demewmew

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by demewmew 14y ago
People learn in a variety of different ways, and I'm also a developer who always prefers a reference manual over learn-by-example techniques. You may not be one of those developers, but that doesn't mean we don't exist. I imagine there ar
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by demewmew 14y ago
Yes! And if you're so worried about how "technical" you'll sound when asking for feedback (which you may or may not get - nobody's entitled to give it), you also miss out on the potential to get some data points to refine your approach in
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by demewmew 14y ago
You're making a lot of assumptions that may not be correct in your reading, because they certainly weren't explicitly stated: in particular, that agpen is a woman (not a given from the comment in question), and two, that "men are the root o
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by demewmew 14y ago
There are plenty of bars where, if that's how drunk people act, and the bar staff has any sense, then the drunk people get kicked out. The drunk people get kicked out because it's bad for business, i.e. if people are made to feel unsafe (a
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by demewmew 14y ago
I think what agpen is trying to say is, "Statements like this are offputting to some people [women] who want to participate in tech." That's going to vary by the individual, but acknowledging that these statements have an offputting effect
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by demewmew 14y ago
So well said. When people don't take you seriously, clever hacks are the next best solution. The "What She Really Said" IRC bot story reminds me of this as well.
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by demewmew 14y ago
In my experience the decrease in performance can be felt both short-term (the classic example of students taking a standardized test) and long-term. It also doesn't necessarily mean that someone is doing poorly - they may just be aware tha
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by demewmew 14y ago
The lack of compassion here demonstrated by people who clearly have not even tried to empathize with the experiences of those with stereotype threat is disheartening. It's a phenomenon backed by increasing amounts of research and as someon
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by demewmew 14y ago
Being able to label that thing that's been interfering with my ability to get my work done is definitely a productive thing. But I also think there's another, far more useful purpose for educating people suffering from stereotype threat abo
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by demewmew 14y ago
> It was more of a general remark, since a lot of times the talk of gender equality is thinly veiled advocacy for mandatory gender quotas. Really? Honestly, the only people I see talking about gender quotas are the people who are ferve
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by demewmew 14y ago
Who used the term "sexist"? Not mjg, and the BBC article only mentions it in terms of the ensuing debate. I have no doubt that mjg avoided using it, in part, because people seize upon it to derail the discussion, as you seem to be doing.
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by demewmew 14y ago
I think you're missing the point. It doesn't matter whether or not I like big boobs, or whether or not I like childish humor. If I'm interacting with people in a professional or collaborative context, and I employ childish humor, it's tot
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by demewmew 14y ago
> some women say that even small things like these can wear you out eventually, but I don't know. "Death by a thousand cuts", and yes, it's very real, and yes, this (and the resulting discussion around it, even moreso) is very much a "c
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by demewmew 14y ago
Exactly. What a depressing array of responses here. This is precisely why this needed attention.
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by demewmew 14y ago
As one of the commenters on the OP mentioned, live-tweeting is often used as a means of note-taking, and much like the commenter in question, I find it's crucial if I want to stay engaged with both the presenter and the content. I could ke