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by mekoka 15y ago
Avery Swartz, a mentor at another table, works as a freelance website designer. “A lot of my clients are women. They don’t necessarily want to work with a man because they are afraid of the intimidation factor, the tech speak, the ‘jargon’
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by mekoka 15y ago
The project has an objective find an alternative to Hollywood . But like everything else, baby steps are in order. I don't know why it is assumed that a beta solution should ship with the ability to produce "Avatar" caliber productions. Wh
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The book "Peopleware" has documented this very concept decades ago (according to wikipedia, first edition was published in 1987), yet here we are in 2012 with still more "cool open" environments for programming teams. Here's a link to the t
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by mekoka 15y ago
I'm a little surprised all the people who were so up in arms about the Microsoft "monopoly" ten years ago aren't out in the streets today lighting torches and sharpening their pitchforks to go after Google. Maybe people weren't so up in a
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by mekoka 15y ago
Well, your question includes the answer itself. The US is not the anomaly, France is and for a very specific reason: Free. France would have been in the exact same situation as the US if Free had not been a disrupter. Free isn't the natural
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by mekoka 15y ago
Don't blame businesses, don't blame women. Blame governments that refuse the responsibilities of taking hard, but necessary decisions, because they're afraid it'll cost them votes. They instead play shady games that only appear to resolve
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by mekoka 15y ago
Except that the process of proving discrimination is neither cheap nor an easy feat. How do they do it where you live?
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Another memorable list http://programming-motherfucker.com/become.html
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It's certainly an interesting concept if well applied, but I'm not sure it's suitable for all cities. For example, I have a hard time imagining Las Vegas without all the neons and signs.
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For one, I'm not excusing the crime, I'm merely stating that the punishment should fit. Secondly, you sound pretty adamant in your declaration. You know, having had my share of experience with the human element, I'm sometimes curious with t
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by mekoka 15y ago
Many records can be expunged after a while. There are recourses for offenders to make amend and with time, find the straight path. The Internet is like a bell, you can't just unring it.
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by mekoka 15y ago
Ever heard of benefit of the doubt, or extenuating circumstances? Ok, we know the guy cheated on this paper. There's a whole lot we don't know though: who is this guy? what led to the cheating? was it his first offense? is this paper real
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by mekoka 15y ago
Disclaimer: this is by no mean an endorsement of plagiarism in any of its forms. It is one thing to catch someone plagiarizing an already fake essay. In my opinion though, exposing the cheater on the Internet by name is a punishment with fa
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by mekoka 15y ago
Just because I am using a service does not mean I agree with whatever choices the provider makes. As long as those decisions don't affect me, I honestly don't care, because doing otherwise leads to a path of constant anger and depression.
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Regardless, protests like this never achieve anything apart from wasting peoples times. It's ironic you should say this. The type of people who think exactly this, is imo the reason nothing ever gets done as well. What I'm seeing is peopl
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by mekoka 15y ago
Actually, the part where he details the stats is practically verbatim. There are some nuances between both articles, but he could have provided a link to his sources. It always helps to learn more. Edit: After completing the Times article a
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by mekoka 15y ago
No it's not. Domain name registrars are a dime a dozen, people don't invest hours learning to use their panel, they also don't write "I know how to use GoDaddy" on a resume. As you can see, the switch from one to the next is trivial. Peo
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by mekoka 15y ago
Actually, what surprises me is that SO would be registered with them in the first place.
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You made some very valid points in your replies and I was with you as long as you presented them as reasonable hypothetical motives for the fashion industry to support this bill. However, when you say stuff such as In fact, it’s that kind
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Of course not. I know enough of their business practice to know they were willing participants, but one has to wonder what they thought they would gain by enlisting. It looks kinda naive to me.
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Because they lose money to counterfeit knock offs. Your assumption is that if someone doesn't buy knock offs, they'll buy the real thing. Until that can be proven true, I think a better reformulation which more accurately translates the g
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by mekoka 15y ago
I glanced at that list quickly even before I was aware of the boycott. Many of those names are just random non-tech related companies, but I couldn't help but think that GoDaddy sticks out like a sore thumb on it. Almost as if they were tri
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I won't assume anything about the purpose of the mask, but if for cleanliness purpose they should also probably wear gloves.
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It is not an easy path, though. "Lack of awareness is the major reason, next to the apathy of NGO’s," [...] rural women are clueless as to how to use them, think twice about spending even the small amount of money to buy a packet, and sadl
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As someone looking for some alternate destinations to work as a developer, I'm genuinely curious about Vietnam. Where should I stay and what would be the downsides?
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Looking at the world and deciding where to go. Having no one that tells you what to do and nothing that holds you back from not doing it. Wherever you go on the planet, there will be people seeing a human being in you. Welcoming you and m
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Your point has not been proven. You should forget the meta stuff (python people are like this, django people are like that) and counter with arguments when someone attacks your point of view on the topic at hand. No one knows who you are, j
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by mekoka 15y ago
Anki and Mnemosyne ( http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/ ) are both available from the Ubuntu repos.
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I believe native and browser-based apps can and will coexist. As a web developer, I've had my share of frustrations with the browser and I certainly would welcome a more flexible and feature rich alternative for some use cases. To give an e
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I'm not an educator and I don't think of myself as a good writer either, but when I look around, I believe that I'm above average. I'll still permit myself to throw in an idea or two, that may help educators tap into new sources. Are you lo

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