tabeth

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by tabeth 10y ago
I never said brown people can't be called expats. Your defensiveness regarding that is more SJW than my original post, which just cited a few articles.
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by tabeth 10y ago
You've yet to prove that they've had "the opportunity and incentive to choose this field, yet go elsewhere."
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by tabeth 10y ago
I'd love to see your evidence for this. Namely, you'd need to prove that for a given educational level, geographical location and familial history, they're more likely to choose something other than tech than white males.
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by tabeth 10y ago
My point is basically this: the average is being extremely skewed by survivorship bias, namely, White and Asians who attended elite schools. I assert that getting the salaries noted in the article is especially unlikely if you're on th
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by tabeth 10y ago
I agree, but most people couldn't care less about that. Most people eat meat, use housing that's displaced huge amounts of land that animals use to inhabit, etc.
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by tabeth 10y ago
I'm legitimately interested to see how much software engineers make if they're not White or Asian. Given the lack of women and minorities I'd say minorities are better off being an MD than a SE. In addition, I'm skeptica
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by tabeth 10y ago
It's pretty well known that (relatively affluent) white immigrants are called expats instead of immigrants. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals... http://www.forbes.com/sites&#x
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by tabeth 10y ago
The cure is simple. Stop being greedy?
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by tabeth 10y ago
I disagree. No one lives life in a vacuum.
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by tabeth 10y ago
Who exactly are you trying to impress? You may be think I'm being presumptuous, but because there's no objective success you must be trying to impress someone. Once you figure that out and acknowledge that you'll be closer
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by tabeth 10y ago
Again, it's possible to have an anonymous candidate you can talk to. Voice obfuscation, prohibited questions (to ensure anonymity, etc.) There's nothing inherent in needing to know who the person is. If you disagree I'd love
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by tabeth 10y ago
I fail to see what any of that has to do with knowing who the person is. You might be right, though. As I mentioned, those benefiting from these things will obviously protest it.
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by tabeth 10y ago
Ring Ring... Hello? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12454634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9497721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10412284 https://news.ycombina
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by tabeth 10y ago
I've sat in interviews for most positions (at where I work, anyway). The only one that requires actually knowing who the person is (gender wise, race wise, etc) is sales. Even in that case, it's only because of preexisting prejudi
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by tabeth 10y ago
What happens if you don't work?
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by tabeth 10y ago
The entire purpose of the voting system is to determine if its useful or not. Might as well just do it: if its desired it'll be voted up, if not it'll fade into irrelevance.
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by tabeth 10y ago
Great news. Once it gets going I'd be interested in seeing the strategy to make it sustainable. I believe donation models are inherently unsustainable so it'll be a challenge.
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by tabeth 10y ago
ah, I see. I certainly don't disagree with you. however, since people I believe have a limited amount of "political capital" to spend on various issues, I worry that we'll waste it all putting on bandages to problems tha
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by tabeth 10y ago
ah, I guess I wasn't clear. the point/opinion I was trying to convey is that without getting rid of large corporations there's no way to avoid these issues. I was just curious why there's so much emphasis on his particul
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by tabeth 10y ago
Just curious: in an ideal society, where there are no super large corporations that would abuse their advantage here, would this be a big deal? Isn't this similar to the advantage that capitalists have when buying huge swathes of land?
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by tabeth 10y ago
There's no point to be made: it's just a question. Though, your logic doesn't seem to make sense to me: would you encourage people to try everything to find out for themselves as opposed to asking people who've tried it
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by tabeth 10y ago
I'm sorry to hear that you're depressed. If you don't mind sharing, what else have you tried? Isn't alcohol a depressant? I'm no psychiatrist but it seems paradoxical that alcohol would help with depression
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by tabeth 10y ago
I've never drank before, so I'm a terrible person to comment about this: but what exactly is the supposed benefit of drinking? I go to dinner parties, clubs, etc. and it seems that alcohol is everywhere. People mention that its so
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by tabeth 10y ago
Instant Ping (particularly for teams where most people are on premise): 1. You have a computer (the Instant Pinger) setup. All it is is a monitor with a webcam and a faster internet connection, in addition to a small computer that can run t
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by tabeth 10y ago
What people lack these days is community. Building an excellent community will allow people with problems like depression to find support. The researchers polled 1,018 depressed patients in 90 randomized community- and clinic-based programs
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by tabeth 10y ago
Something having nothing to do with heredity does not mean it is random.
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by tabeth 10y ago
I'm sorry, but you must be out of touch with reality. Certain kinds of banking from a decent school? You mean an Ivy League or top school with acceptance rates lower than 20%? The reality is, you must be exceptionally lucky to have the
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by tabeth 10y ago
Why is the opposite a "much bigger problem", exactly? The title is that "new data shows that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly hereditary." The opposite of this would be that joining the 1% has nothing to do with hered
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by tabeth 10y ago
What's the back-end equivalent of "free scaling?" For example, with the front-end, if you have a SPA or a website that's completely static, you can serve static files and JavaScript in a way that scales horizontally for
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by tabeth 10y ago
I love HN, but it really is bittersweet for me. One one hand you have some really interesting and intelligent people talking about complex issues. Issues I would either fail to know about, understand, or realize the gravity of without their

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