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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
To add to that, given that HS is more diverse--in terms of race, religion, sex, orientation, gender expression, whatever--than anywhere else I've ever seen in the tech industry, maybe HS is onto something...
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
It's 'conditioning' to be polite and think about what you say. It's sad that you think that's a negative.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
Personally, I want someone to tell me if I've said something offensive. If the offense was unintentional, I then can decide whether saying that thing was important enough to me to warrant upsetting someone else. Maybe it was. Usuall
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
Just like anything else, tactful people will do this privately and with discretion.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
The employees--of which there are 7 or 8, I believe--are 90% white. Hardly a decent sample size. The attendees are much more diverse.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
Is there a chance you said something that others would consider homophobic or sexist when that's not what you intended? Is there a chance others could have a different interpretation of your casual remarks?
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
I went to Hacker School, and I need to clarify: The 'no debate' really should read 'no public debate'. I have been on both sides of the subtle -ism 'violation', and when I was the one called out, I had a leng
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
It's been a long time, but I believe it was a real IQ test.
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Ask HN: Should I list Mensa on my resume?
5 points by thumbtackthief 12y ago|16 comments
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
That's a good point, but personally I'd rather cater to the people who don't have a choice in their capabilities rather than those purposely remain ignorant.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
So, I picked up Objective-C a few weeks ago, and I've been struggling (only coming from a Python background, with only the CS-knowledge I've picked up along the way). I just figured it would be fun to be able to make some apps.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
You will sadly find that the more a person or group is oppressed, the more likely they are to do it to others.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
It's good that you're strong enough, mature enough, wise enough to ignore that kind of idiocy. The problem is for the weaker, younger, more naive person that hears it and takes it seriously.
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by thumbtackthief 12y ago
Thanks, I'll check it out. It looks like a good read, but I'm not sure it addresses my question, which is probably because I was unclear. I've struggled with how to ask it for a while. I work as a programmer, and I find I&#
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Ask HN: What books would be good for a CS101 course?
1 points by thumbtackthief 12y ago|2 comments
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Ned Batchelder's PyCon Talk on Testing(nedbatchelder.com)
1 points by thumbtackthief 13y ago|0 comments
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
They profit in changing lives.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
What if it came out that his personal views (and political donations, more importantly) were against interracial marriage or women's suffrage? No one would bat an eye at his losing his position as CEO (voluntarily or not). Everyone i
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Oh no, I totally see how horribly oppressed we men are, especially in technical fields. It is so hard to have all these minority groups fighting back against our millennia of dominance, trying to take a tiny sliver of the pie. I see now th
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
And there are probably lots of anti-gay people as CEOs of companies that don't make equality and openness a core value of their mission statement.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying. When he was asked if he would donate more money to these causes, a savvy person would have thought to himself, "You know, I've already said how I feel about the iss
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Being allowed employment and being the leader of a diverse company including people you've helped to discriminate against are two different things. He was fine as a CTO because of his brilliant technical mind. His actions, however, ma
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
I understand that argument--and you're not completely wrong--but a) that would require a massive overhaul of our legal system. The whole impetus behind this is that by not being able to be married, LGBT citizens are denied literally t
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Yes, you can see all the campaigning for him to be stripped of legal protection. Clearly the exact same thing.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
What if had been donating to the KKK instead? Do you think he could accurately represent his employees of color? Or for a less cut-and-dry example: If he had donated to Pro-Life organizations, would you expect him to be accepted as CEO of
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
He could have at least honestly said that he wouldn't donate to such causes again. In the current climate, that would just be a foolish waste of money anyway.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Well, that's a matter of opinion (which I completely agree with!) but we can't say it's objective.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Yeah, because when you're playing MarioKart, you don't get a blue shell if you're already in first place.
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Oh, I see. So, since no one said, "Hey, you've been coding for 100 days! Here's EVERYTHING YOU DID WRONG" then clearly, we're all just too sexist to treat women like people. If there _is_ any pussy-footing here (er
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by thumbtackthief 13y ago
Ugh, now I'm all angry. Can you point to _one_ comment where someone gave her kudos based on her gender as opposed to her work? I just went through the entire page to see if you had any leg to stand on.

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