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by ritchiea 11y ago
Hackers was a fun read but I don't think it's really an answer to the original question asking about computing history and expressing a concern that our field has a short memory. The OP's complaint was that most history stops
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by ritchiea 11y ago
What is the message?
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by ritchiea 11y ago
This was disappointing. I was hoping for more insight, more detail, something more personal. The nutrition bit and the detail about needing to talk to someone after losing his coach were the strongest points but for an article at the top of
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by ritchiea 11y ago
No knock on the great work you guys have done to make Stripe easy to use and visible but I'm pretty sure thousands of people try to defraud you every day because you're a platform to transfer money. Money is a popular thing to ste
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by ritchiea 11y ago
You aren't paying the full price of same day delivery, when you order something same day, even as a Prime subscriber, they recommend a tip of at least $5.
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by ritchiea 11y ago
That's fair. I actually hadn't heard of any death threats or doxxing coming from the pro-feminist side but it certainly wouldn't shock me. There's dark depths and fanaticism everywhere. But it does come off as smug and p
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by ritchiea 11y ago
At what point do we know that the persistent death threats are just kids being obnoxious and no one is going to be hurt? At what point would you personally be comfortable if your inbox was being blasted with threats of violence? And the onl
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by ritchiea 11y ago
I find your comment to be thoroughly xenophobic and unwilling to face the reality of the United States. Sure, you aren't likely to literally get attacked by Islamists with machetes in the US. But minimizing the threats of gamergate vio
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DEA Agent Says He Was Instructed to Not Enforce Drug Laws in Wealthy Communities(thefreethoughtproject.com)
8 points by ritchiea 12y ago|0 comments
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Ah ok, my mistake. I'm sorry. I think we agree then, you're right I'm a man and people still say to me "Where'd you learn to do all these things?"
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I don't get how people read these things and want to poke holes and attack the weakest points in argument. If someone feels uncomfortable at work how about we listen? There's certainly not much/any evidence that women are tre
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Things My Male Tech Colleagues Have Actually Said to Me, Annotated(the-toast.net)
9 points by ritchiea 12y ago|5 comments
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by ritchiea 12y ago
There are plenty of schools without greek life and sports first cultures. Most liberal arts schools for example.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I disagree with you about the internet. My bet is we're still learning what proper etiquette on the internet is. You have a great point about people not knowing when to let up online, but I also look around and see both the net etiquet
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I don't think the public expects Facebook to be the morality police. Facebook believes being the morality police is in their best interest as they attempt to serve a central function in people's lives.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
It's certainly possible to both be rude and write books that help people. The two behaviors are not mutually exclusive. I think it's completely reasonable to laud Zed for his efforts to teach while questioning his manner.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
That Rails is a Ghetto piece is filled with personal insults, gripes, anger, accusations that people are slighting him or intending to slight him. There seems to be one critique of Rails buried in all that, that DHH may have been running a
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Zed is abrasive, and I don't think I'm a particularly defensive or indirect person. I don't think the issue is that he's willing to be direct with people, it's that he's too quick to tell people to go fuck them
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No Need to Run in Hawaii: The Lava Is Coming, but Very Slowly(nytimes.com)
14 points by ritchiea 12y ago|6 comments
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Realistically do you think a lottery winner is comparable to a successful startup employee? Lottery winners are entirely random while startup successes comes after years of working in a structured business environment with a built in commun
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I would argue there is value in the bubble payout itself. Even if you're good at saving & investing over the course of many years the assets and liquidity you have when you cash in your equity gives you a chance to take risks and m
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Not to mention how much of the standard of living we enjoy today is based on enslaved people doing work they are not paid for (and if you think I'm just talking about centuries ago, think about Dubai and see http://en.wikipe
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by ritchiea 12y ago
It may be frustrating and require a lot of patience on your end, but if you look at it in another light it may be a sign you don't want to work at that company.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Agreed. Ride sharing is a faceless commodity and people will take the cheapest option. AirBnB is slightly different because sometimes the apartment is nicer than the hotel, or offers a full kitchen. Or is an entire house and you're pla
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by ritchiea 12y ago
There does seem to be a spectrum. The furthest extremes are very interesting with some people on the deeply empathetic end of the spectrum actually experiencing pain when they view other humans experiencing pain. That is to say the viewer&#
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What Is the Y Value for the Memory Pressure Graph in Apple Activity Monitor?(apple.stackexchange.com)
1 points by ritchiea 12y ago|0 comments
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by ritchiea 12y ago
The thing is everyone knows these sports are brutal and can lead to broken bones. It's concussions that are of a larger concern.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
Exactly! As I stated in the other thread off this comment, I wonder what American football would look like without padding like rugby.
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I often wonder if football could be played without pads like rugby. And yes I do think the damage done to linemen can be attributed to helmets because when you have a helmet you have a false sense of security that you can smash your head in
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by ritchiea 12y ago
I am totally crushed by this. Last season I felt guilty every time I watched a football game though I enjoyed it anyway. I used the tortured justification that many people suffer tragic, difficult lives of mental illness without the fame an

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