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UX Designers: Stop Being Mythical(piranhabay.co.uk)
1 points by simonv3 13y ago|0 comments
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by simonv3 13y ago
And even if you don't want to use a dedicate git hosting service, good site hosting platforms (Webfaction) make it incredibly easy to install a git server.
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by simonv3 13y ago
A lot of website use appeals when it has a local flavor. Quora and it's Silicon Valley answerers probably doesn't know how to answer the questions that many Non-US citizens might have. This has a lot to do with user base, and I do
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by simonv3 13y ago
Failure rates that high are normal at many European universities. The idea there often is "let many people in, but let them fail out if they don't make the cut". Not everyone is suited to some of the rigours of higher educati
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The Average American Spends $9,122 on Their Car Per Year(your-car.simonv3.mixture.io)
3 points by simonv3 13y ago|0 comments
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Jacob Appelbaum on Dystopian Securitization(orationing.tumblr.com)
6 points by simonv3 13y ago|0 comments
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by simonv3 13y ago
"Either I agree with you or I'm part of the problem? And you call me narrow minded!" Yep. I'm pretty narrow minded when it comes to thinking everyone deserves the same chances as I got. "Did you even read my comment? I said I'm not spending
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by simonv3 13y ago
Good job! You've discovered that the problem isn't one of women not getting into colleges. Edit: I'm not saying it's not part of the problem, but the problem is obviously not just that.
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by simonv3 13y ago
On 3) why is it that in a field where people are lauded (especially here on HN) when they drop out of college or skip college all together and are successful, we continue to come back to the "there are less women graduates" argument?
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by simonv3 13y ago
Imagine how many more problems would be solved or thought about if we were listening to the other 80% of the world's population - not just white men.
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by simonv3 13y ago
Think about all the kids who don't see women in the tech fields and thus don't see it as a viable career path. The "small pool of women CS graduates" argument is bunkt because CS is a meritocracy - so many men prove themselves through code
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by simonv3 13y ago
>Now we're afraid to talk at a conference or at the office. We never make any joke that might be remotely sexual around female coworkers (note that my female friends usually take it really well). Welcome to how it feels to be a woman, o
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by simonv3 13y ago
I've created a Medium collection to see how people treat learning and cross subject studies, I would love to hear people's thoughts and ideas. https://medium.com/how-to-be-a-polymath
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Be Curious, Read Widely, Try New Things - A Polymath's Manifesto(medium.com)
3 points by simonv3 13y ago|1 comments
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Being Myself On The Internet(medium.com)
1 points by simonv3 13y ago|0 comments
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by simonv3 14y ago
I work with a bunch of UX designers, and as the only developer here I'm often confronted with their question of "why can't I just describe what I want done?" Their apprehension of tackling code is one I don't immediately understand, but I d
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Idea Otter - quickly store ideas for later, and see other people's ideas. (itunes.apple.com)
2 points by simonv3 14y ago|0 comments
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UX Weekly(uxwkly.com)
1 points by simonv3 14y ago|0 comments
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by simonv3 14y ago
Yeah, that's what we're building at the moment - some way of getting people interested and working together. It's tricky, and one of the directions we're looking into is for the website to be a way of finding people in your area. It's a lot
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by simonv3 14y ago
Would love to hear what people think of the concept, whether they'd be willing to participate, and definitely if they're willing to help out!
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Appril - In the spirit of NaNoWriMo: A One Month Hackathon(appril.org)
2 points by simonv3 14y ago|3 comments