southpawgirl

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by southpawgirl 7y ago
A thing of beauty ️
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by southpawgirl 12y ago
"there's not some massive conspiracy here - go ahead, use React/Ember" I wish it were the case; whilst for my own projects I certainly follow such advice, I've found that in industrial settings Angular is seen like
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by southpawgirl 12y ago
After ~1 yr of experience with Angular, I have to say I fully agree. Debugging is a pain, for a start, and so is delving into the source code. Plus, it's incredibly complex and opinionated and still it leaves it really easy to slip int
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by southpawgirl 12y ago
I agree with the idea of 'sensitivity training'. Sometimes empathy is only latent and needs to be showed the way to express itself. Harsh punishment is of no use in this.
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by southpawgirl 12y ago
I don't like summary condemnations of people "to set the example". The guy has been uncouth and rude but it was just a (drunken? Tourette-like?) outburst. As a women in tech I am more worried that, if we don't use with o
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Kikubari – the Japanese art of paying attention to others(japanintercultural.com)
2 points by southpawgirl 13y ago|0 comments
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Ouch! Thanks a lot.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Agree! Indeed, the comparaison with portals springs to the mind. While the amount of items (links, people, services, cultural niches) available increases, the need for more specialised and fragmented avenues of consumption increases. It&#x2
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Sexism is a reality in the tech industry. Something has to be done. I agree with the intention, 100% -- I am much less sure about the means. Self-segregation is only reinforcing a us-vs-them attitude. Sexism starts with a cultural attitude
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I don't "get" SF, not as a place to live in (e.g. one that should satisfy all my needs, practical and intellectual). To me, SF is the mum in the Woody Allen sketch that keeps saying "Do your homework! Brooklyn is not exp
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
This post is brilliant. It puts into words an unspoken but pervasive sensation I had in the small town I grew up in, before leaving for greener pastures: it didn't ask me (or anyone else) to be anyone or anything better than I already
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I handed in my notice recently. My situation was somewhat similar to the one of the poster: project really not that interesting, unglamorous company, so-so salary, but casual atmosphere and not much to do, and I got to keep a lot of energy
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Or make jobs paying Walmart-style salaries pay somewhat more... ? Although I disagree with the conclusions of the article (it doesn't take lots of complexities into account, education level, family issues, disability, etc), the logic b
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
That's fine, no embarrassment needed... I understand the act of the moderator but I also believe in taking the mystique out of random socialisation over the internet, which is an enlightening and innocuous pastime.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I spent only one week in SF: I found the vibe horrendous. The existence of a caste system based on ethnicity and culture is incredibly evident just by taking a stroll in the city -- it was disturbing, and it made me feel unsafe (please note
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
> so you're trying to copy one array into another, but sometimes you have an empty value and you want the output to be contiguous. This made me giggle. Thank you Sir.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
> and six months (and $8 million) later a fantastic solution was delivered In real life the solution applied wouldn't be this one, nor the cheap fan, but some dude being paid peanuts to shake each box by hand.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
True, and as I said, it does seem ridiculous to me. At the same time, I understand that progress has often broader implications that might appear as a price too high to pay for the society. So, I just abstain from casting stones in that cas
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
In some Italian cities the situation is no different: taxi licenses are issued only on a fixed, limited number and are sometimes inherited from father to child, often sold for mind-boggling amounts (comparable to the price of a house). The
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Last October, France passed a bill against heavy discounting on books. They have this thing, to protect the existing market order against the disruption caused by new channels. My first reaction is always to think that it's ridiculous;
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The Rise of the 'Brogrammer' (2012)(businessweek.com)
5 points by southpawgirl 13y ago|1 comments
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Can't stand Disney tbh. Also, sanitisation is always accompanied by a drop in quality. I am rather flabbergasted by the suggestion of an LGBT filter, but then again, the whole of the available categories is a religious fundamentalist&#
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I don't think there's a full-fledged conspiracy at play - it's more like a progressive process of disneyfication of the internet: apps and not websites (easier to control and monetize), progressively more bland content, soon
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
It's totally possible. I think comorbidity it's called 'malignant narcissism'.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
The detail of the highest-ranking therapist, plus others -the need for validation, the fact that the writer declares to be keen on interpersonal connections, the general air of self-involvement, plus the simple act of dishing personal stuf
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Undoware, all very well explained; I couldn't agree more.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
> I'm still amazed at how effective it is at garnering empathy from the reader and cultivating a sense that the author is an impressive individual who has triumphed over adversity after a great struggle. You might be right, but you
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Quoting from Wikipedia: 'Additionally, studies suggest inverse relationships between psychopathy and intelligence, including with regards to verbal IQ' (but later it's stated that such correlation is not unanimously accepted)
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
> I suspect if it's one thing that scares a psychopath, it's being found out No, that's a narcissist. Afaik psychos aren't attaching that much emotional involvement to their public persona. They might be annoyed if su
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Agree. It's a rocky ride to attempt closer contact with a psychopath: there's nobody home, and you discover eventually that you were relating to a 3-D, Technicolour magnified mirror more than to another human being. And, at the sa

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