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by zorpner 10y ago
EG part-time partners don't have a legal vote in the direction of YC. So, much like how he interacts with the Trump campaign, he provides capital in exchange for...?
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by zorpner 10y ago
Of course, Thiel is not a YC employee, so a statement about firing someone is irrelevant.
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where one finds high unemployment, they are almost certain to find crime, drugs, gangs, single mothers This is because of poverty, not idle hands.
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No, 50% of the population doesn't take offense to hearing the perspectives of an underrepresented group who all too often have their points of view talked over, elided, or outright stolen. A small, bigoted percentage does take offense
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If I were a female engineer, it seems... The fact that people think it's even remotely acceptable to start a sentence like this is strong evidence that we need to spent far more effort seeking out the perspectives of women.
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Aren't we all equal? Not yet.
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by zorpner 10y ago
I'll happily call this out as obvious concern trolling. While you are technically correct (as most concern trolling is designed to be), it's obvious to any reasonable person that referring to an "island of cannibals"
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DjangoCon 2016 Code of Conduct Transparency Report: YouTube Comments(2016.djangocon.us)
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I know of at least three laundromats within a few blocks of my apartment here in SF that offer dropoff wash and fold, at last check at about half the price of the pickup services I looked into (standard pricing, not promotions). I think
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Peter Thiel Is Backing a Startup to Fund Other Lawsuits(vanityfair.com)
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This Is How South Florida Ends(gizmodo.com)
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Max Read: Who Killed Gawker?(nymag.com)
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Yes, obviously, since the injection of wealth into a lawsuit produces unfairness. You're playing dumb, and it just makes you look dumb. Those who forget the lessons of history, etc...
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by zorpner 10y ago
Is your assertion that lawsuits are decided fairly regardless of the amount of money each side is able to invest? the source of funding or motivation or secrecy is clearly irrelevant You should read about the history of champerty and main
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by zorpner 10y ago
Thiel's intent was to bankrupt Gawker by secretly funding many cases such as the Mother Jones example. Again, he got lucky with the Bollea case (not only in that it was quite egregious, but that it provided an excellent framework to r
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Bollea's lawyer (paid for by Thiel, and who should be disbarred for his clear violation of basic legal ethical standards) made multiple trial decisions that punished Gawker at Bollea's expense. Besides, the specific case is a red
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by zorpner 10y ago
There's a reason that so much Enlightenment-era philosophy is devoted to trying to understand aesthetics/artistic genius, and it's that the human response to art can be truly profound. His description is no more hyperbolic t
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by zorpner 10y ago
The collection features work from the likes of Mies van der Rohe, Bertrand Goldberg, Marcel Breuer, and Bauhaus-founder Walter Gropius himself... It's unfortunate that this article doesn't take a moment to call out that Gropius
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by zorpner 10y ago
Hrm. The idea that an arbitrary decision could be scrutinized in isolation to determine the amount of bias that went into it is... optimistic at best. Realistically it's willfully naive, and practically it serves to preserve the stat
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I feel like we might be talking past each other -- conscious vs. unconscious bias is a complex issue worth discussing, but is only tangentially related to complaints about political correctness, which are all demands not for free speech, bu
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by zorpner 10y ago
Don't be ridiculous. Eich couldn't be CEO if for no other reason than that he didn't have a narrative ready for when people brought up his donation to a controversial cause. Seriously basic PR, and he wasn't up for i
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by zorpner 10y ago
It's a pattern. See e.g. Alison Macrina's post, in which she cites an instance prior to her own assault where Jacob Applebaum used their relationship to recruit her into defending him regarding a situation she didn't persona
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The fact that Thiel is still involved with Y Combinator should tell you everything you need to know about the disingenuity of their "commitment" to equality and diversity.
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About damn time. It's a shame that it took him & his followers harassing a celebrity to get this done, given how many people they've threatened before, but hardly surprising.
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Yes, of course. It's a strong moral imperative to challenge violent bigotry at every opportunity.
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NYT: VW Settles Diesel Emissions Case in U.S(nytimes.com)
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Mother Jones: Thiel-Style Lawsuit Threat from Corrections Corporation of America(recode.net)
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He's right that we're drowning in political correctness... Trump's casual racism, misogyny, and conspiracy theories are without precedent... That's some impressive cognitive dissonance, sama. Those are two aspects o
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Inside Planned Parenthood’s Push for Gender-Neutral Language(theestablishment.co)
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Thank you for listening! I wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of legal action eventually, but I also wouldn't be surprised if there weren't -- as mentioned, it's unlikely he left any hard evidence of wrongdoi

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