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by knowitall 13y ago
Interesting, but I think I'll stick to lorem ipsum for the time being.
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by knowitall 13y ago
It seems to lack any kind of physical explanation of why it should be more efficient than traditional turbines? All it says is that it uses a smaller turbine - are those more efficient? I would have expected larger turbines to be more effic
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by knowitall 13y ago
Possibly: on the phenomenon of bullshit jobs http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
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by knowitall 13y ago
Wouldn't the same logic also lead to the inevitable conclusion that the (fair) value of gold is zero? Given that people pay real money for BTC, perhaps it is time to question the theory. Btw, I found this really amusing: apparently the
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by knowitall 13y ago
So my vote doesn't count? What qualifies you make such a general claim? I believe you that it bothers some people (for whatever reason - too much feminist indoctrination might play a part in some people). However, I don't think we
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by knowitall 13y ago
Pink world wouldn't be a problem I think. Many FPS seem to play in weirdly colored fantasy worlds.
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by knowitall 13y ago
Edit: TL;DR I think you make the mistake to assume that games and ads targeted at men imply that there are no ads or games for women. It is OK to target games at men or women imo. I seem to recall a lot of ads for gender neutral Wii games,
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by knowitall 13y ago
Um yeah that is what I wrote!
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by knowitall 13y ago
Men in power probably don't see anybody as peers. That is the meaning of "in power".
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by knowitall 13y ago
"I disagree, a teacher caressing a student in a college ad would be out of place today" Lol - I meant without the caressing. The caressing part is obviously over the top, which is typical for advertising. I don't think anybod
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by knowitall 13y ago
What stereotypical role - women like to caress men? Is that it? Because men don't like to caress women? Are you sure this is not really about being uptight about sexuality rather than gender issues?
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by knowitall 13y ago
Not so much because it is not a very safe bet to find a wealthy woman to pay for your life just because you are tall and good looking. Although apparently good looking men have advantages, including on average higher salary. So it doesn&#x2
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by knowitall 13y ago
As I said, it is an ad targeted at men, and I admit it plays to some stereotypes. However, I don't think from that it can be inferred that the message is "women are only useful as prostitutes". The message is simply "bec
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by knowitall 13y ago
My point is that the issue is completely blown out of proportion. I consent that this ad is targeted at men, so it shows things that appeal to men (not the least women being attracted to them). Would you say that in itself is a problem? I t
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by knowitall 13y ago
To be fair, being pretty is a good strategy for women. I feel reminded of a recent Sam Altman article where he wrote "sadly, learning Ruby on Rails in <some short amount of time> is still a viable strategy". Likewise, sadly
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by knowitall 13y ago
Hm, is that a general rule? My son is not yet in school, so I don't know what it is like these days. Also "like pink" is different from owning the occasional pink thing. I suppose a boy who would dress exclusively in pink wou
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by knowitall 13y ago
Huh? I'm not a native speaker, but I think "programmers" is a gender neutral expression. No doubt the ad is targeted at men, but that alone doesn't make it sexist.
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by knowitall 13y ago
How is it implied that she is not a programmer? I didn't see that at all. Also I didn't see that she is employed to "welcome men" in the ad. That is just feminist glasses making you see things like that. She could just b
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by knowitall 13y ago
No it wouldn't have looked weird. That is just the typically baseless claim feminists insert into their arguments. There are lots of ads that claim product x makes women more attractive to men. I could agree that it would have looked w
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by knowitall 13y ago
Psst, you are not allowed to say that :-) I don't know - there certainly are women who play "hardcore games". The more I think about it, the less understand what the problem is? For whatever reason, women seem to play less ha
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by knowitall 13y ago
In what way is it sexist - because the woman wears a mini skirt? Because it is suggested that it is worthwhile to attract women? Because the guy doesn't wear a mini skirt - and she likes him for his salary, not his looks? Because the a
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by knowitall 13y ago
"doing/buying/applying x raises your attractivity to the opposite sex" is really the most basic advertising message ever. Is that really a problem (more than advertising in general)? Why/how? I get that this ad is t
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by knowitall 13y ago
Sure, but doesn't that mean that we agree there is no genetic disposition towards liking nail polish/lipstick? The reason people like lipstick is not that they have a genetic disposition to like lipstick, it's because lipstic
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by knowitall 13y ago
True :-) More people seem to be concerned about girls liking pink than about boys not liking pink, though.
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by knowitall 13y ago
I suspect most parents hate pink, though - they just give in to the wishes of their daughters.
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by knowitall 13y ago
A handy way to sell things twice if boys and girls need different colors. Maybe not so much for dolls, but certainly for clothes (can't pass on clothes from older sibling if gender differs). Perhaps the main desire being served is to b
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by knowitall 13y ago
My first girl-friend threatened to leave me in case I bought a game boy. It's not just stereotypes from the media, it's also an experience that lots of men have made in their lives. But that doesn't mean we don't like th
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by knowitall 13y ago
While I think the history of marketing of games is interesting, to be honest to me this read like "bla bla bla... Video games were heavily marketed as products for men, and the message was clear: No girls allowed.... bla bla bla"
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by knowitall 13y ago
Sure, I get that, as I also wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6839794 But those are messages for the men, not for the woman who applies the lipstick. So is the desire basically to be sexually attractive like
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by knowitall 13y ago
You assume that being brought up like a boy/girl (that is, boys toys/games vs girl's toys/games) would be the mechanism that determines our gender. Why should that be the case? The mechanism could be something different

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