even wants to help, leapfrog
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by Inconel 9y ago
I think reasonable people can disagree on how well the SPLC does this considering their including of Maajid Nawaz among their list of anti-Muslim extremists. Edit: To clarify, I understand that you were referencing their hate crimes databas
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by Inconel 9y ago
That is true but I think there are also times when it isn't so much a problem of rich people necessarily getting away with breaking the law, although obviously this happens as well, as much as specifically targeting laws or the enforce
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by Inconel 9y ago
Those are all valid points but as I tried to address in another comment, it becomes more nuanced when you try and account for various different privileges intersecting. The problem with your point scale for me is that it's fairly simpl
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by Inconel 9y ago
The laws don't have to be unjust for the enforcement to be biased and discriminatory. Even when the enforcement is unbiased, and that's a pretty big if, the consequences aren't nearly the same for the poor as they are for the
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by Inconel 9y ago
While I think it's a very good idea to take stock of one's privileges relative to others, and how these privileges impact the outcomes of our lives, I'm a big proponent of the notion that privilege lies on a spectrum, it isn&
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by Inconel 9y ago
I had a couple of friends try a number of online dating sites/apps over the past few years and whenever they would show me profiles I was pretty surprised to see so many women with a hard cutoff of not dating anyone under six foot. I n
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by Inconel 9y ago
I know it's not polite to ask about downvotes here, but why is this comment being downvoted? I thought it was pretty well established that height plays a role in attractiveness.
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by Inconel 9y ago
That's pretty unsettling. I wonder if I'm going to find myself in a similar situation regarding social networking as I found myself in regarding credit cards a number of years ago. For the longest time I didn't have any credi
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by Inconel 9y ago
I'm fairly certain I read that this system will also allow citizens to assign trustworthiness scores to friends and acquaintances.
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by Inconel 9y ago
If you're comfortable enough to dive to the bottom of a 32 foot pool unaided, I would suggest you give scuba diving a try, assuming you have the opportunity to partake. It can indeed be somewhat scary at first, but again, assuming you&
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by Inconel 9y ago
This[0] discussion from the other day has some interesting comments about employee compensation. And then there are acquisitions like this[1], in addition to the infrastructure costs that have been mentioned. [0] https://news.ycom
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by Inconel 9y ago
Yes, that article isn't specifically about automotive batteries but I figured it was still fresh in reader's minds. It wouldn't surprise me if ICE cars had similar problems with conflict minerals, particularly in the catalyti
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by Inconel 9y ago
There was a discussion on HN a few days ago dealing with this issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14964857
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by Inconel 9y ago
Yes, I understand that, which is why I explicitly said they were advocating for it, not forcing it. Unless I completely misread danso's post, he was asking which groups advocate and/or are forcing this, the and/or to me signi
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by Inconel 9y ago
I also didn't really get the author's point about all the unattractive female engineers on TV. I actually think the opposite is the problem, for both men and women, that the engineers or scientists you see on TV tend to be ridicul
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by Inconel 9y ago
I really enjoy your writing, in particular you have a way of articulating some complex points very clearly, so I'm somewhat hesitant to respond here since I feel like I'm about to get schooled, but don't groups like Girls Who
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by Inconel 9y ago
It may not be any different. In any case, and irrespective of this specific case or how anyone might feel about it, I think it's probably a good idea to be critical of claims like bad cultural fit when coming from corporate execs. Yes,
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by Inconel 9y ago
I don't have a citation or link handy at the moment, and I don't have the ability to find one right now, and I'm going by memory so I will preface this by saying it's entirely possible that I am wrong here, but I believe
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by Inconel 9y ago
Thanks for responding and clarifying some points. I agree that from what I've heard Germany doesn't suffer the same kind of problems the US does in regards to the dealer experience. Not to pile on here, but I think this is one of
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by Inconel 9y ago
Not to be dismissive of your comment, but I think the topic of privilege deserves more nuance than you are giving it. Privilege doesn't exist as a binary state, where some people enjoy privilege and others do not, we all enjoy some pri
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by Inconel 9y ago
>it's easy to retool the factories. I don't work in an automotive factory, but everyone I've asked about process engineering and factory tooling, has told me the opposite, that it is in fact quite expensive, both in capita
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by Inconel 9y ago
I'm aware of the origin of the phrase, and how it relates to white flight, urban deindustrialization, housing policy, specifically public housing policy, and housing discrimination, particularly as it affected the urban core of major c
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by Inconel 9y ago
This is the first time I've heard this kind of argument here on HN. It sounds an awfully lot like victim blaming and I'm unsure why you think it acceptable that certain people not be allowed into certain parts of a city. Also, as
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by Inconel 9y ago
Hmm, I'm not a native English speaker, although I do consider myself fluent at this point, and I'm not terribly bright, so I fully admit I could be misinterpreting things, but the quote didn't seem particularly philosophical
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by Inconel 9y ago
Section 3 is most troubling to me as well, even if I can mostly agree with some of his other points. I particularly enjoyed the notion of the manifesto's author being punched in the face while at work, and this being a reason Mr Zunger

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