mejari

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by mejari 9y ago
Because nothing in the world is perfect, and by acknowledging that you and others all have implicit and explicit biases you can use your critical thinking skills to learn about the world without blindly accepting other people's biases
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by mejari 9y ago
That's not true at all. If I say "x said y", and don't tell you that "y said z", then that is biased, while telling you only the truth.
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by mejari 9y ago
>Replace "are using Slack" with "discussing at the bar across the street from the office" and what changes about the situation? That the conversation is no longer happening over a company-sanctioned and controlled com
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by mejari 9y ago
But it doesn't work like that. You can't just say "If they don't do X Y or Z", because while they may not do X Y or Z, that doesn't mean they won't do A B or C that are equally bad or worse. Human and self
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by mejari 9y ago
We already know they have compact nuclear warheads https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north...
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by mejari 9y ago
North Korea is really the only viable country that we'd be hit by nuclear weapons from, and they have no way of "pummeling" NYC.
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by mejari 9y ago
There are plenty of situations where you have to deal with the reality of a nuclear blast that cell phones would still work. It's not all just ground-zero or nothing.
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by mejari 9y ago
It won't be orbiting Mars, it will pass by Mars.
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by mejari 9y ago
For any Windows users out there, I use GitExtensions, which has served me very well over the years.
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by mejari 9y ago
...was proven to be completely innocent of the actions they were accused of.
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by mejari 9y ago
>I think, in general, they do good work in exposing corruption, and bias. Where is an example where they've done that? I haven't seen a single one.
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by mejari 9y ago
It's hard to stumble on the truth when the entire basis for their group is lies.
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by mejari 9y ago
Already done https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/935275838492332032
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by mejari 9y ago
But you get the gift card when you buy it. You can then give it to another person. The thing of value is in your possession the entire time.
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by mejari 9y ago
>Does the definition of imposter syndrome include the awareness that one should feel better about one's accomplishments? Knowing how you should rationally feel and actually feeling that way are two completely different things.
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by mejari 9y ago
Their explanation for Earth's gravity is that the Earth is constantly accelerating "upward" at 8.9m/s/s. How would satellites orbit that without constant acceleration of their own?
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by mejari 9y ago
The demand can still be reasonable for the Echo, if you believe that it is terrible design to be triggered by anyone.
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by mejari 9y ago
I can start a discussion about racism in the US by going on TV and yelling the n-word, that doesn't mean that I did a good job of opening a constructive dialogue.
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by mejari 9y ago
>Why is it unacceptable to make the same observation about intellectual endeavors, or programming specifically? Because the observation is inaccurate. There is no evidence that it is true. >However, your gripe is with the under-repres
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by mejari 9y ago
>He merely states that it can have that effect. He "merely" says that Google is doing it, and that doing it lowers the bar. Therefore he's saying that Google lowered the bar. It's a pretty simple a = b = c scenario &g
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by mejari 9y ago
You say he didn't say that Google had to lower the bar, then you quote where he says explicitly that? "Google does X. X lowers the bar." >So he is in fact arguing a factual claim, that google has applied inconsistant stand
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by mejari 9y ago
That's a completely made-up scenario. Google themselves have said that the way they're trying to hire more women is by looking harder for qualified candidates, not by lowering the level that meets "qualified".
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by mejari 9y ago
You can throw buzzwords designed to shut down discussion at me all you want, that's irrelevant. He claims his goal was to have a dialogue, the fact is that he chose a very poor way of doing that. Either his goals aren't what he cl
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by mejari 9y ago
Not being able to come up with a way to do what you want does not mean you are correct to just do what you want anyway.
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by mejari 9y ago
You are completely incorrect. Whether or not Google did in reality lower the bar to hire more women is a matter of fact. That Damore felt that in order to meet the goal of hiring more women Google had to lower the bar is his _opinion_, and
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by mejari 9y ago
>I don't understand why this means that Damore shouldn't have shared his opinion. "Shouldn't have shared his opinion" and "should have shared his opinion in a different way" are two completely different
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by mejari 9y ago
>There has to be a way for everyone to be professional and honest here. I agree, but just because there has to be a way for everyone to be professional and honest, that doesn't mean that what Damore did was professional and honest.
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by mejari 9y ago
It's not just "pro-affirmative-action stakeholders" that are expected to respond. _As referenced in the article_, it's extending to expecting women to come up with responses just because they are women. You're talki
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by mejari 9y ago
>Well then this "study" is just an observation. Yes. Many studies are. > So it probably doesn't warrant the amount of attention it is getting, to say nothing of people using this "study" as evidence. It seems
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by mejari 9y ago
What is your point? I said that it's _not always_ appropriate, not that it is _always not_ appropriate. And the ability to do it is not the sole deciding factor on whether it is appropriate.

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