rustynails

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by rustynails 10y ago
Thank you for saying that violence can happen to anyone. In Australia, we have a very sexist attitude toward violence. The media (and our own minister for sexism) only ever talk about male perpetrators and female victims. This article men
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by rustynails 10y ago
I am not aware of any difference in how privacy is handled between the sexes (nor should there be). Can you elaborate on where you see the difference in how privacy is handled?
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by rustynails 10y ago
I don't read it that way anywhere. You seem to be talking about problem solving and algorithms. These concepts run much deeper than coding. I suspect the emphasis is less on problem solving and more on recognising scripted languages. I
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by rustynails 10y ago
You have hit the nail right on the head. Everybody + opportunity + non-mandatory. This concept of equal opportunity seems to have disappeared in the last 5 years and I'm heartened to see people still talk about equal opportunity (vs t
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by rustynails 10y ago
I am disappointed Clinton played the gender card - that was her best argument? I thought Adams' assessment was fair. I really don't like Trump's policies, but, a person who can't see past their own gender and only repre
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by rustynails 10y ago
This theory doesn't make sense (and I read three articles that repeat what you say). If you use contraception, you won't have pregnancy. So why are the rates down? Health? Then why are 25% of kids obese (I looked up those figures
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by rustynails 10y ago
I agree that there is some group think at HN, but it is significantly better than most other sites. I believe it's impossible not to have group think as society is conditioned to favour certain beliefs and values, particularly through
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by rustynails 10y ago
When you say misogyny, do you mean sexism or are you saying that sexism toward men is ok? If you mean sexism, are you using this term to imply that sexism is only directed at women?
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by rustynails 10y ago
This is a great comment. I'll expand it with a few other points that are along similar lines to what you mention. Most (if not all) platforms suffer from 2 extremes, open discussion involves conflict which is seen as bad but can end up
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by rustynails 10y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by positive change. Firstly, the article was very sexist and I don't see that changing any time soon. "programming is just another skill to be mastered through persistence — with or without a Y chro
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by rustynails 10y ago
I'm one of those anti-Facebook people you're talking about. I have several issues with Facebook. It's principally designed to profile people. This makes it extremely dangerous and a powerful weapon against you. Got nothing t
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by rustynails 10y ago
Thanks for a great post. I can see the potential for what you describe. My goal was quite simple: rather than a popularity contest, I wanted someone who was my intellectual equal. This was a novel concept to the women I dated. None of them
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by rustynails 10y ago
I'm sure many people were. I've come across many articles that contradict this article. Here are just a few. Mind you, the findings are mixed (but many articles agree that women under 30 are earning more if they aren't writ
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by rustynails 10y ago
I don't necessarily agree with the findings, but you may have missed something. The article talks about typing vs writing. This person talked about listening instead, and that does work for some people. Let me give you an example wher
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by rustynails 11y ago
This is the absolute truth. However, what's interesting is that the world is still basically the same as 50 years ago in terms of safety. When I first went to school, my mother told me not to accept lollies, gifts or rides from strange
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by rustynails 11y ago
In the 60s - 80s, most kids walked to school unassisted. This was the norm. I used to walk 1.5kms when I was 5 and today, my kids walk less than 500m. Still, helicopter parenting and Political Correctness has (as another poster stated) a
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by rustynails 11y ago
Mary Beard crafted a brilliant series with BBC, meet the Romans. It superbly covers the topic of graffiti and many other modern behaviours. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Romans_with_Mary_Be... I really can&#
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by rustynails 11y ago
This is an excellent comment. Mind you, this article and the comments are all excellent, but this one distills that truth isn't important to most people. The dynamics of conflict are very complex. For example, consider rationalising w
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by rustynails 11y ago
I have no Irish ancestry that I know of. I wasn't moved by this article at all. However, I did greatly resonate with this comment below the article. "The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal op
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by rustynails 11y ago
And there are plenty of people whose lives didn't revolve around the KKK either. You would find that most KKK members believed in different treatment based on a person's skin colour, but disagreed with lynching or physical violenc
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by rustynails 11y ago
Any movement that focuses on one section of society (KKK, feminism) inevitably drives intolerance. Just ask Matt Taylor who was crucified by feminists for wearing a shirt designed by a woman. It is one of many examples that highlights why
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by rustynails 11y ago
We all have different experiences. For example, My iPhone would ring and I could use speaker on a call but I could not hear music or sound in videos. I rebuilt my image, but the issue persisted for about 3 months!! It was my car audio doc
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by rustynails 11y ago
I have an alternate view is like you to consider. My wife and I had major conflict. My son (at 2) was showing very unusual behaviour. He lacked empathy and my wife felt it was normal. When we got to school, his behaviour exploded into dest
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by rustynails 11y ago
Look up Alan Pease for body language. It is a difficult path to walk. I learned most of it intuitively as a young child. When I saw a gesture, it would trigger panic, almost certainly creating a self fulfilling prophecy. I also faked my bo
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by rustynails 11y ago
"And it is a big step towards a low level understanding of what autism is, how it can pan out to be a gift or a disability (not mutually exclusive), and how the challenges many autistic people face work on a fundamental level." Ov
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by rustynails 11y ago
I would love to see a world where we don't define ourselves by our gender at all. I don't think 1 in 13 questions should be about gender, let alone 1 in 100. There is so much more to life. I greatly respect those that can rise ab
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by rustynails 11y ago
Why not say that about the article itself? I found the comment fine. There are plenty of unsubstantive comments here. Why single out this poster?
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by rustynails 11y ago
It's funny you should say that. When I was young, I played dungeons and dragons (the board game). I remember how this campaign ostracised people who wanted to play. In particular, girls were very vicious with the insults about being a
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by rustynails 11y ago
I'm curious. Do others see this (among other faults) as a criticism and attack on everything masculine? It's pretty thinly veiled to pretend to be egalitarian. Unicorns and rainbows, every reference is to a woman, how girls are su
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by rustynails 11y ago
Possibly. An individual murder means it is unlikely to have an impact to you. A serial killer will often impact a demographic in a city. A mass murderer will often impact a demographic in a large area or country. A terrorist will usually

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