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by NTDF9 11y ago
>> Really? You're serious? Women aren't as smart (or competent, to use your euphemism) as men because they would rather be popular and pretty? That men do the "hard stuff" while women stop themselves? Not all men d
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by NTDF9 11y ago
>> This is perilously close to arguing that women don't do engineering because they're not as smart as men. Smart is the wrong word. It gives the analysis a different connotation. I think the word we are looking for is aptit
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> What might be being implied is that women inherently don't have equal opportunity to pursue interests, if a bunch of women are interested and somehow never enter the field in comparison to men who show interest and enter the field
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by NTDF9 11y ago
Opportunities to pursue interests != career choice A lot of things are interesting to a lot of people. That does not mean they are competent in it to make it a viable career. In other words, even if I "think" I like something, doe
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by NTDF9 11y ago
Part of the problem is that there are too many things each language can now do. Every single language wants feature parity with every other language. Every single language wants to do everything. This means, an expert in one language is goi
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Not one time have I called her a "him" or an "it". I have been respectful and treated her like I would treat any other category of humans. People should stop trying to enforce something that does not seem to be a problem
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by NTDF9 11y ago
>> Its not the use of the adjective, in contexts where it is germane, that is demeaning, it is its use as a noun, separating the descriptor from the humanity of the person to whom it applies. Do you realize how stupid and trivial this
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by NTDF9 11y ago
>> The use of adjectives like "transgender" as nouns to label people is fairly widely viewed as demeaning. Exactly my point. In the quest for PC, we cannot speak the truth (the truth here being that she is a transgender) jus
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>> So do you think calling Caitlyn Jenner by her current name is PC? The expectation that every single individual knows everything about her history and should call her by her first name (instead of who she is best identified with...a
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I used to be a liberal. Then I realized that I cannot trust everyone who cries foul. I haven't turned conservative either. But I don't hold liberal views as correct by default anymore. The problem with today's liberals is tha
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We don't need them. Only 1-2 of these will actually survive.
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by NTDF9 11y ago
It all boils down to social pressure, doesn't it? Socially, it is unacceptable for men to be "losers". To have any social standing men have to do what is "respectable". Losing a job, for example, is not. Why can&#x2
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by NTDF9 12y ago
Because we soon realize that real life is not what it was all made up to be in textbooks and propaganda based literature. Personally, I want reality to be presented the way it is instead of constant self-glorification.
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by NTDF9 12y ago
It's the same old story again. A nobility is born and serfdom becomes the norm. Here's the kicker! Everyone thinks that the current form of capitalism is good. Right from childhood (at least in the US) the American system of capit
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by NTDF9 12y ago
As a first generation immigrant, you have no idea how much worse it is for me. Grew up in different cities in "home country". Moved to a new city in another country for college education. Moved to a different city for work. Next j
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by NTDF9 12y ago
Economics does work that. The amount of resources are limited by: a. Quantity of raw materials available for use b. Skill (labor and/or machines) to convert those raw materials into something useful. So while America had a lot of a and
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by NTDF9 12y ago
>> Because they built a society that can provide it. To everyone. That society was built on exploiting global resources and issues eg: selling weapons for wars, extracting oil, gold and diamonds from countries with uneducated leaders,
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by NTDF9 12y ago
Are we really this Myopic? Americans think that they deserve a certain standard of living. Why? Why do you deserve it? I don't see a good answer to this. For a country emphasizing competition and capitalism so much, I find it hilarious
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by NTDF9 12y ago
What a timely article! I was talking to my girlfriend about this yesterday and she became mad at me. What ticked her off was that I made a comment to the effect of, "Don't worry about <this problem>. Your parents will die so
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by NTDF9 12y ago
No. I'm open to potential mates who are not so lucky as long as they give me some indication of a successful marriage and will help me in a good upbringing of my offsprings. To put it bluntly, I don't want gold-diggers who value t
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This is also what I observed when I compared my life with my younger brother's life. While growing up, I was surrounded by a peer group of high achievers. I had a generally stable home environment and my reading, math and writing abili
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by NTDF9 12y ago
>> Maybe crowding into a CS computer lab dungeon full of sweaty, stinky twenty-something men was unappealing? >> why females get filtered out of tech before finishing college? This is the reason. Some jobs need sweating. No way
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by NTDF9 12y ago
I don't think the people standing on the sidelines crying wolf really understand the situation. The reality is that there are VERY FEW female graduates doing anything related to tech. That's why tech is male dominated. Go look at
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IMHO, what this article boils down to is that "Design" cannot be your product's key differentiator. Design doesn't really solve a "real problem" for the user. Design ONLY solves an important problem FOR THE COM
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by NTDF9 12y ago
The reason Indian students collaborate so much is because the way Indian education system works, hustling students survive better. Students who can read, share and gather information with peers always tend to do better than lone geniuses. A
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by NTDF9 12y ago
As an aside, I find it curious that so many mathematicians, programmers and others associated with logical professions be interested in music. I was relieved to see Olympiad guys from before my birth showing similar traits.
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by NTDF9 12y ago
As professionals, software engineers should be more supportive of each other regardless of their backgrounds. America has profited from some of the best international talent. That talent deserves to receive their fair share of rewards. That
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by NTDF9 12y ago
"software is the operational part of a device that can be copied and changed in a computer; hardware is the operational part that can't be. This is the right way to make the distinction because it relates to the practical conseque
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by NTDF9 12y ago
TLDR: It would be pretty bad in my team because, IMHO, interviews are a two-way dialogue. More details below. I do some hiring at a big systems company. We want to simulate your performance as a team member. We treat you as if you're a
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by NTDF9 12y ago
I've been passively observing and increasing my knowledge of macro economics for 2 years out of personal interest. What strikes me as remarkable is the amount of money the US spends on unproductive services. On the other hand, services

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