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by timje1 13y ago
That's very true, it was just simply that I had multiple friends (feminists and LBGT+ individuals) that were offended when the original pictures came out - this was the first thing that came to mind when visiting the 404 page. "Oh
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Perhaps punishment was too strong. But it was a forfeit on a bet, and the implication of having to dress up as one of the female cabin crew as a forfeit is distasteful at best, however innocent the intention.
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As a community with a vastly skewed gender divide (both HN and tech in general), I think it's our responsibility to try to be sensitive (even over-sensitive) to the needs of those that are underrepresented. I'm just talking about
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It's still possible that a man "who has made so many women rich and powerful" might do something distasteful or misjudged - and it's possible to propose a discussion about this behaviour without it turning into a smear.
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There's a big difference between wearing drag for theatre, personal empowerment, kicks / w/e, and being forced to dress like a woman as a punishment or forfeit.
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This bet was attacked by feminists (rightly? or too sensitive?) : the idea of it being a humiliating punishment for a respectable businessman having to dress up like a woman and serve other men. So it was my understanding that Virgin backed
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Well it's not exactly brain surgery , is it?
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I think this is a mature, well engineered approach to collisions - one that engineers can learn from. Rather than throwing a hissy fit when it encounters an exception, a mature system should try to gracefully recover... Because we're n
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Wrap that shit in spoiler tags! Next you'll be telling us how Titanic ends ...
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Surely Paul the Baptist was far more influential than Jesus - there were quite a few crazies wandering around in those times telling people to sell all of their things and follow them to paradise. It took quite a bit of admin and organisati
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The EU doesn't import US beef because of banned chemicals used to raise US cows. Imagine if the EU implemented more stringent requirements on, say, GM foods. Or other livestock. Banned the pesticides used in California Oranges, etc. Tr
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Charles Stross's 'Rule 34' features a dark near-future setting with organised criminals operating illegal, unlocked 3D printers that are used to print guns and child sized sex dolls. An interesting read for sure. I assume t
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Almost anyone, regardless of age, weight, sex, health or ableness can sit around in a bar sitting a soda. Although I've got muslim friends who are uncomfortable being somewhere where alcohol is being served. I'd agree that a 5k ru
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They make for great headlines though.
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An early guardian article [0] suggested that both men and women have moved away from relationships. In particular, women avoid a relationship because that would mean giving up their career and freedom in order to produce babies and do house
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It's not so much virtual girls vs sex, it's virtual girlfriends vs real girlfriends. It's the wrong comparison to be making. I'm sure if there was a way of having virtual sex with virtual girlfriends, that would be the c
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Save up more than 30 candies. Start requesting features. It gets better.
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mysql.com was hacked by a sql injection [0]. microsoft.com had XSS vulnerabilities a while back that allowed auth token harvesting via an overly generous cookie paths [1]. Any website in the world has the potential to be flagged as serving
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Damn, I meant I wince when I see someone espousing inherent gender differences, because the poor sod that brought it up finds himself or herself shouted down. Obviously there are gender differences. Stating that gender differences result i
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I always wince whenever I see a person espousing any inherent gender differences or preferences, because they are consistently ripped to pieces. I actually think it's valuable to examine if, when X occupation is 80% male, does that mea
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Does anyone know where I can find details, or a good article, about all of these slaves in India and Pakistan? edit: the report itself lists the details. Bonded labour is the greatest problem in Pakistan. The Asian Development Bank estima
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A quote that I loved from the article: Allen did email his colleagues with the subject line: “A paper in my mouth. Ahh, science.
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I see a similarity between this study and the recent crack baby myth debunking - it's not the crack, it's the poverty. Only in this case, they're suggesting that it's not the Omega-3: it's the affluent (and health c
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" Data provided by the music industry were misleading; contrary to what lobbying organisations were claiming, the music industry was doing reasonably well. " In my mind, this is the real clincher, and the reason why this chart run
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It's not very PC to call them that.
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registering RISKR.com as we speak..
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I disagree, their pretentious 'what are your influences' discussion caused the author to analyze what his influences are. That analysis clashed with the students' initial reaction.. but this is very far from your statement &
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-"The MIT researchers are currently building an army of 100 cubes" Hardly "unleashes hundreds of swarmbots", more like unleashes eight of them, and plans to release more .. Quite a misleading article title. edit: I&#x27
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I agree, I've never seen a maintenance nightmare that fits on a screen or two of text. Overly complex systems, in my mind, always create more long term problems than overly simple systems - even if the simple system requires a hack or
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Is there anything being done here that looks like it should cost more than 500k ? ... Look over here, I've got a bridge to sell that I think you're going to love...

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