intortus

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by intortus 12y ago
It seems like a lot of CS programs focus more on filtering than teaching, which just intensifies the trend.
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by intortus 12y ago
Also funny how that "better way to handle this" is "be quiet and go away."
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by intortus 12y ago
I would imagine this has value not just to analytics. Deanonymization has a lot of value in curbing abuse. Privacy is of paramount value, though, so it's hard to reconcile. To me it's a dilemma.
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by intortus 12y ago
For the ballet analogy to fit, you'd have to imagine that men who attended coed classes were frequently subject to a lot of negative attention, ranging from "oh my god a male" all the way up to blatant sexual abuse. You would
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by intortus 12y ago
Your analogy makes no sense. If you've read any of the previous Y Combinator statements on sexism against founders, you'd know that position being taken here is one of removing inefficiencies in the system. All the women being lit
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by intortus 12y ago
Good question. Who's looking after the interests of male founders?
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by intortus 12y ago
I find it difficult to imagine a time where this would no longer need to be said. It's human nature.
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by intortus 12y ago
Lean in!
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by intortus 12y ago
I knew this would be the first comment. Isn't it disturbing that sexual harassment is so common that instead we're more offended by the act of self-defense?
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by intortus 12y ago
I actually did read through the entire article in one sitting, but to be honest I'm surprised I did. My time spent is usually too fractured to permit this long a focus on anything that isn't either work or passive entertainment.
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by intortus 13y ago
It's plausibly deniable that you're contributing tithes specifically to take rights away from gays. It's hard to deny that if you're contributing to Prop 8.
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by intortus 13y ago
a) When you fund "mormonism" or whatever, there is a lot of plausible deniability that you're not a bigot, as this is a huge population of people doing a mix of things, mostly good. In contrast, when you specifically fund P
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by intortus 13y ago
The intent behind a financial contribution (or any other sort of contribution to a campaign) is to amplify one's vote by getting others to join in. What makes this case so interesting is that the campaign in question is so specifically
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by intortus 13y ago
There's a huge difference between holding general religious beliefs and contributing financially to a political movement specifically pursuing institutional discrimination of a large class of Americans. I'm a little troubled by
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by intortus 13y ago
Something like this could work: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmsaol.htm Actually, it couldn't, except maybe for a small population. The trick is convincing a local government with major poverty issues to
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by intortus 13y ago
His "evidence" could just as easily be explained by the fairly common practice of fingerprinting inside information to catch leakers.
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by intortus 13y ago
Correcting biases is actually the opposite of discrimination.
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by intortus 13y ago
The reason why I said this is telling is because people scream and rant against attempting to correct biases as if it is about compromising on quality.
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by intortus 13y ago
That's a good point, that it is about diversity but that it's only part of the entire picture. I think people will complain about fairness even when they're not affected, because the tech community tends to have a strong kn
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by intortus 13y ago
What makes you think that's going to happen? Why aren't you just as concerned about the opposite bias? I think time will tell.
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by intortus 13y ago
It's telling of the environment we're in that the author has to make such a heavy disclaimer about not doing things for diversity's sake. What would be so bad about admitting one cares about diversity? I think there's ro
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by intortus 13y ago
I didn't know that TechCrunch was strictly involved with reporting crime. (Btw, TechCrunch asked.)
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by intortus 13y ago
And Dave Chapelle walked out of a $50 million contract because something normal (a couple of white guys laughing at a funny skit) rubbed him the wrong way. Sometimes a seemingly normal occurrence can pierce through one's facade of deni
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by intortus 13y ago
You're right, there is a preponderance of women complaining. We can only draw one conclusion: come on women, step it up!
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by intortus 13y ago
No, people who are productive don't get harassed. Meritocracy, bro!
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by intortus 13y ago
Nothing makes me roll my eyes harder than reverse-discrimination rebuttals. Inevitably the community focuses all its energy on character assassination to avoid sniffing its own stench.
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by intortus 13y ago
No, let's cherrypick the easiest, most irrelevant claims so we can refute them. We're too busy and important to face the troubling and difficult issues that arise when women step out of place. We need to stay above that sort of dr
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by intortus 13y ago
Really? It sounded pretty gross to me: "I just don't take these people seriously anymore. It seems like a uniquely north american woman phenomenon."
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by intortus 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - San Francisco or remote I love programming, and I've been doing it for over 20 years. I'm looking for side work to keep me sharp while I'm taking a break from fulltime employment. My skills are varied, and I pi
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by intortus 13y ago
My phone now vibrates five minutes after anyone chats with me. I miss being able to have only on-screen notifications, and having them be timely.

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