starkred

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by starkred 6y ago
Teach your damn boys for once.
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by starkred 6y ago
> Tell her it's OK to work somewhere else if the only way to get there is to fuck the interviewer Tell her that if that happens then she is strong enough to report it until something is done about it. Don't give in to bullies.
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by starkred 6y ago
> I'm suggesting you should outright tell them that it's very likely that at some point some guy will try to demand sex from her If I had heard that growing up I would have avoided men under any and all circumstances. Since I
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by starkred 6y ago
Serious question: if there were competing companies involved in Cheerleading - Varsity vs. Nike or something - do you think sexual predators goes away? I have trouble believing that.
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by starkred 6y ago
> There's no wide ranging cultural acceptance of sexually predatory behavior There is as long as the solution is "keep women away from sexual predators" instead of "keep sexual predators away from women". Keepi
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by starkred 6y ago
Are you seriously suggesting that we keep our daughters out of fashion, academics, sports, and movies as that is the only way to keep them from being raped? > Do not ever put your daughter in a situation where she can be pressured by old
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by starkred 6y ago
> I don’t know how much Varsity was involved here, but I suspect, at the very least, that Varsity execs were turning a blind eye to what was happening. As far as I can tell this is the sum up of his assertion that Varsity is responsible
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by starkred 6y ago
My usual answer is 'by example'. I like to think I'm teaching my kid to think. Last night we started wondering why fish can swim near sharks and not get eaten. We talked, we speculated, we joked, we researched and discussed
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by starkred 6y ago
That is a much more interesting question than I originally thought! You can plug into a happy room surrounded by your family and friends and it will be as though you are all together instead of thousands of miles apart. You can spend time
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by starkred 6y ago
> Hypothesize a machine that allows you to change people's emotions directly, one that has seen mass adoption. There absolutely are such machines and we call them computers. > Should people be allowed to install it? Communication
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by starkred 6y ago
> There should be standards, even if they aren't defined by law I don't necessarily disagree and I'm sure there were plenty of reputable publishers who wouldn't touch the protocols. But should the agency who did publi
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by starkred 6y ago
I still don't get it and I can't get away from 'printing press' analogies. "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" resulted in countless deaths but who owns that responsibly besides whoever wrote it, read it, and
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by starkred 6y ago
Sadly there probably is such a COBOL program but it's only going to be the first in line of a lot of systems looking for fraud.
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by starkred 6y ago
I was surprised to see how clearly the FDA recommends against black licorice consumption. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/black-licoric... > If you’re 40 or older, eating 2 ounces of black licori
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by starkred 6y ago
You've crushed the dreams of a lot of people who get their tax tips from anonymous internet posters. "Deposit $9,999 to fool the IRS" is up there with "Consult with top divorce lawyers to keep them from representing you
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by starkred 6y ago
It seems to be widely believed that nothing came from the Panama Papers, but I think that's only because people hoped to see some CEOs perp-walked to a waiting cop car. There certainly have been repercussions. >Twenty-three countri
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by starkred 6y ago
They may be going after the real perpetrators. If they are, they probably don't want the perpetrators to know how much information they have. If so, their cases may have just been blown apart by these leaks, and the perpetrators are ev
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by starkred 6y ago
I've seen it spun as a move away from the legacy stack into the new modern architecture. Of course the legacy stack programmers have a suspicious common element. Also, of course, 2-3-5 years later the legacy stack is still what keeps
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by starkred 6y ago
I'd think a lot less of the deceased after a display like this. Their best friend may-or-may-not have wanted to sleep with their wife but whatever, leave me out of it. I'm trying to pay my respects and mourn a friend, not get ca
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by starkred 6y ago
I think the author is quick to blame right-to-repair and throw-away culture when my experience is that modern generations just have less interest in owning items just for the sake of "cherishing" them. I've been through a few