kyro

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by kyro 13y ago
Thanks for editing your profile. Anyway, you've put more thought and words in this one reply than you have in most of your recent ones in response to racial/gender/socioeconomic disparity. You've mocked the OP for crying
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by kyro 13y ago
Historical events can cause effects that span multiple generations, effects that can manifest in ways not immediately traceable to the inciting incident. Black kids don't drop out of high school and cite slavery as the reason.
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by kyro 13y ago
Who are you? I've read your comments. You claim to know the real reasons why women aren't going into tech, you reply to comments about gender/racial disparity with such simple-minded arrogance and assurance, yet your profile
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by kyro 13y ago
High tuition is one reason, yes, but it isn't the entire story. Check out: - http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article
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by kyro 13y ago
I've got a question for you. Blacks are incredibly underrepresented in the medical field (13% in the US population, 4% as physicians). Some believe it to be due to the damaging effects of medical experiments conducted on African Americ
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by kyro 13y ago
That you take an event like this meant to inspire and empower an underrepresented group and interpret its implication to mean that said group is somehow inferior to the majority is just a remarkable level of mental gymnastics. You are essen
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by kyro 13y ago
Please explain to me the worst that can happen because of an event like this.
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by kyro 13y ago
There is literally nothing bad that could come of this, and I'm totally serious. I'm sure the women that attend will benefit hugely. I may get the missus to watch the stream. Been trying to ignite her entrepreneurial spirit!
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by kyro 13y ago
Hey, I can relate. I'm betting you grew up under really traditional foreign parents who raised you in a very high-pressure, high-stress environment that only offered support if you followed the rules and fulfilled the expectations. I d
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by kyro 13y ago
And there are severely starved and malnourished African children with bloated bellies whose rotting corpses will serve as feeding grounds for the vultures that watched and patiently waited. Your problems do not invalidate his.
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by kyro 13y ago
People should keep an eye on the middle east. I think it's a part of the world that's going to explode with innovation. There's a ton of money and western influence there, and the people running the show are very business&#x2
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by kyro 13y ago
I was fortunate enough to catch a viewing in New York. It was shown at a handful of theaters nationwide, for only a week in each city.
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by kyro 13y ago
Rightly deserved. It's an incredible documentary and I suggest everyone watch it when it's released. I hope Netflix continues in this direction. It seems to be a great platform for documentaries to reach mass consumption, like we
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by kyro 13y ago
Sure. Word selection aside, we'd be better off without this forced stupidity that's become common here.
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by kyro 13y ago
Really, it's that hard to understand what he means by ruthless in the context of a nice person? I know plenty of doctors who are wonderful people, and who are ruthless in their work, meaning they will see it that a task gets done no ma
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by kyro 13y ago
There's also this whole middle-ground of tact and civility and stuff.
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by kyro 13y ago
> people who go against the grain here, who hold combative viewpoints and are willing to be blunt ie assholes
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by kyro 13y ago
PG is high profile. His companies and their founders are high profile. For as long as I can remember there's been a thick thread of schadenfreude woven throughout this community's reactions to various stories that have come out ab
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by kyro 13y ago
The discrimination against epileptics in the valley is disgusting.
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by kyro 13y ago
I was trying to say that someone could simply use "why not just use FB?" as a way to dismiss any new service built on a social network. I could've easily said that when Quora first launched. But now we see that Quora fills a
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by kyro 13y ago
Hah, nice! Thanks for that. I never bothered to search that exact phrasing of the question. When I initially went looking I used a few phrases that didn't turn up anything. It seems like "statues" or "sculptures" ar
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by kyro 13y ago
I don't really want Jelly to succeed because I dislike Bono so much. You sound more like a pathetic child.
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by kyro 13y ago
You guys are really predictable. You act as if the founders never considered existing networks/solutions, that they just shipped a useless app without any thought. Whether it'll become a hit remains to be seen, but open your minds
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by kyro 13y ago
Punditry != journalism, you're right. But I think what I said applies to most in both categories.
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by kyro 13y ago
Journalists for the most part are attention-whoring nobodies with no expertise in any particular subject, who hide behind overly aggressive and opinionated words. Watch pundits on any news channel, or read any massively circulated news sour
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by kyro 13y ago
Totally agree. I almost never see highly voted comments that are needlessly critical on HN. And being a little self-aware by calling out that negativity is just such an annoying thing to do.
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by kyro 13y ago
Agreed, this isn't specific to this industry. In fact, most humans flock to this sort of journalism. It's how gossip rags make their money. But this industry is more forward-thinking and adept to rapidly changing than most, and is
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by kyro 13y ago
Something needs to change about this industry's obsession with sensationalist journalism. If this industry is truly as forward-thinking and progressive as it is, and hopes to make strides in issues like gender/minority equality, t
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by kyro 13y ago
One thing I've learned is that if you've found yourself ruffling feathers and receiving criticism for something that you've done that isn't objectively bad or immoral, you're probably on the right track.
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by kyro 13y ago
This is criticism. Focus on doing what you're doing. Let others work on and enjoy they're doing. There's no reason to call him out. Post something you've created here and I'm sure you'll find as much praise and

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