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by Veelox 9y ago
#36 asked "A person's political affiliation would influence how you think about:" If it is possible I really want to see this broken down by political views of the respondent. I feel like that would be a really good data poin
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My current understanding of the idea of white privilege is that white men have structural advantages so that it is easy for them to succeed. Part of this is being unaware of the privilege and having the luxury of not having to notice things
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I think this mindset is part of what the poster is asking about. It seems like you are celebrating the pulling down of white men instead of being sad we cannot elevate everyone else to phycological safety.
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by Veelox 9y ago
Tl;dr Since employers cannot ask about criminal history, they use stereotypes to make there decision instead. Studies show the stereotype filtering leads to worse outcomes for PoC. I came here to say this, thank you for finding the souce.
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by Veelox 9y ago
>People on both sides pretty much share the same values Sorry but I think you are significantly mistaken. To give two examples of statements that are common from each side. "Homosexuality is sinful" and "All white people a
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by Veelox 9y ago
Im curious, what objectively terrible advice have you seen? I want to make sure I didn't pick some up without knowing it.
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I'm not sure if you are serious or joking...
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I'm not sure how you made the jump from race-blind admission to need-blind... I agree that more would need to be done than just saying "anyone can apply" but I don't think that the University should be doing most of the
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by Veelox 9y ago
I think you raise sever good points. The past did contain city planning that was racist and had redlining. Those are past problems that do need some form of correction and I would support correcting them if you have specific actionable idea
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What things are happening in the Midwest that you consider overt racism?
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by Veelox 9y ago
I think you are on the right track to try to develop a better vocabulary about racist attitudes. But it needs to be more nuanced than the Racism/racism distinction you draw. Lets flesh out the pricing algorithm example. Lets say a home
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by Veelox 9y ago
I see humility as having a proper understanding of your own ability without arrogance. If I am at Thanksgiving dinner and my mom tries to brag that I am the best programmer in the state it is humble to correct her in saying that even though
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by Veelox 9y ago
I grew up in the Midwest and moved to Silicon Valley. I think that people here don't understand what this author describes as "Midwestern history is a study in racial quarantine." I would go as far as to say that racial is th
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by Veelox 9y ago
The part the I think was closest to the truth is that the Midwest does not have a strong collective culture like the East, South, West, or Southwest. They are much more likely to identify as part of their state or city more than the Midwest
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by Veelox 9y ago
It might be helpful to change your style a little to accomplish the same goal with less conflict. Always always give people a way to save face, this applies doubly in meetings. If people feel like the choices are being right or being respon
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by Veelox 9y ago
You really expect to hear a product update via HN comment?
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Upton Sinclair said "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" Another way to put it is that it is difficult to get a man to believe something when everyone one h
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by Veelox 9y ago
I think you have provided a great example of why people don't feel comfortable expressing doubts about climate. A thought exercise to hopefully make it easier to empathize with these people. Imagine you are transported back several hun
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Redfin and Zillow might have beat you to it but real estate has a lot of old-fashion practices. I think there is a lot of space in that industry to improve. One anecdote I have a friend (~30) who works in real estate appraisal. He says the
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by Veelox 9y ago
The idea of having a Bay Area "Mayor" sounds like an idea that could have solve a lot of the problems in the Bay Area. The issue would be trying to make that transition happen, seems almost impossible.
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by Veelox 9y ago
I have found that Dave Ramsy is has really good advise if you are in debt, need to get out, and have no idea how to do it. I think it isn't very good advise if you are getting out of college and make 6 figures.
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by Veelox 9y ago
The other pieces of advice are all good resources. Something that I am learning is that sometimes the "financial planning" advice you see has the goal of maximizing $$$. Realize that it is your money and you can spend it how you w
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Question, will this have a noticeable impact on the N.K. economy or is it more of an inconvenience?
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by Veelox 9y ago
I would agree that thinking slavery is bad is better than enslaving people but I think that statement is not very useful because it is like saying x > -(Graham's Number) and is not a very useful statement. What I am wondering where
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by Veelox 9y ago
To try and be charitable to the poster, I think a better example would be "Would you be okay burning witches if they really did curse people?" than the Nazi example. I think another way of saying phrasing the same idea. Let us ass
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>Hating what white people did to Africans does not make me evil, in fact it's a morally superior position. Interesting, specifically, the "morally superior position" part. Are you willing to explain how hating what white p
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by Veelox 9y ago
Background. There are two ways gamers think about games "real-time" and turn-based. The question about a bullet is most likely referring to what gamers would call a "real-time" game. The thing is, we programmers are forc
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by Veelox 9y ago
I would be interested in seeing the research about the negative effects of corporal punishment if you have a link.
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I think the comment about China was a way to highlight that a country with no Christian back ground (and thus no history of a Protestant Work Ethic) bans drugs. It is a round about way of point out that the PWE is not the only reason drugs

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