Jem

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by Jem 15y ago
Not deliberately cherry picking, simply picking a time before great royal families and extravagant emperors had an impact on fashions and culture. Don't get me wrong, I'm no expert on this (just a passing interest) so happy to be informed o
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by Jem 15y ago
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that looking attractive for women is basically a biological imperative? The problem, as I see it, is that the evolved visual cues signalling good reproductive health are not in the slightest
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by Jem 15y ago
Is it free? This is vital information that your front page is lacking.
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by Jem 15y ago
Why have I not heard about this before? This is awesome.
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by Jem 15y ago
It's not brilliant here either (XP/FF6)
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by Jem 15y ago
Sounds to me like everything fell into place because you shifted the blame to someone else; absolved yourself of responsibility. IMO this achieves nothing in the long run. But whatever makes you happy, I guess...
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by Jem 15y ago
Interesting. I'm finding the opposite ... as WordPress grows I find more and more uses for it, more and more ways to hack to bits (which I enjoy doing :))
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by Jem 15y ago
I grew up having to pull my weight. I'm one of 6 - it was just not possible for us all to get the attention we "deserved" without helping out. I was cooking meals at the age of 9 and helping out with the laundry shortly after. I cleaned my
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by Jem 15y ago
Aha, thank you! :)
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by Jem 15y ago
I know that sitting is bad for you, I just couldn't imagine people standing all day instead. TBH after running around at home after my toddler I enjoy going to work to sit on my butt, heh :)
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by Jem 15y ago
I had no idea that some people like to code standing up; why is this? (Genuine curiosity, someone enlighten me please :))
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by Jem 15y ago
It's the user's chosen avatar.
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by Jem 15y ago
My partner works in a secondary school here in Shropshire (and I used to) and what you're describing is identical to the situation there. These kids you're seeing now are the kids that are still going to be like that in 10 years time. That'
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by Jem 15y ago
"We are talking about the same women who fought tooth and nail for things like the right to vote and who do lots of really tough things like raise a family (often alone). Are we to believe that a few sexist programmers scare off these same
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by Jem 15y ago
Surely the best 'hackers' of all time are the ones that haven't been caught?
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by Jem 15y ago
> I have never met a female programmer that was self-taught. Hi, how you doin' :)
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by Jem 15y ago
Of all of the male programmers I've worked with, none of them were half as good as they thought they were.
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by Jem 15y ago
This must be why parents have more than one child - they forget what it's like in the first few weeks :)
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by Jem 15y ago
I find it easier to read some of the low contrast sites than the linked - too MUCH contrast is often worse than too little (for me).
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by Jem 15y ago
That is what I meant, apologies for not making that clear.
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by Jem 15y ago
I wonder how people like you expect kids to learn how to socialise appropriately if they must be kept out of the way all the time.
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by Jem 15y ago
My mum looked after my daughter for a couple of months when I first went back to work. Unfortunately she's disabled so it's not a solution long term. My partner's mum works full time.
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by Jem 15y ago
Apologies for not clarifying my location. I earn the going rate for a PHP developer in my area, in a job that I love that's close to where I live. Unfortunately it's a fairly low-paying area, so although I could probably squeeze another cou
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by Jem 15y ago
Just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to respond - the response has been amazing, way beyond what I expected. I love the different perspectives. It's given me a lot to think about, perhaps confused me a little more.. but at least
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by Jem 15y ago
We're buying the smallest home in our area, don't vacation and don't eat out...
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by Jem 15y ago
I disagree, but I didn't write this to debate parenting methods so will leave it there.
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by Jem 15y ago
We did the legwork before we chose the nursery - dismissed several other options (including childminders) picking the one we liked the most. The problem is, my judgement is telling me to get her out. Hence the post!
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by Jem 15y ago
We seem to be having the opposite problem at the minute. The longer my daughter spends with other children / not having 1 on 1 time, the more withdrawn she gets. We went away for a long weekend recently and the change was amazing. I'd not s
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by Jem 15y ago
Thank you, I wasn't aware of this! (link: http://groups.google.com/group/hn-parents )
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by Jem 15y ago
To be honest we barely see each other now - we're at work all day then dealing with house stuff/etc in the evening. It wouldn't be a major difference! Thanks.

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