illuminate

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1171.
by illuminate 14y ago
"From a feminist perspective, it's not very empowering to a woman to have to resort to props and other crazy schemes to get unscrupulous men to fuck off. Men don't have to do it, why should women." Like Hollaback, this is a very imperfect,
1172.
by illuminate 14y ago
Social sanctions are generally used on children, however are in some cases even more effective on adults, who aren't used to be treated like children.
1173.
by illuminate 14y ago
As far as I recall, they were not protected as internal emails disclosed not just knowledge of piracy, the company actively encouraged it from within.
1174.
by illuminate 14y ago
"I have myself seen the so called "bad boy" attitude succeed in a number of situations in real life." Those "bad boys" are interesting in ways that you are not. Still, who cares if you get the girl? You're not entitled to date any/every wom
1175.
by illuminate 14y ago
It's sad that these people pose such little concern about the women so much as jealousy that they can't be hostile towards women and "get away with it".
1176.
by illuminate 14y ago
People like interesting, dynamic partners. Not being an awkward schlump is attractive. Being an asshole is not so much. http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.sht...
1177.
by illuminate 14y ago
In my experience, since they don't have the barrier to create and manage a separate account, and since they're not posting on their "friends" page, they're more likely to post stupid arguments and flamebait.
1178.
by illuminate 14y ago
"And if you do have a government, the same is true, but your set of options is reduced" I'm glad some of those options are not available to others, yes.
1179.
by illuminate 14y ago
Or the Facebookian view of pretending to pull back, but not really. Pushing forward too far, then pulling back somewhat, gaining all that they wanted to begin with.
1180.
by illuminate 14y ago
You made the statement as if to bolster the subreddit as "revolutionary". It's effective, but there's nothing medically or socially revolutionary about fitness support groups. You followed healthy patterns and share your successes with othe
1181.
by illuminate 14y ago
"Legislating this sort of thing is killing a cockroach with a shotgun. I'm of the opinion that they should be free to be sleazy with their users" Sounds like you have a high tolerance for living with cockroaches if you can just move from on
1182.
by illuminate 14y ago
"HNers belly-ache about Quora all day, but there is an incredible amount of information on there" That's an exceptionally strange dichotomy, people are annoyed BECAUSE there is useful information there, and the company is enforcing mostly u
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by illuminate 14y ago
" the breathless cry of "zOMG PRIVACY!" and the sanctimonious hand wringing about "Well what about people who don't want (some dangerous person) to know what they're doing" is starting to get irritatingly old." Who are you to tell any perso
1184.
by illuminate 14y ago
"Nothing else." I find this doubtful.
1185.
by illuminate 14y ago
The sort of design one would want in a forward-thinking console wouldn't be offered in small quantities, certainly not for 99 bucks without subsidization.
1186.
by illuminate 14y ago
"I'm willing to throw some money at serious research into what's so hard about making tiny $99 consoles" Generally, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_scale
1187.
by illuminate 14y ago
"the people we have to convince that these laws are a bad idea will only be swayed by emotion" While ridding yourself of the core of supporters turned off by campaigns based on more emotion than fact?
1188.
by illuminate 14y ago
Right. It doesn't exist, so I don't see the point in mourning.
1189.
by illuminate 14y ago
Yeah, I find the "loss" of the useless former data to be a positive, not a negative. If their site was socially "corrupted" by astroturfers and paid Diggers, starting over is the best way to create a new culture.
1190.
by illuminate 14y ago
Who said they exist for your benefit?
1191.
by illuminate 14y ago
"Umm, another possibility is that he learned Castilian, and the people in your office grew up speaking some Latin American version." Someone fluent in conversational Spanish would still be able to speak the basics with a sympathetic, if ske
1192.
by illuminate 14y ago
"Why would it matter if he could demonstrate the right level of proficiency for the tasks you wished him to perform?" Because demonstrating consistency, future performance, trust, respect for coworkers, and self-confidence is involved in th
1193.
by illuminate 14y ago
I don't see the issue with businesses having a list of people who should not be admitted to a building no matter who guests them in. Certainly, fires were on a list of "do not enter" in a call center I worked at years ago, to avoid reprisal