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by dbloom 12y ago
Just to be clear: they raised $5 million, not $5 billion. (I think the original commenter mixed up the two)
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by dbloom 12y ago
It looks like the URL of the article has an alternative (older?) headline in it: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-02/tinders-forg... "Tinder's Forgotten Woman: Whitney Wolfe, Sexism, and Star
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by dbloom 12y ago
It's ironic that Mr. Rad went to such great lengths to keep his friend Mr. Mateen from facing the consequences of his behavior for so long. Because by putting his friend above his company, he ended up hurting both even more. If Rad had
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Tinder's Forgotten Woman: Whitney Wolfe, Sexism, and Startup Creation Myths(businessweek.com)
149 points by dbloom 12y ago|98 comments
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by dbloom 12y ago
(I've actually been upvoting most of this conversation!) I think we're actually on the same page -- I don't think personal attacks help at all. The whole point of Hacker News is to have interesting discussions, but personal a
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by dbloom 12y ago
> * Mateen did send some "inappropriate" messages to Wolfe (Tinder has, bafflingly, acknowledged this publicly). It is very unusual to see a company actually acknowledge an allegation like that. But do you think it was a bad id
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by dbloom 12y ago
I agree on the point that allegations aren't true 100% of the time. And it is tragic when someone's reputation is irreparably tarnished as a result of a false accusation. But it's important to keep in mind that the vast major
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by dbloom 12y ago
The reason that I downvote most (not all!) of those comments is: 1. They emphasize a culture of doubt about these accusations, which may discourage people in a situation like Ms. Wolfe's from stepping forward. On the other hand, the ac
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by dbloom 12y ago
It means that they have irrefutable evidence, as I said before. What does it mean to you?
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by dbloom 12y ago
Directly from the complaint: "Justin Mateen joined Tinder as Chief Marketing Officer, a position that made him Ms. Wolfe’s direct supervisor. Within two months after he became an employee, in November 2012, Mr. Mateen began pursuing a
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by dbloom 12y ago
So you're saying that Ms. Wolfe can accuse him of sending harassing messages, but IAC can't? Even if IAC has irrefutable evidence that it happened?
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by dbloom 12y ago
> Key word: Private. This is a ballpark guess, but probably about 99% of workplace harassment is done privately. > Where do you draw the line when you work with and are dating the same person? The only fault I see here on IAC is hirin
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by dbloom 12y ago
So why did the woman get fired? Why didn't the man get fired? Does this seem fair to you?
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by dbloom 12y ago
Before we all jump on the "he-said-she-said" bandwagon, keep in mind that IAC (Tinder's parent company) has confirmed that Mr. Mateen did send harassing messages to Ms. Wolfe: "Through that process, it has become clear t
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by dbloom 12y ago
More general information, and a list of other "soft microprocessors": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_microprocessor
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by dbloom 12y ago
Things that are "par for the course" aren't necessarily acceptable, as we all know.
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by dbloom 12y ago
Behavior like that is not acceptable for someone in a position of authority at a company no matter what the context. (It's not clear what Moghadam's specific role at Rap Genius was, but he did have a seat on the board of directors
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#YesAllWomen(twitter.com)
2 points by dbloom 12y ago|0 comments
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by dbloom 12y ago
The point I was making is that many of the planes in the boneyards are in working condition (assuming you gas them up and do some other trivial un-mothballing work). It's not like a car, where it can be driven until the wheels fall off
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by dbloom 12y ago
> The low frequency also gives them longer until they have to do a heavy maintenance check -- which, for an older MD-80, usually costs more than the plane is worth. By the way, that's why we have this phenomenon: http://e
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by dbloom 12y ago
There's a healthy market for used planes. Allegiant is a great example. They fly slightly less fuel efficient MD-80s which can be bought at bargain prices from the legacy carriers (MD-80's are those narrow body jets with the engin
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by dbloom 12y ago
The regulations only apply to the engine computer (which is probably not changed much in each model year). There is no strict quality or safety (or aesthetic, for that matter) regulation for the entertainment/climate control system use
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by dbloom 12y ago
> I also find Shanley's demeanor extremely rude, off-putting and counterproductive to a discussion on any topic. Linus Torvalds is even worse according to your definition of bad demeanor. Would you say that this helps or hurts his a
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by dbloom 12y ago
Umm, then he should release the video.
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by dbloom 12y ago
The GitHub or Mozilla stories are more interesting because they raise good questions about what behavior and points of view are acceptable for people in power. In the RadiumOne CEO case, the answers to those questions are obvious. I know th
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by dbloom 12y ago
> Even more importantly, RSA did not issue a denial (though I concede that they may have later on, I just haven't googled it yet): Here is RSA's denial (emphasis added): "RSA, as a security company, never divulges details
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by dbloom 12y ago
Thanks for your feedback, but please re-read my example more carefully. In my example, I talked about organizations distancing themselves from RSA (the company), not the NSA (the US govt agency). And as far as I know, no formal, independent
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by dbloom 12y ago
Your criticism is equally applicable to any advocacy organization that distances themselves from an alleged situation that they morally oppose. For example, would you say the same thing about EFF and ACLU speakers canceling their RSA confer
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by dbloom 12y ago
It's actually 501. (I spent a few days at exactly 500 wondering why I couldn't downvote yet...)
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by dbloom 13y ago
> CO is a denser-than-air gas, so stays near the floor while the Protect is mounted on the ceiling to detect smoke Research on this topic seems to indicate that CO dissipates pretty evenly: "Contrary to a significant amount of publi

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