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by zasz 13y ago
I like this a lot, but maybe market it as, "bedsheets that can go for weeks without smelling"? I assume the lack of bacteria will solve that problem? Take the focus off of how it doesn't need to be washed, which will imply to
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by zasz 13y ago
Because there are people suffering right now who could use some help.
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by zasz 13y ago
Of course no analogy is perfect. The point of the analogy was to illustrate that even without someone actively trying to beat you up, acting normal can be difficult. That is the only aspect which I think those two situations share.
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by zasz 13y ago
It's not just about having a young daughter. People need to teach their sons that they shouldn't be putting their hands on women's waists and legs. That is the other reason to write blog posts on this--to make men aware that
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by zasz 13y ago
This has happened to me. What I got back was a hurt look with, "I'm just trying to be friendly!" Honestly, what do you say to that? Some guys have a magic talent for turning it around and turning you into a villain for daring
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by zasz 13y ago
Well, how about this analogy--you see a really beautiful girl and you try to hit on her. You're not afraid she'll throw her drink in your face, because most beautiful girls would never do such a thing, but wow, she's really d
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by zasz 13y ago
What exactly do you want her to say? "Hi, stop being a dick, because this kind of behavior is a serious turn off to women who want to be involved in tech?" That's obviously not going to fly. So what about, "Hi, could y
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by zasz 13y ago
IANAL, but unions are highly visible, while this "agreement not to poach" was not.
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by zasz 13y ago
I feel like a tool for saying this, but getting a B in a calculus class doesn't qualify as "good at math." I was hoping this would be a story about someone bad at math ending up majoring in it. If the author had to put this
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by zasz 13y ago
If you're an outsider to a social group, how would you know how to imitate them cheaply and convincingly? Your point about people buying brand items and using them in a "vulgar" way actually just reinforces how hard it can be
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by zasz 13y ago
That's great, but did you notice that the author was talking about completely different than engineers? Surely you've noticed that even within the Valley the sales and marketing people dress up better?
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by zasz 13y ago
Because it's mentally and politically convenient for people to consider China to be one entity.
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by zasz 14y ago
He goes on to do just that, though. His comment is claiming that because he was able to tune out his problems, he just knows that whatever she's going through, she can too.
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by zasz 14y ago
I honestly don't understand your comment. It is very difficult for me to parse properly. How is it not sexist towards women for them to hear comments like this? "If I had a dollar for every time someone suggested that some demographics just
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by zasz 14y ago
I think she would find it more encouraging if you said something like, "damn, sexism sucks," rather than, "I struggled with a difficult life and made it, and you can too." I know you want to be encouraging, but ignoring the greater gender i
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by zasz 14y ago
I'm sure you're working hard on demanding things, but a world-class violinist is probably doing something much, much harder than you are. Even if you don't respect violinists, surely you have to respect that an expert mathematician trying t
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by zasz 14y ago
Bill Gates's position as a famous wealthy guy means he has more of a responsibility than the rest of us to not put out misleading graphs. Even if he is spreading misinformation with his own money.
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by zasz 14y ago
Why wouldn't self-driving cars be networked somehow? Like, what if in order to access the Google fleet of cars, you had to have a Google membership?
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by zasz 14y ago
I'd argue a lot, still. Was he born in America, or Somalia?
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by zasz 14y ago
Having social skills is one thing, but this story makes it seem like there isn't much of a meritocracy at work.
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by zasz 14y ago
More like, "how knowing the right people helped Mixpanel get into YC."
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by zasz 14y ago
I'm kind of amazed that most of your contributions to this thread have been about telling people that they're wrong for feeling a certain way. That's like me telling you you're wrong for liking code. You agreed that Miso clearly owes him mo
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by zasz 14y ago
Aren't these separate incidents? Miso is benefiting from this employee referral, after all.
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by zasz 15y ago
It isn't about "not wanting to be enlightened." That person wanted to share a fun fact--they were trying to be social. And you shot them down and essentially called them stupid.
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by zasz 15y ago
It's neither. The parent comment implied that Diamond's book was a leftist polemic on how the environment is important. I didn't think it was very leftist or very alarmist. That's all I meant. I was actually disappointed when Diamond mentio
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by zasz 15y ago
I found this answer on Quora, by a medical student, to be quite illuminating on why machine diagnosis isn't going to be any good, any time soon. http://www.quora.com/Why-is-machine-learning-not-more-widely...
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by zasz 15y ago
Really? I found _Collapse_ to be much more boring than I expected. One of the major reasons he claims that a society collapses is a lack of trading partners. Not very sexy at all, and not leftist.
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by zasz 15y ago
Mmm, I guess this doesn't have to make sense to you, but there are people who enjoy being fashionable. I don't understand them either, but it seems to be a form of self-expression, not an invitation to flirt.
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by zasz 15y ago
"Let me conclude with some tactical advice. If you want to take on a problem as big as the ones I've discussed, don't make a direct frontal attack on it." I remember somewhere that AirBnB said they wanted to become the best marketplace for
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by zasz 15y ago
I don't think that's really an argument that has anything to do with what I said. If someone does something to benefit you, in this case, writing a song that you enjoy, you should reciprocate somehow, preferably with money. It doesn't matte

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