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by drabbiticus 4y ago
Low-effort FUD. This is an image of the author, who is a tenure track assistant professor in Denmark. Your comment is not constructive, is not based on any evidence, and can be addressed through simply clinking through 1 link in the OP.
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by drabbiticus 4y ago
> Mott and Bailey. This image is not pornography. It's a tasteful head shot. You're introducing any discussion of pornography. Mott and Bailey. I can also name drop logical fallacies to no purpose. This image, though cropped, i
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by drabbiticus 4y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if in certain social groups or contexts there are people who choose to toss the word "ethics" around very loosely and completely incorrectly. However, there is an entire serious study of ethics and eth
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by drabbiticus 4y ago
It feels like you and many other commenters have missed the broad general point to focus on the proverbial trees. I am replying to this comment because it is at the top of the HN comments at the time of this reply. It is a part of computing
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by drabbiticus 7y ago
You could call it a hack, but it's also the standard way that lots of asian families make rice if they don't have a rice cooker and how I've done it ever since moving into an apartment and didn't want a bulky machine in
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by drabbiticus 10y ago
Similar project in python if that's your jam: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/quantities
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by drabbiticus 11y ago
The system is shitty for everybody and an appeal to a common humanity is absolutely critical for any reasonable expectation of humane social structures. However, to suggest that the experience of the system is the same for everybody is naiv
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by drabbiticus 12y ago
Actually this is a question I asked myself a lot growing up. When I rephrased the question as "Is it really a meritocracy if everyone is judged by the same standard but have different access to resources?" I began to feel that in
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by drabbiticus 12y ago
That makes sense and is a great point. My point, however, was not that we should demonize those who do go into fields that stereotypically/socioeconomically favor them. I sincerely hope it did not come across that way. Rather, we shoul
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by drabbiticus 12y ago
There isn't a big push to get women onto construction sites because of cultural beliefs about what men and women do. This is harmful to both men and women. In this case, women are believed to be less physical able to keep up with the d
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by drabbiticus 12y ago
Awesome! I am glad that you help to normalize people in those positions. I definitely agree that better role models is one of the biggest things we can do and ultimately is the best solution, albeit one that will mostly effect the long-term
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by drabbiticus 12y ago
To add to andylei's comment, I've pasted my own reply from Randal Olson's follow-up article ( http://www.randalolson.com/2014/06/15/the-double-edged-sword... ): I agree that men and women most li