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by notadoc 7y ago
Are you genuinely unfamiliar with the weaponization of online mob activity, organized bullying, shaming, doxing, revenge porn, outrage culture, review spamming, mass harassment of peoples employers/schools, etc? I thought this stuff wa
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by notadoc 7y ago
Is this considered affordable in India? What is a considered 'good' salary in India?
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The USA is purging intellectuals as well through outrage culture, online mobs, and the weaponization of political correctness. Both the far right and far left do it routinely to their advantage, they both seem to think the ends justify the
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by notadoc 7y ago
Really? Are we sure we can't figure this out? Who believes that? Private contractors seem to be very expensive. No-bid contracts are obviously not competitive. And when the tax payer is picking up the bill, is there really any incentiv
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by notadoc 8y ago
Twitter is basically Outrage as a Service, it is not a good information platform. I still miss Google Reader, I think it was a serious mistake to kill it off, and doing so largely killed RSS too.
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by notadoc 8y ago
Great, can they cancel the horrible keyboard on the MacBook line next?
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by notadoc 8y ago
> The record streak of rising Bay Area home prices started in April 2012, when the median sale price in the nine county region was $425,000, according to CoreLogic. Over the next seven years, median sale prices have more than doubled, hi
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by notadoc 8y ago
> I wanted to like this article, but I was annoyed by the second sentence, which asserts that the tech industry is extremely white and male. In case you missed the memo, the current cultural climate and trendy narrative structure demands
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by notadoc 8y ago
Of course not, but internet comments sections are begging for absurdity and falsehood. Bonus points if it fits somehow into the very trendy culture war narrative.
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I'm more surprised that people find this surprising than anything else.
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Do we need to be reminded that humans are animals? Humans have large egos, but aside from that we're not particularly special.
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Labeled folders within labeled folders, accessed through Finder and Terminal
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> I really want to understand the logic that goes on the head of an anti-vax parent Science denial is fairly common, a surprising amount of the population engages in it at some degree selectively. Depending on your personal belief system
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by notadoc 8y ago
Spotify is the best streaming music service, nothing else comes close to competing. Pandora is still decent for discovery.
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Well, the people demand another comments section to complain about the study
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What is the agenda you are suggesting with your conspiracy theory?
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Fascinating. I wonder why we these studies and their findings never gain much attention?
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I don't know of any tech cos or startups with unions, do you?
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by notadoc 8y ago
Many companies avoid these kind of issues by having a strict experience-based salary scale for all positions. Gender or any other identity factor is then irrelevant if pay is based entirely upon candidate experience, right? Edit: I have no
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Low-Calorie Sweetener Use and Risk of Abdominal Obesity Among Older Adults(journals.plos.org)
58 points by notadoc 8y ago|52 comments
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There's a curious habit in US media to put subtitles on anyone with an accent. I would like to think it's to make video easier to watch without sound, or for the deaf, but I don't think that's the reason.
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Why is this particular presentation format better than a good old fashioned blog post?
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Here's the Clemson paper the article references: http://pwarren.people.clemson.edu/Linvill_Warren_TrollFactor... Pay attention to this line from the abstract: > We identified five handle categories: right troll, lef
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Apple Sold Fewest Macs Since 2010 as Nearly Entire Lineup Outdated(macrumors.com)
9 points by notadoc 8y ago|0 comments
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Spotify is a vastly superior service in my opinion.
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The most obvious reason for any discrepancy is that people lie.
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Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes(thelancet.com)
1 points by notadoc 8y ago|0 comments
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Is it gender discrimination to charge one gender more than another for the same service? And if so, and more broadly, is there a problem with changing gender identification to gain a preferential price or service?
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by notadoc 8y ago
> Men/women are created equal but different. Praise people for their merit, not their sex. Many people will find those mere statements to be offensive and inflammatory. You must know that we have reached a point where large segments
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by notadoc 8y ago
Interesting. It's notable that you read the exact same type of statements emphasizing masculinity when an article mentions a male who is a nurse, teacher, veterinarian, yoga instructor, social worker, or any of the other professions th

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