shadowspar

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   by shadowspar 10y ago

   I keep paying my electricity bill every month, but those a-holes at the utility company never make my electricity any better either!
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   by shadowspar 13y ago

   Genocide jokes aren't funny. No, not even yours.
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   by shadowspar 14y ago

   > Yes, rape culture is real. Yes, drunk people are more dangerous, on average, than sober people. > No, this does not mean you should start skipping events where people are drinking because some of them might hurt you. This isn't re
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   by shadowspar 14y ago

   Nascent awareness of sexism and corresponding initiatives to deal with it aren't something that's limited to software at all. Science, academia, and the skeptic/atheist community are all in the midst of similar changes right now as well.
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   by shadowspar 14y ago

   http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents Fill your boots.
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   by shadowspar 16y ago

   Clearly, folks who complain about the locker-room mentality of the tech industry don't have a leg to stand on. >_< What next, a blog post about fart jokes?
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   by shadowspar 16y ago

   This. If some guy cornered me at the bar and punched me in the face, damn straight I'd name him on my blog if I recognized who he was. Somehow I doubt anyone would accuse me of starting a witch hunt, or tell me that I needed to take better
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   by shadowspar 16y ago

   Same with the Canadian Swiss Steak IMP shown -- it's one of the least popular meals in the rotation, though it doesn't hold a candle to the universally reviled Ham Omelet (affectionately nicknamed the "Human Lung" and now thankfully long go
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   by shadowspar 16y ago

   "conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person." You've got to be kidding me. "Conventional wisdom" says that you need to co-locate everybody from the CEO to the mailroom staff
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    by shadowspar 16y ago

    Seconded on this, plus the ability to sort/filter on these criteria. For me, the ability to search for "only telecommute jobs" is the make or break factor on whether or not a job board is worth my while.