mreiland

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by mreiland 12y ago
^ this here is the reason why you never know if the men really believe what they say, or if they just want that booty. Maybe if you stop using your sexuality to show approval?
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by mreiland 12y ago
Last time I used them was years ago, and I got scammed for it, although that actually isn't the reason I stopped using them. It's because Amazon is just better, and they're up in my face about PayPal.
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by mreiland 12y ago
I've been thinking about switching to fastmail from gmail for a while now, even going so far as to ask for people's opinions about it on reddit. Seeing this really convinces me I need to go ahead and make the switch, and I would
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by mreiland 12y ago
I think the author is learning the wrong thing. Software isn't about automating things, and certainly not about automating things 100%. It's about building tools to leverage people's times (in this context). If you can build
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by mreiland 12y ago
I guess I'm missing the significance of the term cheesecake?
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by mreiland 12y ago
Logically speaking, since folks with your attitude are a large part of the reason people like me don't bother, wouldn't that also make you, and your actions here, a part of the problem? And wouldn't that imply the solution is
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by mreiland 12y ago
The arrogance of humility.
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by mreiland 12y ago
You cannot quote me insulting you in any way, the closest you can get is the statement that a rational person can look at the pandering that happens from some men and conclude it isn't right either (yes, you are included in that group
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by mreiland 12y ago
And after the umpteenth time of someone telling me I'm a terrible person ... I decide to be terrible by not caring about it anymore. This is why your attitude is actively hurting you. It's driving away people like me, who actuall
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by mreiland 12y ago
If there's one thing I've learned in my 35 years on this planet, it's that telling someone they're irrational is not diplomatic. But it wasn't men you were talking about being diplomatic to, was it? It was women. I
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by mreiland 12y ago
you think the male should put himself at risk of being fired because the female may get fired if she does it? That's not equality, and I would defend anyone who stays quiet in such circumstances. Don't ask the random male to go t
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by mreiland 12y ago
I think expecting a male to put himself at personal risk for a women who won't put herself at personal risk is unfair. We have no context, we don't know if the person in question doing the injustice was superior in the company, or
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by mreiland 12y ago
I own an ipad and I disdain the thing. It's useful when it's useful, but the painful input makes it something I can't use regularly. I want to, but the input is just too painful for me. I've been considering purchas
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by mreiland 12y ago
It isn't even about that, you pick and choose your fights. If you try to fight every injustice, you'll succeed at none. You have to choose when to fight.
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by mreiland 12y ago
And here I thought Rosa Parks was a racial issue, not a gender one. While I agree that feminism has had some positive effects, I take issue with feminism taking credit for "anything a woman has done ... ever". Did feminism invent
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by mreiland 12y ago
This is a perfect example of how not to engage men on this topic. I said "I'm genuinely curious", which was a chance for opening a dialogue. You respond by using implicature to paint me in such a negative light. Did you do it
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by mreiland 12y ago
> That's a tough balance to maintain. It stinks that they have to do so. That's true, but it's also life in general, I'll explain what I mean. I'm an agnostic who tends towards atheism with a very specific policy
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by mreiland 12y ago
I don't really care if you approve or not, but I think honesty on your part would have you clarifying that you made an assumption about blog posts being the only possible way I've ever experienced interaction on this topic.
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by mreiland 12y ago
And the worst part is that not all of them are that way. Like you, my mother was also strongly feminist. She had a very strong personality, and I grew up being a "feminist". It wasn't until I got older and started seeing the
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by mreiland 12y ago
the poster is misrepresenting Jeff Atwood, see my response to him.
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by mreiland 12y ago
That isn't actually what he said, and this is the sort of thing that hurts relations rather than helps them. What he said is that he doesn't link to Shanley in general because all of her stuff is so vitriolic. He then went on t
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by mreiland 12y ago
There's a clear difference between a technical discussion and a social one. Do you think Linus is this way to everyone in every facet of his life? context.
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by mreiland 12y ago
why should they? I mean that honestly because context matters. Why didn't you say something? Why should they be expected to step up and say something if you yourself are not willing to (was it a superior, for example?). Was there so
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by mreiland 12y ago
And then someone replies with "yes, I have a co-worker who had the same issue, here's how we fixed it..." The question is, would anyone tell them they couldn't possibly know that since they don't use IOS?
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by mreiland 12y ago
Why is them confirming that it happens more significant than the ones who confirm they don't see it happen?
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by mreiland 12y ago
The poster was just trying to find something to attack. If you read the wiki article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender You can see the following quote: _Depending on the context, the term may refer to biologic
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by mreiland 12y ago
Not sniping on someone because they've used a definition for a word you disagree with might be a start to getting people to your side of the argument. Just an thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender > Dep
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by mreiland 12y ago
it should be noted that pointing out #3 doesn't make it an invalid point, and it certainly has nothing to do with why the issue exists in the first place.
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by mreiland 12y ago
>I don't think all men are out to get you. I also don't think there's a huge misogyny problem in the industry in comparison to some other industries and cultures I've mixed with. (Perhaps my bad luck.) This is my opin
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by mreiland 12y ago
I think the travesty is how quickly you choose to mis-characterize me as being upset for no other reason than the idea that I disagree with you. Can we be more honest than that?

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