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by troupe 9y ago
Yes, and if the evidence he was using was wrong the best thing Google can do is to explain why it is wrong to change the perception. Instead, they are basically telling people that if they look at the evidence and reach a similar conclusion
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by troupe 9y ago
And he also pointed out that people are scared to actually talk about these things at Google. Considering he was fired, that seemed like a pretty on the mark observation.
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by troupe 9y ago
> Maybe something like the blind auditions Exactly! If you want to remove gender, race or some other aspect from the decision making process you have to actually remove it. You can't just try to fix discrimination one direction by
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by troupe 9y ago
> the way to respond is to say that their information is wrong, not that they are wrong for saying it. This is what bothered me the most about Google's response. They have the data to prove that the stereotypes about women were wron
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by troupe 9y ago
> If women get paid more for the same qualifications Isn't that kind of the definition of the gender discrimination most companies are trying to avoid?
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by troupe 9y ago
Sounds like a good way to make sure that admission decisions are not being made based on race. Sadly there are a lot of people who are explicitly trying to make sure that admission IS based on race.
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by troupe 9y ago
I'm all for giving people opportunities to get out of poverty. I do not think such opportunities should be limited to a particular race. Pell Grants are a good example. The grants aren't racist in that everyone can apply. However,
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by troupe 9y ago
> Also, though, what it is is necessary: a corrective for multiple centuries of --- let's call it what it is, I guess: institutionalized oppression. It sounds you feel that the way to right the wrongs of racism against blacks in the
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by troupe 9y ago
Absolutely, but when you hear someone talking about racism on television are they usually from an organization promoting a certain race or from some place that is trying to remove race from the decision making process entirely?
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by troupe 9y ago
> It's not an easy issue. It is impossible to provide easier admission to college for one race without making it harder for other races. Treating people differently because they are of a certain race is the definition of racism. Tha
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by troupe 9y ago
There are efforts aimed at people whose parents didn't go to college and they don't have anything to do with race. But to answer your question, I think many of the groups that ostensibly were founded to fight racism are more aimed
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by troupe 9y ago
> If there was a real worker shortage, employers would be hiring people without degrees and have them do the best they can. Doesn't this kind of assume that even someone with very little skill can add value to a company as a softwar
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by troupe 9y ago
The cut off for welfare is determined by the size of your family. So to achieve what you describe, a company that has two people of the same minimal capabilities should pay the one that has kids more than the one that doesn't. Also it
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by troupe 9y ago
> The company should be paying a living wage So you are saying that an external force should make companies pay different wages to different employees depending on what a particular person needs for their standard of living?
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by troupe 9y ago
> but for some people, that's simply not an option. In the article the author tries two options: Uber Eats and Foodora. So, yes, in theory there are probably some people who would rather have the Uber Eats "work when you want&q
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by troupe 9y ago
If that is the case then you would expect that the article would talk about how busy Uber Eats was. Instead it says the opposite. He didn't make money because not many people were using the service. He lays out two ways people can work
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by troupe 9y ago
So would you describe Sweden as a place with poor quality social safety nets? According to the article people who want to deliver have at least two choices and one pays significantly more than the other because Uber doesn't have enough
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by troupe 10y ago
Yes, but there are many other things in SF that are now attracting people there that would continue to be attractive with much denser housing.
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by troupe 10y ago
CS Unplugged ( http://csunplugged.org/ ) has some good resources for teaching CS concepts without needing a computer. I'm not sure how easy they would be to do at a distance, but you might find some aspects that would wo
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by troupe 10y ago
Life insurance is sold across state lines. Do you feel it suffers from the same problem?
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by troupe 10y ago
> Previous to the ACA people would buy "health insurance" with a deductible so high they realistically couldn't use it anyway. I talked to the CEO of a small rural non-profit hospital and asked if ACA had helped since they
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by troupe 10y ago
The 2 pound limit is because that is the amount the FAA has determined is safe to keep in the seat back pocket in addition to the stuff that is already in there. The idea is that if there is turbulence you'd put it in the pocket. If ra
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by troupe 10y ago
Many airlines let you use a laptop during take off an landing if it is less than 2 pounds.
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by troupe 10y ago
I agree that it isn't fair to measure a parent by how well their kids do in school, but I think it is perfectly reasonable to measure a parent by how well they support and encourage their children to get a basic education. For example,
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by troupe 10y ago
> Anecdotally, in my experience it's not that the parents are "better" its that the parents have school as an actual priority. If you were trying to rank parents wouldn't "prioritizes their children's educat
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by troupe 12y ago
I believe most people would say that when they agree to take money with a promise to repay it, they are under a moral obligation to do so.
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by troupe 12y ago
No. Based on the information presented, someone thought she had worked as a recruiter when she was at Google.
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by troupe 12y ago
There is a difference between saying that her audience didn't think she was currently a programmer and saying they didn't think she had ever worked as a programmer. If you look at her blog, you will not assume she writes much code
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by troupe 12y ago
The quote in the article simply said that you can talk about code for an hour and people still think you are a recruiter. Most people take that to mean that people don't think you currently work as a programmer or more specifically, do
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by troupe 12y ago
There are many stereotypes that go along with being a programmer that are negative. There are stereotypes that go along with being a recruiter that are positive. While gender may have something to do with people thinking she is a recruiter

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