oddlyaromatic

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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I'm a pretty basic got user, just wanted to say this was a really useful distinction for me to read.
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
mbasic.facebook.com lets me get messages and send them.
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
The parent appears to be using the term FUD with this in mind, to suggest that the doubt is indeed unreasonable.
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
>"what I've bought at <local supermarket> in the past year". They get so much more than that. If you use a credit card at the store, the record now knows about this card, and any other credit card you have ever used
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
>These are resources I can recommend to every programmer regardless of their skill level or tech stack > Highly opinionated . Not backed by science. This kind of indicated that to me, at least. Also the format of the title is just inh
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
Thinking Fast and Slow was really good, I've listened to it a couple of times. As a framework for thinking about working and learning it really clicked with me. I think I've been gently influenced by this book in many ways, includ
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
That is good information and a good point of view to have, but it doesn't change your earlier misstatement about NPR, itself, "wondering why", which is the thing I was trying to add context to. (maybe you didn't mean it
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I did a BA and an MA in the arts. I don't work in the arts now, 10 years later, but on a daily basis I see how that experience gave me tools and skills I didn't have at the end of high school that help me succeed. Just in terms of
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I find most implementations of this jumpy and distracting - just too eager. Often I'm scrolling up to reread the top line of text. Then the bar pops up and blocks my text, it is daft!
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
They do "wonder why" but then they list the various explanations and tradeoffs that have been made given the nature of the storm and the risks of the evacuation itself. The questioning is a rhetorical and slightly click-baity devi
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I like my job but it is not EVERYTHING I like to do. I work with adults with developmental disabilities, it's really awesome. I also manage employees/families/employers and do various relationship building at work. This can b
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
> That's just redundant and IMO does more harm than good. We can agree to disagree on that! I do agree about how squishy the boundaries can be and that it limiting speech is not to be done lightly. Speech vs acts is also fuzzy, sinc
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I would add that it is really worth seeing professional storytellers, especially if there is a storytelling festival in your area. These are often people who tell both traditional folk tales and personal stories, and sometimes just crazy in
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
>You know, someone who should be banned because they're obviously up to no good. This is not what "hater" means in most speech. You seem to be pretty sensitive about this issue. I guess you've been in some unpleasant
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
>He is clarifying what he meant, to no apparent effect. It's not hard to find a clip of an interviewer asking whether he thinks women are inferior. He, predictably, says he believes nothing of the sort. And then this gets printed in
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
When I can, I'll respond in detail. Maybe I'm crazy.
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I think that's fair. I guess I could have specified "the kind of diversity programs with which James Damore has a problem". But I take your point. In principle, this is actually close to what actually ends up happening, excep
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I supposed I very slightly lean towards an edit for increased clarity on Taplin's part, but it I don't think the current phrasing is meaningfully wrong, in the way that you do. Damore left the door wide open to that interpretation
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I've made the correction in my comment. I knew it was the opinion section, wasn't aware I was giving the wrong impression. Still not sure, but it's a harmless change. I did feel the person who responded to me was still correc
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
While I think Damore was quite wrong, I do also cringe when I hear most of the soundbites. There are very good reasons to criticize what he said, but an unfair summary kind ruins the whole idea of discourse about the memo. Damore's wri
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by "equality" programs. "Diversity" programs are by nature unfair- they provide explicit preferential treatments to specific groups in order to counteract presumed other factors that make
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
What is your understanding of those ideas? >questioned the company’s gender diversity policies It did that. > made statements about women’s biological suitability for technical jobs. It did this too. But I'd argue the NYT opinion
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
That may summarize the goal of the memo, but it does not adequately summarize the content, which has a large focus on biological differences between the sexes being this Big Factor that is not yet "priced in" to diversity programs
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
Song Exploder, Coding Blocks, Strangers (really good series of long conversations with Trump voters began not so long ago, but haven't check in on it for a while), Judge John Hodgman, Front End Happy Hour, Bullseye, Jordan Jesse Go!, M
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
Here's a short review on the use of the singular "they". It is OK. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbi...
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
This is two different things, not helped by the multiple meanings of the word budget. If the organization makes the budget (i.e. a spending plan) without confirming the funds (or knowing them through, say, a long term understanding), and do
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
How else could you plan beyond one year, other than in reference to expected increases/decreases in subsequent years? Those expected increases can't be ignored in "the budget", so they are planned for and probably alloca
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
This is a great idea. Although, if I was staying in the nonprofit social work sector I would probably not even leave this company (I consider it to be a really high quality provider in its area). Unfortunately, like a lot of people, I'
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I feel this way about my boss, I have stayed a long time after it does not make financial sense because she A) takes my ideas seriously even if she doesn't see the end game. Just says go for it and see what happens. B) comes up with tr
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by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
Generally I think people who are basically compelled to spend time together should use company policies, and their own judgement, to figure out what's professionally acceptable in context and work in reference to that. I don't agr

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