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   by jdp23 10y ago

   Indeed - there are limits to the "only following orders" defense. rayiner, I'm curious what you think about Dershowitz' argument that she should have resigned? http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog&#
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   The Founder: A Game About the Dark Side of Silicon Valley(fastcodesign.com)

   4 points by jdp23 10y ago|0 comments
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   Bias in Criminal Risk Scores Is Mathematically Inevitable, Researchers Say(propublica.org)

   4 points by jdp23 10y ago|5 comments
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   by jdp23 10y ago

   Great to hear, thanks!
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   by jdp23 10y ago

   Yes, it seems like a good choice of algorithm. And it seems like the implementation is also decent - they looked at that as well. It's a useful report and kudos to Open Technology Fund for funding it and to Matrix for making it publi
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   by jdp23 10y ago

   Are there any plans to do a security audit on Riot? The useful report by NCC [1] looks at libolm (which implements the end-to-end encryption) but of course that's only part of the whole product. [1] https://matrix.org/
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   by jdp23 10y ago

   Exactly. This was a key part of company culture throughout the 80s and 90s and at the time it was viewed as a signficant productivity win. ('Peopleware' discusses it, IIRC). By the 2000s, with space crunches, they got away from
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   by jdp23 10y ago

   And, before anybody starts flagging this as political: the "political detox" experiment is over. See Dan's announcement at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251
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   Kara Swisher: Shame on Silicon Valley for Climbing the (Trump) Tower in Silence(recode.net)

   17 points by jdp23 10y ago|7 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    'wingerlang, I quoted you in https://medium.com/a-change-is-coming/learning-from-hacker-n...
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Yes, it's over: https://medium.com/a-change-is-coming/learning-from-hacker-n...
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    Learning from Hacker News’ “Detox” Experiment(medium.com)

    3 points by jdp23 10y ago|1 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    FYI for people considering flagging this: the "political detox" experiment is over. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251
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    Who's going to Trump’s tech summit next week?(recode.net)

    13 points by jdp23 10y ago|1 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Thanks, I had missed the discussion of the reading list!
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    If you think there's a better term, I'm certainly up for suggestions. But why do you think it's uncharitable? People who say they "prefer meritocracy" are in fact taking an anti-diversity position. Maybe they don&
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    That could help. And maybe adjusting the threshold for flamewar detection - with the "hide subthread" functionality the cost of a flamewar might be somewhat lower. Thanks again for sharing your learnings. Unsurprisingly I have s
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    Ask HN: What did you learn from the “no politics” experiment?

    7 points by jdp23 10y ago|7 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Thanks for the response; those seem like good learnings. In terms of hot-button-topic stories getting buried, it's not just flagging - the flame war detection logic also plays a role. On diversity stories, for example, once they reach
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    'dang, thanks for the announcement. Are you going to write up what else you learned from the experiment? Also, when you say the guidelines have it about right, there's a lot of evidence that the current implementation favors peop
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    +1. Well said. Tammarrian Rogers and I used that tweet of Anil's in our Open Source Bridge session on "A new approach to software".
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    It'll be interesting to see how the moderators treat this. It's exactly the kind of stuff a lot of people on HN want to talk about - and have a lot to add.
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    Donald Trump Invites Tech Leaders to a Meeting(wsj.com)

    12 points by jdp23 10y ago|7 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    It's interesting to see how you interpret my words. Thanks for the discussion.
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    It's not nuanced at all, it's quite clear. And I was very explicit about why I don't see it as a good use of my time or energy to try to explain it to you. If this is something you really want to understand (whether or not y
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    I'm describing, not prescribing (and I'm specifically talking about HN and YC, not making general claims). Yes, women can be anti-feminist. As you said, these are tricky issues. If you haven't yet understood why many people
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    Evan Greer on the Boston Police Social Media Monitoring Plan(digboston.com)

    1 points by jdp23 10y ago|0 comments
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. You're probably right that the downvotes aren't related to the first two sentences. Pro-diversity stuff routinely gets downvoted here, especially when it uses the f-word. Still, if you read more closely,
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Thanks for the reply. I agree that identity intersects with beliefs -- and more generally worldview, including epistemology, ontology, etc. And yes, there are certainly some areas where there are debates about whether particular behavior
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    by jdp23 10y ago

    Great to hear!