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by rustynails 11y ago
When Mayer took over Yahoo, it was a poison chalice. I don't think anyone could have turned Yahoo around unless they were truly exceptional. For the truly exceptional, Yahoo would give them little benefit and they could do better els
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This is not Apple's policy (as they informed me). Once a device has been compromised in any way, they will no longer touch it. If you want it repaired, you either go through a 3rd party repairer or you get it replaced under insurance.
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by rustynails 11y ago
"asking this question only for females make sense" This is a dangerous attitude. One other poster talked about "old school" but the truth is that things haven't improved for anyone. It's attitudes like this qu
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by rustynails 11y ago
I agree with your sentiment but it's far too simplistic. Take for example, a forum on ISIS. Yes, I've just triggered Godwin's law. I'm sorry about that. Now, the idea is that there should be no challenge to ISIS on some
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by rustynails 11y ago
I don't put media and philanthropy in the same sentence. The media is manipulative and self-seeking. As one example, during the last federal election, my local newspaper told me who to vote for. They glossed over the candidate's p
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by rustynails 11y ago
That advice resonates with me. My wife and son are Aspergers. I put a lot of effort into teaching social skills to my son (via myself and through courses) and by proxy, my wife has benefitted too. We also put my son into a regular and high
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by rustynails 11y ago
I'd like to tell you about my most gifted friend. He is my classic definition of genius. He is a particularly lovely human being, handsome, tall and can do most intellectual tasks exceptionally well (eg. Chemistry, electrical engineeri
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by rustynails 11y ago
>Bullying mostly targets the gifted I believe bullies target what is different. Intelligence or lack of it will make you a target in equal measure. Got a birthmark on your face? Boom, you're a target. My kids don't go to a sch
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by rustynails 11y ago
From my own anecdotal experience, everyone I can think of who is gifted (rather than clever) has social troubles to some degree, one of my sons included. He finds it difficult to relate to most children as he largely speaks a different lan
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by rustynails 11y ago
That's an excellent comment. Very insightful. I saw a rebuttal of the feminisation of education, but here's a good link that talks about the modern disparity. It's quite prejudiced (eg. Ignores a huge shift away from boys per
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by rustynails 11y ago
Feminism has never demanded equal respect. Two Si olé examples, 1. Australian right for women to vote. It took another 60 years because they didn't care about aboriginal votes. That's not equality!!! 2. An education system that
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by rustynails 11y ago
I had a look through New York Times on India (note: I have no connections with India, it was in response to a poster's comment about prejudice toward India and its subsequent brash dismissal that caught my attention). Many of the artic
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by rustynails 11y ago
This worries me, a lot. There has been a strong trend of sexism in education for a long time now. Reading between the lines, "Americans of all kinds – from the Spanish teacher in Queens who added programming to _her_ classes to the yo
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by rustynails 11y ago
I found so much more in the article. To quote another poster.. Hubris. The overconfidence of management was shocking. Aggressive schedule drove the system problems quoted above, which were compounded by a lack of training and experience
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by rustynails 11y ago
I took it as a positive. It's an opportunity for homeless people to be given a chance. As long as the lessons are learned. That's a fascinating web site and interesting article. They use the term "people" a lot (great!),
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by rustynails 11y ago
No, but two wrongs don't make a right. Also, as a society, we should be better than that. I'll give you an example. Some of my friends made disparaging remarks about Muslims. I made it clear that was a generalisation and pointed
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by rustynails 11y ago
When I was about 10, I loved the idea of technology. I knew (loosely) about 50 people (all male) who were interested in computers and technology. There were no sign posts, ads, encouragement - it was binary: you were either interested or yo
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by rustynails 11y ago
The New York times has been very sexist for as long as I can recall. If you have any doubts, search Google against New York Times on general terms like men, women - see a trend of extreme sexism? It's hard to miss. As has been pointed
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by rustynails 11y ago
The article is reasonable in the scope it addresses. It's ok for some to be richer than others. We get it. Where it's not fair is that the system is rigged (as other commenters have said). I'm very surprised it's missing
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The note that was added made a big difference. There is no genetic basis implied, it's assessed on an environmental basis. The links do an excellent job at summarising some measures of IQ. Another question is why raise the comment? Thi
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by rustynails 11y ago
I know what you're saying but it isn't true. Let's look at 2 examples, the LGBT community and Feminism. LGBT celebrates its differences. It welcomes everyone. It is open minded and tolerant. Feminism bullies, ridicules, excl
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by rustynails 11y ago
The truth is that controversy sells, truth does not. Truth is the first casualty. The use of propaganda has increased significantly as a substitute for research and robust argument. Today, it's rare to find a media source that is unb
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by rustynails 11y ago
An offbeat topic to challenge my mind. My first experience with Turkish delight was a commercial product in a gold foil wrapper and a purple label (I don't know if it was fry's or not - it was in similar wrapping to the old kitkat
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by rustynails 11y ago
I know you mention that women do better in formal education. That wasn't the case a few decades ago, when I believe there was far less prejudice. I had lunch with a few female teachers several weeks ago. One of their conversations was
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by rustynails 11y ago
I do my best to avoid generalisations about people, unless they consciously choose to label themselves (eg. KKK is racist, feminist is sexist, etc). There is a difference between looking for patterns in people and stereotypes. For example,
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by rustynails 11y ago
Slavery was not a white problem, it was a humanity problem of multiple skin colours, and in some places, still is. No one should be held accountable for their ancestors actions. I certainly don't look at anyone Who is Japanese and thin
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There's another variable that the headline doesn't capture: the legal system. The fear that you might infringe and be be taken to court is often enough to deter people from innovating. The legal fees and lost revenue can be enou
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by rustynails 11y ago
I think the parent poster's comments are still valid. There was a good article yesterday about Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, who was killed unnecessarily during the French Revolution (but not during the dark ages).
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by rustynails 11y ago
That's an excellent point. Add to that a lack of historical diagnosis and you have difficulty in assessing historical trends. As Aspergers get older, they can more effectively mimic behaviour and are more likely to slip under the rada
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by rustynails 11y ago
My wife doesn't look like me. We have reasonably different ethnic backgrounds (common Scottish ancestry maybe 5 generations ago, maybe 5% ethnic commonality at best). We have an autistic child. So, what's your conclusion?

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