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by scott_w 2y ago
PCs aren’t home consoles, though.
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I think there’s some rose tinted glasses here. And I say this as someone who loves Final Fantasy X, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The PS2 was still figuring out 3D cameras and jank was a real issue. I’d say it took to the PS3
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> Do the teams you're hiring for know that you're looking to avoid contacting whites, Asians or black people depending on the demographics you're missing until given no other option? That’s a very strange reading of what I
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Yes, I rejected a number of CVs/screening calls that didn’t fit the criteria. In practice, this was a small number because our recruiter tried to pre-screen before reaching out. She was good at her job and she didn’t want to waste mine
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by scott_w 2y ago
Before answering your question, I quickly checked your history to confirm my suspicion that you don't give a fuck about racism unless it's against white people and found this gem: > You're assuming there is no genetic comp
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by scott_w 2y ago
>> asserting the counterexample is excluded by definition > At no point do I say these bad initiatives are not “DEI,” I highlighted the relevant points where I addressed your criticism. I hope this helps but feel free to copy-paste
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While I don’t disagree, we should remember a few things: Diversity isn’t just about skin colour. Getting more women in expands opportunities for women, who still suffer pay gaps, and this would help close that. Even black people who do ha
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by scott_w 2y ago
> Just for clarity, this was for a publicly posted job position, so non-target candidates were able to, and did, put in applications. They were assessed the same way target candidates were. Try again.
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Weird how I knew performative outrage would be the response, just as night follows day.
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Copied from another comment: At no point do I say these bad initiatives are not “DEI,” since they clearly fit under the umbrella of DEI. I simply say they’re bad initiatives. You might be confused by me saying “DEI isn’t the core of the pro
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At no point do I say these bad initiatives are not “DEI,” since they clearly fit under the umbrella of DEI. I simply say they’re bad initiatives. You might be confused by me saying “DEI isn’t the core of the problem,” but that’s not the sam
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You’re exhibiting all the behaviours that push women out of Software Engineering right in this post.
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In our case, the recruitment team started by only headhunting target candidates. Once we exhausted that pool, they would headhunt any candidate. Just for clarity, this was for a publicly posted job position, so non-target candidates were ab
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by scott_w 2y ago
> Very real substantive criticisms of the whole DEI project and identity politics have been rubbished for years. That's a fair point, I've certainly seen aspects of this. I see similar criticisms coming from the left being thro
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by scott_w 2y ago
Your entire argument can be boiled down to: > If it's DEI, it's bad so any good approach is, by definition, not part of DEI. The FAA scandal, among other things I've seen, like Matt Walsh's "Am I Racist?" sh
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by scott_w 2y ago
I put together some more concrete examples here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 None of them are “programs that discriminate against qualified applicants.”
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Yes but it’s also a chance to convince the customer that you’re worth keeping around. Depending on your product, you might also have customers that dip in and out. Keeping them from churning, while sacrificing a little cash today, helps kee
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by scott_w 2y ago
> You've said this, but in this thread alone you've seen the opposition refusing to engage with the topic thoughtfully. They just repeat their rhetoric ad nauseum. I don't disagree with you, however I singled out the USA b
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Unfortunately not. She soured on the profession quite badly quite a while ago and she's never expressed a desire to go back.
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by scott_w 2y ago
> They are explicitly the inverse of DEI approaches. This is essentially a No True Scotsman fallacy. If it's DEI, it's bad so any good approach is, by definition, not part of DEI. > DEI is predicated on outcome diversity, ra
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by scott_w 2y ago
>> the laziest and stupidest possible ways > 70% of the many recruiter messages I receive are like this. You're not disputing my core point.
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by scott_w 2y ago
> This is .. certainly something that might be happening, but it's also something that a lot of people are lying about For the avoidance of doubt, I 100% agree that right-wing media is telling a lot of outright lies and you pointed
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Correct, your churn would be artificially lowered, so you'd probably want to define a point where a "paused" subscription is effectively inactive and count that against churn. It would still show in other metrics, however, as
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by scott_w 2y ago
Like many things Trump claims, there's a kernel of truth wrapped in a pack of lies. It's likely people in Trump's orbit knew about this (as the article highlights, it was visible to Congress), however what Trump claimed was p
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I... really like this idea. It's an interesting problem and something that a challenger service could possibly use (assuming they can resolve potential cash flow issues around content licensing). From an incumbents' perspective, i
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> More importantly you can tell investors you have even more accounts than you do and your churn rate is very low. I know you're being a little facetious but it is actually a benefit. Many companies have implemented subscription p
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by scott_w 2y ago
Since your response is to call me a liar, I won’t dignify the rest of your comment with a thoughtful reply.
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by scott_w 2y ago
I’ve provided a list of DEI hiring policies that don’t fit into your list here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 I said at the top of my thread that the refusal of people in power to engage with criticisms like
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by scott_w 2y ago
Yes, however fines don’t mean anything without enforcement. An interesting example is, on the subject about DEI at the FAA on the front page today, where the FAA was messing around with FOIA responses because they knew an individual couldn’
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by scott_w 2y ago
To avoid repeating myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 > Exactly. Which is why DEI has becomes such a negative term. You want a different definition, but that's simply not how it's used. No, t

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