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by Oxitendwe 10y ago
>If there's a real "cultural purge", we should expect EasyDNS to go bankrupt for defending groups alleged to be "white supremacist", "racist", and "Nazi". So, for his claim that there are ofte
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Well, it's nice at least that you recognize this for what it is - a power grab by the left to seize control of a powerful and influential industry with which they can impose their agenda on everyone else. I don't agree, however, w
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>To those expressing concern that this proposal represents "reverse sexism" or is anti-meritocratic: Nobody is arguing that this is "reverse sexism", merely sexism. If you don't think disadvantaging men in partic
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>If it comes down to the flip of a coin, why not add more diverse opinions if the team is male-heavy. Likewise if the team is female-heavy. What is the value of having an equal number of men and women? What is a "diverse opinion&quo
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If such a problem exists, then its solution does not involve institutionalizing discrimination.
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>The women in tech pipeline is a leaky, toxic pipeline that results in talented women being driven out of the industry. I'd be very interested to see some evidence of this. How many women leave, at what stage in their career path do
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by Oxitendwe 10y ago
"It may take proactive behavior, like choosing a women over a man when growing your team, just because, or promoting women more freely." Can you tell me what is equal about hiring a woman over a man, "just because"?
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>consider the stereotypes of computer programmers "wear hoodies, look kinda disheveled and drink mountain dew. probably asian or white" women/girls don't (shouldn't?) look like that. therefore they can't be
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by Oxitendwe 10y ago
>Your argument is essentially that there are almost no women talented enough to be in leadership roles in tech This is wrong. There are plenty. My point is that these people should not be given special treatment and more opportunities if
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>proponents of affirmative-action policies argue that the handicap offsets disabilities from the glass ceiling, discrimination / stereotype threat in the workplace/education pipeline. How do you know that the disparity in women
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Was it not his entire point that these people should be given an advantage? What else do you think it means to be "pushed into positions of influence"?
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>that fact, that outcome, deserves direct acknowledgement, attention, and recompense. Why? Your statement has an implicit assumption - that all demographics have equal interest and potential in every field and community. This has not bee
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I agree absolutely, it's disgusting. What sort of message does it send to women, that they cannot succeed without special treatment? We get nothing out of this.
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>The best way to improve the representation of women in the field is not to recruit them, important though that is, but to promote them. To create role models. To push them into positions of influence. I find the idea that we should &quo
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>As a result of Thursday's action, "thousands" of small and medium-sized internet service providers (ISPs) around the country are no longer required to give their customers detailed information about broadband prices, spee
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>That's why the NRA's position is to say NO to any kind of gun regulation, because they know that's how you ensure guns are made available and gun culture is for sure secure. There also exist groups whose sole purpose is t
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You're absolutely right. Cloudflare is a "global active adversary"[1] and has done irreparable harm to the internet at large. This is just a small taste of what's surely to come from CloudFlare's massive influence.
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I think it's very reasonable to say that the reason it made her bosses look good to have a woman on their team was directly because of the push for diversity and inclusion in the tech world. Why else would they value such a thing?
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Ironically, I've known women who've wanted to drop out of tech culture because of the massive push for "inclusion" and "diversity". Nobody wants to be a diversity hire, and nobody likes seeing people propped up
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>There's a lot of defensiveness in your response, which is understandable given how charged a lot of these conversations can get. I've intentionally phrased the questions to allow for disagreement on whether these topics should
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>Do you believe there are any disparities in demographics between the general population and a given field (such as tech)? I don't have to believe it, if you look at any statistics on this subject, you'll see some pretty obviou
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by Oxitendwe 10y ago
Yes, hiring people based on their race/gender creates a perverse framework of incentives. A good example of some of the problems that arise from valuing "diversity" over actual merits is Susan Fowler. Her bosses treated her v
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I don't understand why anyone would need a "diversity strategy". Just hire whoever seems like they would do the best job, and then spend the remainder of the apparently monumental effort that you would have spent executing yo
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For what purpose, exactly?
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This has already happened: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/7/14200210/amazon-alexa-tech-...
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Snapchat is based on a lie. You can't give someone information and also control what they do with it, to make sure they delete it. It's the very definition of a passing fad, it doesn't do anything unique or special not done m
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So, what you're saying is, you have no real evidence that his policies are going to adversely affect any of these groups?
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>even in the happiest timeline we could have ended up on after 2016 I'm not really sure why you mentioned this, did something bad happen?
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That's not really something people typically argue against when criticizing globalization - the issue is that these people are often helped at the expense of citizens of other countries that pursue a globalist agenda, and that people b

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