smirksirlot

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by smirksirlot 9y ago
We are defined by how we act in trying moments. He might be disappointed, but how he is acting doesn't come off as reserved and respectful. He made a judgment to associate himself with Caldbeck, and instead of making proper reparations
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by smirksirlot 9y ago
> most clear understanding of the culture issues internally Is it really clear internally? It's clear to me that they don't understand the issues otherwise it wouldn't have taken public furor for them to start fixing it
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by smirksirlot 9y ago
Agreed. Before this I could arguably say that management was rotting away, but the rank and file should be excluded from judgment because they have no control. But to hear this and read posts on social media lamenting the loss of Travis, an
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by smirksirlot 9y ago
This thread is basically people stumbling over themselves trying to defend how this is NOT sexist or justify the varying degrees of sexism. Some of the fun examples: - men get talked over too! (doesn't mean this isn't sexist) - he
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by smirksirlot 9y ago
I've worked at 2 different startups - currently in management capacity at one. 2 cents: 1) Appreciate the $ that it provides for income + ability to grow 2) If we could do it again I would not recommend it to the founders and instead f
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by smirksirlot 10y ago
There are tons of companies out there trying to get Tesla's technology to market. None of them have promised what uBeam is promising.
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by smirksirlot 12y ago
So sad :( Love Kippt!
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by smirksirlot 12y ago
Then Github should have held off on that legalese post that incited anger. You can't put something like that out re: an issue that involves so much human emotion.
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by smirksirlot 12y ago
Given that Marc Andreessen publicly vocalized support for him and his new venture, I hardly think he'll have much trouble with his career.
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by smirksirlot 12y ago
Exactly. If they came out with this response first this shitstorm probably wouldn't have escalated to this point.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Yes. I was waiting until he had the opportunity to actually put out a good response (despite the initial waffle). That interview destroyed any faith I had. But I blame this entire trial and failure on the Board. It is their responsibility t
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
> If anything, Prop 8 would've helped them. Their core business is dating, right? If you can't marry, you date more. So, wherefore the problem? WTF. Maybe because they're decent people who care about equality?
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
If he doesn't hate gay people, then why not just make his position on marriage clear? He can straight up say "I don't believe in marriage" or whatever.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Expressing sorrow for causing hurt isn't the same as taking responsibility for it. The very first action should be an apology, but that hasn't happened and doesn't look like it'll ever happen.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Not really. It is easy to sweep things under the rug when you're not one of those affected legally, financially, emotionally. I know of people who decided to leave their careers, their homes, and move to another country so that they co
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Just because your religion says so doesn't mean I have to follow it. I'm not trying to make you change your religion - you can live the way you want - but that is not the way I want. The appropriate middle ground is just that. Y
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Sure, I'll tolerate his views, he can believe whatever he want. I honestly don't care... except for the fact that he took the first shot by donating money to actively screw people like me over.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
His last public comment on this issue was in 2012, where he basically didn't actually comment. And quite honestly, as a gay man, I would rather use Chrome and have Google profit over my personal data, VS touching Firefox now. The Mozil
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
This. Lawyers and ilk don't understand the amount of interest, persistence and MONEY that fans/fandoms generate for a body of work. Doing this is stupid shortsighted - goodwill is something hard to generate and easily lost. Paramo
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
When the Uber NYC General Manager is doing it I would hardly put it on sales.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
You're saying a black person who grows up in a white subculture then is less at risk of poverty? I call bullshit on that. It doesn't matter what subculture you grew up in or are exposed to. It is what other people perceive of you
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
> The fear is that if we implement a basic income in the USA, that, well, to put it bluntly, blacks and latinos, and, to a lesser extent, whites will simply stop working. That's ridiculously racist. Poverty being tied to race doesn&
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
As you said, victim blaming. It isn't just feeling awkward about things - there are consequences both psychologically, financially, and physically being an outcast. Being uncomfortable with a place isn't something the person can
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Mixpanel isn't completely dependent on SERPs. It is a different user acquisition/awareness tactic. Also, illegal isn't really the right term to use here.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
A company of 220 people that can't figure out how to properly phrase a hiring rejection? Not a good sign.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
I'll be curious to see success rates of entrepreneurs from those alumni networks - although we'll have to define what's successful in the first place.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
So what you're saying is... asking people not to spend money to support Orson Scott Card is on the same scale as giving money to institutions and people to 1) lobby against sexual minority rights and 2) encourage foreign countries to h
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Can we stop with this already? One minute Waterloo is "Silicon Valley North" the next minute it is Vancouver. Who cares? Just build your ecosystem the way your community wants it.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
From the opinion ( http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_g2bh.pdf ) DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment. Pp. 13–26.
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by smirksirlot 13y ago
You're blaming the Play Store for something that the app developers decided to do? Just because there's a hole doesn't mean it should be abused, particularly since Path is supposed to be from a "legit" company.

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