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by colmvp 11y ago
It's really funny. People say Buzzfeed? And I'm like, who do you think is making money right now, our national newspaper or Buzzfeed? Who do you think is hiring instead of being forced to let go of high quality journalists, our na
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Anecdotal: The % of people I know who found a LTR that translated into a marriage via online dating is still significantly lower than the people I know who met their eventual mate through friends/meetups/work. I'd guess in my
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by colmvp 11y ago
Regarding your point about black women: At least in North America, Black females, like Asian men, have a harder time in the dating scene partially due to their gender/ethnicity combination. Both sets endure media representation and ste
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I used CoffeeMeetsBagel. Nearly every women I'm matched up either has a Masters, PhD, Law Degree, or Med Degree. Too bad none of my statistical positives (wealth in real estate, part ownership of a successful startup) show up in my pro
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by colmvp 11y ago
Honestly, I'm positively perplexed by this comment. Twitter allows me to follow writers and influencers like Malcolm Gladwell, William Gibson, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, to niche industry influencers ranging from Rails engineers
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by colmvp 11y ago
Steven Yeun of Walking Dead talked about having to reject roles that specifically stereotyped Asians. Imagine doing that as an Asian man who traditionally finds it hard to find roles in the first place. Or look at the dearth of the lead rol
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by colmvp 11y ago
> I don't think there should be quotas but the tech industry demographics do not come anywhere close to tracking with our country's demographics. Every industry ranging from Construction to Accountants has gender/ethnicity
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God that statement made me roll my eyes. It felt so condescending. Let's totally forget you know, us Asians (people of color and a visible minority in the West) who contribute to tech companies at a high rate and who also have had to o
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by colmvp 11y ago
Mobile usage keeps rising and apps that have a lot of engagement like Facebook garner incredible amounts of revenue from companies wanting to advertise on that platform. The subsequent effect is media ranging from Wired to my local newspape
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Personally it irks me that tech has excellent representation of diversity in the forms of people of colour, specifically Asians from different a diverse set of backgrounds, yet they don't count in the tally of diversity.
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That said, I'm always surprised by how people are so quick to discount luck. Or consider a bad thing if they got lucky. You can be both prepared and have an opportunity and still fail because of factors outside of your control. Likewis
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by colmvp 11y ago
Honestly, it's why I as a POC dislike Hollywood and a lot of Westernized popular media in general. We tend to be under-represented and stereotyped, which can have a subconscious effect on the masses.
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It's strange to me that this article with such brevity is on the front page, yet the NYTimes article about the difficulties of individuals to survive in retirement age got bumped?
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by colmvp 11y ago
I'm not saying it's totally Mayer's fault, but there are numerous stories reported in the media in 2015 where high level execs were basically in limbo in late 2014/early 2015 where she was scurrying to come up with the b
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by colmvp 11y ago
Based on discoverability of zoom and the effort cost of adjusting the zoom of every site, I'd bet a lot of money on the vast majority of users in the world browse at 100% zoom over all others setting solely on the basis that it's
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Researched Cixin Lui. Wow. Why haven't I heard about him before? I'm downloading The Three-Body Problem on my Kindle tonight.
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It's funny how tech is a great use-case of remote work, yet if one reads today's "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" post, the vast majority of listings require onsite involvement.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/02/why... Or tl, dr: http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/02/Scree...
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Why Are So Many Middle-Aged White Americans Dying?(theatlantic.com)
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I know that the narrative is that there isn't diversity in tech, but I'm curious about the numbers of Asians who managed to get funding for their startups.
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by colmvp 11y ago
There might be a bubble, but extremely limited anecdata isn't enough to prove it. Who cares if people are spending money to get shit done for them that they don't want to personally do (laundry, groceries). As long as they can pay
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by colmvp 11y ago
You know, every day I feel like I'm told that I have to do something to help other people. There's always a cause. And you know, I'm not against that. I realize people have it rough. But there is this weird perception that As
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That's patently false. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color "Person of color typically refers to individuals of non-Caucasian heritage" "As Joseph Truman argues, the term people of color is
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“There are not a lot of people of color in the Valley—and that, by itself, makes it kind of unwelcoming” Oh I forgot, us Asians don't when it comes to people of color or diversity.
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If this keeps up, I have no idea how countries are going to deal with displaced migrants. We barely have the capability right now to properly deal with Syrians and African refugees.
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Even as a designer, I think you hit the nail on one my biggest criticisms about the profession: rationales without evidence. Most of the time, design rationales seem like they are based on the subjective POV of the designer rather than conc
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by colmvp 11y ago
Anecdotally, I know a couple people who buy a GoPro for a specific adventure. They use it, it's cool, but then it gathers dust for months afterwards. It's not hard to find used ones locally. Or to have a friend who you can borrow
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I'll say that I prefer buying physical books whereby the medium suits the matter. Incredible visuals like traditional art, design, and photography just aren't the same on an iPad. Technical information is easier to skim, note, and
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Great stuff. Also, experienced web devs in Steeltown? Awesome to see!
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by colmvp 11y ago
As a on-again/off-again user of Meetup, I've always been interested in a couple things. One, what % of meetups survive the first year? Second, what % of users rarely go to the same meetup group more than once or twice but remain s

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