ikeyany

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by ikeyany 9y ago
Ironic that you accuse me of whitesplaining. Also, adding context is not invalidating.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I wasn't implying that it was progressive.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> I've never experienced anything that I could perceive as racist here and neither has my family. You'd certainly be in the minority. I've seen worse in far more "progressive" areas of the country. I hope people
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by ikeyany 9y ago
It's called being "Googley".
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Is it? How do other countries get produce without cheap illegal immigrant labor?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Would there be a shortage if these jobs paid $20/hr with more comfortable work conditions?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
"Hard" engineering is lucrative. As word gets out, more people enter the field, and the field becomes less lucrative. Women just happen to finally be entering the field, so it appears that feminity is the reason why hard engineeri
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Lack of incentives for good behavior is the natural outcome of a necessity like housing being privately owned--with no realistic alternatives. Liken this to water; we are free to buy our own expensive water if we want, but wouldn't you
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Grocery stores act as a middleman; they aren't the sole provider of food. I don't think that analogy is sufficient.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The industry is based on making money off people who need a home...is there really any room for ethics?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> It's also very easy and PC to venerate the poor out of some misguided sense of pity or moral absolutism. No one genuinely aspires to be destitute. The poor are seen as noble in some aspects, but that's often a defense mechani
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by ikeyany 9y ago
We love to talk about how being born a certain gender or a certain race shouldn't hold you back from achieving anything you want in America. But what if you are unlucky enough to be born into a poor family, or in a backwoods, downtrodd
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Viruses and bacteria avoid harm and death if they can help it, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can "feel pain".
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> the preferred, humane method of killing a lobster or crab is a swift knife cut through the head Yes, this is known to kill the crab.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Those barriers are certainly falling. The campaign to end the live boiling of lobsters and crabs [1] is underway due to our findings that crustaceans can feel pain. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-428736
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Don't underestimate the number of people out there who are far wealthier than us 9-5 coders—people come from all over the world to buy property on the west coast.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
foreign-born*, but yes, that would be acceptable.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Should be flagged then. Who writes this kind of trash?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The title tricks the reader into assuming "foreign" means "H-1B". Should it be resubmitted with a less misleading title?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
This is one of the upsides to a socio-economically diverse workforce. If all of your employees come from upper-middle class backgrounds, you'll only solve upper-middle class problems.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Half of those beers should be IPAs.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
It sounds like you're implying China is colder and less humane.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
They sure as shit can, but they sure as shit don't want to. They could have tackled this 10 years ago but instead they optimized for likes, clicks, traffic, and revenue.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
No denying that here.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I'm not sure she's blaming men as much as she's confirming the existence of the culture around tech that non-traditional students (women or blacks/Latinos) feel very alienated from. That doesn't mean she thinks anyo
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by ikeyany 9y ago
How about not saying things like whiteness holding back your career?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
He said his whiteness hurt his employability.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Do you honestly think you'd even get to where you are if you were, say, black? Do you think you'd want to be a part of such a hostile crowd who assumes less of your ability and that none of your credentials are deserved due to han
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Less efficient but far more secure.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
If you were Nigerian you'd probably feel anger (or apathy) at the corruption that led you here.

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