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by turc1656 9y ago
I think you may have misread what I wrote, or perhaps what I wrote was a bit confusing or vague. I didn't mean that any of this was part of the anti-diversity memo. I meant that what this woman wrote was very similar in content to my
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by turc1656 9y ago
All fair criticisms. I'm not a hiring manager and my experience with hiring processes is limited. What I had in mind is the mandate of hiring the best person for the job and any/all other policies are designed with that directive
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by turc1656 9y ago
I think you mean that it is not easily quantifiable or provable with evidence. That does not mean the statement is not true and accurate.
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by turc1656 9y ago
" In the name of diversity, when we fill quotas to check boxes, we fuck it up for the genuinely amazing women in tech. " Precisely. This goes directly to the core of the issue and what I had brought up on the thread recently abou
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by turc1656 9y ago
No, definitely not. To me it is about the logical flow of thought that is put into a structured format. That might sound like spoken language, and to a certain extent it is. But code is more than just that. It is precise. There is no a
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by turc1656 9y ago
I think free vs one-time vs subscription depends heavily on the product/service being offered. I am of the belief that a recurring subscription should provide something meaningful that can't realistically be done on my machine(s)
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by turc1656 9y ago
Yep. I do it in a slightly different way. I have uMatrix installed as a browser add-on to help control for privacy, fingerprinting, security etc. But it can also be used for stuff like this. Simply disabling scripts on many sites'
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by turc1656 9y ago
Maybe this is a dumb question...but didn't they ever do gene/dna testing on these fish before? No one realized they were the same species?
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by turc1656 9y ago
Stop the presses. You mean to tell me the major media organizations used a misleading headline and description for something highly politicized?! I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell ya.
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by turc1656 9y ago
It's not about exclusion, it's about preference. We seem to be trying to force a result, in the name of equality, when there may not in fact be any inequality. I'm not saying there isn't sexism in Silicon Valley. I&#x
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by turc1656 9y ago
I am pretty sure they are not including the contacts. They are only including the subsidies. As far as contracts go, SpaceX landed deals totaling more than 5.5 billion from the US Air Force and NASA alone.
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by turc1656 9y ago
" Elon Musk has earned every tax payer dollar he has received. " By definition you do not earn a handout. You merely conform to the requirements of receiving it, which he has. "Earn"? Definitely not the word to use fo
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by turc1656 9y ago
Very interesting. I certainly hope he gets more time than I am expecting. Personally, my gut is saying 1-2 years. I'd be happy if he gets 4-6 like you expect. Definitely going to be interesting to hear the judges words during senten
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by turc1656 9y ago
Definitely not a lawyer. Total speculation on my part. I am just trying to come to some sort of logical conclusion about how the judge might approach sentencing, using my limiting knowledge of law.
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by turc1656 9y ago
I disagree. I think it will be a major factor at sentencing. First the fact that he did give them their money (with a significant return on it) back to the people well before the government got involved (meaning it wasn't a PR show)
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by turc1656 9y ago
No, they don't avoid it. I pay sales tax on every purchase I make on Amazon. It is required based on the laws of certain states. I recall there being some law passed a while ago regarding this.
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by turc1656 9y ago
" I'm talking about the spirit of the whole thing, not the law. " Well, that's the problem. You asked a question about why one is acceptable and another is not and the reason is legality. What it sounds like is that you
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by turc1656 9y ago
Correct. I was wondering the entire time reading the link what exactly was illegal since it is fairly common knowledge that all nations spy on each other and in the US it is totally legal for the US government to spy on foreigners who are
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by turc1656 9y ago
“When people search for sensitive keywords on YouTube, they will be redirected towards a playlist of curated YouTube videos that directly confront and debunk violent extremist messages.” How much you wanna bet that “feature” is going to be
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by turc1656 9y ago
I realize the article was about the UK, but this entire encryption/spying issue certainly applies to the US as well. My comments are regarding the US because I don't know enough about the UK's laws and general situation to s
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by turc1656 9y ago
Eating a battery is not a reasonably foreseeable event that would occur with a high probability. It's something that can happen, sure. But doesn't happen that often even when they are left around. So I don't think anyone s
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by turc1656 9y ago
As for the major question the articles raises, I think it's somewhat straightforward. There are a number of different legal types of negligence (criminal, gross, culpable, etc). I'm not a lawyer, but I believe these people shoul
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by turc1656 9y ago
Based on the definition you provided, it seems fairly obvious to me based on how I interpret that definition. "acting in a particular manner" = leaving the child in the car, that is the act. "foreseeable outcome" = dea
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by turc1656 9y ago
Looks like Aaron Swartz's vision for the free, collective ownership of mankind's scientific knowledge is well on its way. I wish he were still alive to see Sci-Hub in action.
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by turc1656 9y ago
While I'm not familiar with the area, a very quick search produced a rental available across the water in Fremont, apparently only ~30 minutes by car. The rental is $2,319 a month and has 3 beds and 2 baths and a total of 1,100 sqft o
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by turc1656 9y ago
Luckily, capitalism has a solution to that: https://media.giphy.com/media/Qa5dsjQjlCqOY/giphy.gif
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by turc1656 9y ago
Really? That's odd, because that's at least half the staff where I live for all of those types of positions.
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by turc1656 9y ago
I'm going to come right out and say it and fully expect to be downvoted to death - these people are the problem. Not Facebook (who they don't actually work for) and not their actual employer. They make a combined 75-80k a year.
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by turc1656 9y ago
That's why they should be commuting to from a more reasonably-priced area of CA instead of living in the hideously expensive place they chose to live. This is colossally stupid on their part.
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by turc1656 9y ago
Did you read the article? They don't work for Facebook. They work for a contractor that Facebook uses to supply food service to employees.

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