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by britta 13y ago
There are many potential examples, but I'll explain an example from my own experience. I'm a woman, and I've enjoyed tagging along with my male friend who is very friendly at conferences and similar events, talking to all kin
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by britta 13y ago
I got curious about what they'll do with the seized bitcoins, and http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/04/fbi-silk-... covers it: "I asked the FBI spokesperson what the plan is
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by britta 13y ago
Some discussion from earlier today here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6606423
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by britta 13y ago
I usually go back to Pinterest to find the specific thing, and sometimes I'm directly browsing through my pins while trying to think of a gift. But it's a leaky system of course; for example, sometimes I've pinned a Flickr ph
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by britta 13y ago
Heh, careful with that "we" - don't leave out those of us who are in the target demographic of both Hacker News and Pinterest. :) I have less purchasing intent while browsing Pinterest than I do while looking at Yelp or Amazo
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by britta 13y ago
According to friends who have tested them, Gunnars don't block blue light very well, but these $8 safety glasses do: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000USRG90
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by britta 13y ago
Hm? Not up in arms, just politely noting an inaccuracy. It seemed unnecessary to pull out the Edward Said quotes.
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by britta 13y ago
In the context of code, "Dash" makes me think of the documentation browser: http://kapeli.com/dash I hope that's not confusing enough to cause problems for either of them.
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by britta 13y ago
The following is a response from Dan (who hasn't registered an account yet): Thank you for your comment. I wrote an explanation of why I'm not overcomplicating the problem - allow me to address your concerns: 1) "Since grav
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by britta 13y ago
Sort of weird to lump a whole region together. I'd agree though that traditional Japanese aesthetics include a lot of great descriptive terms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aesthetics
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by britta 13y ago
My friend writes this blog and I edit it, so if people have questions, feel free to ask. More explorations of falling slinkys: * http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/modeling-a-falling... - a different w
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by britta 13y ago
Nice, thanks!
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by britta 13y ago
My friend and I write a physics/art/geometry/math blog with gifs for illustrations: http://danielwalsh.tumblr.com/ - denser posts, but hopefully fun. (Here's also a list of posts, since they're so l
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by britta 13y ago
You did an admirable job of responding to piles of comments that needed Consent 101. (Civility isn't even the main problem here - so many of people's comments were superficially civil but callous and misinformed. HN needs empathy,
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by britta 13y ago
Thanks for making an effort in this thread, to both you and sneak (and others). It takes so much energy.
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by britta 13y ago
It can be really hard, almost impossibly hard, to make decisions when you're suddenly confronted with a situation that breaks your understanding of a person you trust (especially a person who has power over you, and especially a situat
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by britta 13y ago
That article's explanation of consent easily supports a world where a lot of women hesitate to unambiguously initiate romantic relationships and sex. For example, the partner can listen to her hints, ask to confirm that his guess is co
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by britta 13y ago
...yes, it is. Of course it's not as simple as saying "yes" or "no" in real life, but the point is that if a person is communicating something less than an obvious yes - for example, if a person is unusually quiet,
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by britta 13y ago
I am very sad to read this comment. Instead of writing ten paragraphs, I'll just try to write a little story: Imagine you are in a building that has suddenly started to shake violently - and in slow motion you realize that this is your
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by britta 13y ago
I help a little bit with OpenHatch, a meta-project that helps people find open source projects to contribute to: https://openhatch.org/ - you may find it interesting to explore. You'll probably want to look for a proje
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by britta 13y ago
At the LA Makerspace, the Hacker Scouts program (Los Hackers) has a focus on kids but is open to all ages.
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How to do a good job dealing with sexist jerks at a tech event(medium.com)
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by britta 13y ago
Why not! This post is about moderating a very large and very complex forum, which can be interesting to anyone who participates in forums, or anyone interested in social software and online communities. I'll attempt to explain some of
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by britta 13y ago
There are SIM interposer devices ("a thin microprocessor that sits between your network SIM card and the base-band hardware") that can unlock an iPhone 4S on iOS 6: http://www.applenberry.com/gevey-ultra-s-gsm&#x2F
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by britta 13y ago
They did renew the exemption, but they limited it to only apply to devices purchased before January 2013. Their mandate is to only provide exemptions for cases that really really need it, and their reasoning for limiting the exemption was t
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by britta 13y ago
Yeah, I have to wonder if their renewed interest in this is a PR move to distract from more serious tech issues.
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by britta 13y ago
I wrote a blog post on this recently: http://jeweledplatypus.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/text/conferen... - the strategies there aren't going to fit with all conference styles, but they can be adapted and us
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by britta 13y ago
Unfortunately, positive articles about conferences encouraging participation from women are less likely to get voted up on HN - as these comments show, there are many people here who are uncomfortable with the whole idea of conferences tryi
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by britta 13y ago
Discounts could make sense because of the evidence that women tend to be paid less than men, but that would have to be handled with a ton of tact - I don't know how I'd do it. I've also seen these forms of practical support f
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by britta 13y ago
Google distributes stickers that say: "I'm a woman in tech. That doesn't mean everything has to be pink." See https://twitter.com/blackfemcoders/status/318072430771978241 for a photo. They&#x27

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