ioctrl

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by ioctrl 6y ago
You've seen an employee send out an email to colleagues instructing people of color to stop their efforts to improve the company, claiming the internal review process was an act of racist discrimination and dehumanization, and essentia
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by ioctrl 6y ago
FAANG employees tend to consistently be among the most vocal and outspoken critics of FAANG. Also see the 1,200+ employees who signed a petition unconditionally supporting Gebru while turning a blind eye to her problematic behavior. There&#
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by ioctrl 6y ago
As a white man, when my work is rejected, I assume it's because my work needs improvement. This is an advantage of being a white man. When things don't go my way, I don't need to wonder if it's a macro-aggression, an act
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by ioctrl 6y ago
That's another beauty of modern discrimination: it's unfalsifiable. From everything made public, her behavior constitutes a fireable offense at any company I've ever worked at, regardless of skin color. And there is precede
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by ioctrl 6y ago
What are the arguments about racism that were suppressed? The paper that didn't pass internal review was about the external costs of training large models (correction: the paper also discussed language models not adhering to anti-racis
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by ioctrl 6y ago
This was a tool designed to notify employees of security alerts, not a chat app. These are not the same. It feels like people are being purposefully dense at this point.
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by ioctrl 6y ago
About 14% of the US population (1 in 7 people) were born in another country. Compare this to 0.07% of the Chinese population. San Francisco is 34% foreign born, compared to 0.7% in Shanghai. China is not really in the conversation when it c
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by ioctrl 6y ago
Bioengineering in academia. Moved to software engineering for an extra $100,000/year. In hindsight, my overall my standard of living has gone down despite the extra money due the housing crunch in the Bay Area.
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by ioctrl 6y ago
My father turned 80 recently and he still works five days a week. That wouldn’t be ideal for everyone, but he enjoys his job and he’s remained sharp and capable. That milestone really highlighted for me Silicon Valley’s weird relationship w
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by ioctrl 8y ago
I’m sure the man was doing everything in his power to suppress his natural male urge to leap across the table and attack. Because that’s exactly how men are. You’re incredibly brave.