Liberalism is the core of American conservatism. That’s less true elsewhere.
I can’t think of a more dislike-able company than YouTube. I used to love youtube and watch it everyday and it would make me a happier, smarter person. Now youtube’s impact on their users is entirely negative and really…
There are fewer people in Compton that watch tennis regularly, fewer coaches, fewer players.
The Williams sisters started playing tennis in Compton. Tennis is cheap, but not so culturally accessible.
Thereby self correcting perhaps.
Cite on “ton of collateral damage”? That’s the disputed point in my mind. I just see obstacles that are like speed bumps in parking lots. I don’t find speed bumps do a ton of collateral damage. They also don’t really…
Humans will never outcompete ai in that regard however. Industry will eventually optimize for humans and ai separately: ai will know a lot and think quickly, humans will provide judgement and legal accountability. We’re…
I'll keep it simple, so that you can't keep obtusely ignoring it: there are stats on rape. So they are fact. There are no stats on "women's assertiveness". So they are not fact.
I hope so too. Let's check out the definition of discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination >1. prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment Hm. Let's check out the definition…
Yes: the claims James Damore makes are cold, hard facts based on the many, many studies and statistics available on, for example, women's assertiveness (which is genetically and biologically quantifiable), that he…
>Saying "Women do on average have more of trait X" is sexism, not discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism >Definition of sexism >1. prejudice or discrimination based on sex Enough. Just believe…
>No it does not. It says that women are more agreeable and less assertive, on average. Please, PLEASE look up the definition of 'discrimination' in any dictionary you like, and tell me if you really believe that saying…
>This is an outright fabrication. Nowhere did Damore write that women should be paid less, or that they were genetically inferior at tech. Oh no, he simply stated that women get paid less not because of sexism, but…
It's on the memo itself. You can read it here, among many other places: https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-di... On a section dedicated to offering alternative explanations to sexism for the…
No, it's not there, it's on the memo itself, in his own words, in a section literally titled "Non-bias causes of the gender gap in tech" if you'd like a more reliable source than Wikipedia. >Extraversion expressed as…
Have YOU read it? Jesus Christ. > Extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness. Also, higher agreeableness. This leads to women generally having a harder time negotiating salary, asking for raises,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_Ideological_Echo_Ch... >Damore said that those differences include women generally having a stronger interest in people rather than things, and tending to be more social,…
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/d59r46/richard... From someone who worked at MIT.
Sure. There are plenty of first-hand accounts of his behavior, a quick Google search will lead you to many. Here's a link to one I've most recently run into from someone who worked at MIT. Yes, it's a Reddit comment,…
I believe it's worthy to reflect on why and how this pretty much perfect, unconfirmed, and anecdotal story has been voted to the very top of yet another "white males are the real oppressed collective" submission written…
> Sooooo, your entire analysis is based on legends circulating since the 90s No, it isn't. My "entire analysis" is based on accusations made by several independent parties, corroborated by similarly independent…
Can you provide some examples that prove the existence a common pattern in the software development industry of people being "screamed at", "threatened", and "drummed out of their jobs" for not using gender neutral…
> Decades worth of small issues that Stallman was mostly unaware of As a reminder, the "small issues" you mention include accusations, by several independent parties, of, among other things: -Asking female coworkers to…
> harsh, impolite, unempathetic, creepy or whatever BS they are throwing now at RMS. He has been accused, by several independent parties, of, among other things: -Asking female coworkers to lay down topless on a…
Can you detail, without strawmen or anecdotes, the thought process by which you equate asking to use gender neutral pronouns, or discussing the possibility of it, with "attacks"?
Liberalism is the core of American conservatism. That’s less true elsewhere.
I can’t think of a more dislike-able company than YouTube. I used to love youtube and watch it everyday and it would make me a happier, smarter person. Now youtube’s impact on their users is entirely negative and really…
There are fewer people in Compton that watch tennis regularly, fewer coaches, fewer players.
The Williams sisters started playing tennis in Compton. Tennis is cheap, but not so culturally accessible.
Thereby self correcting perhaps.
Cite on “ton of collateral damage”? That’s the disputed point in my mind. I just see obstacles that are like speed bumps in parking lots. I don’t find speed bumps do a ton of collateral damage. They also don’t really…
Humans will never outcompete ai in that regard however. Industry will eventually optimize for humans and ai separately: ai will know a lot and think quickly, humans will provide judgement and legal accountability. We’re…
I'll keep it simple, so that you can't keep obtusely ignoring it: there are stats on rape. So they are fact. There are no stats on "women's assertiveness". So they are not fact.
I hope so too. Let's check out the definition of discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination >1. prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment Hm. Let's check out the definition…
Yes: the claims James Damore makes are cold, hard facts based on the many, many studies and statistics available on, for example, women's assertiveness (which is genetically and biologically quantifiable), that he…
>Saying "Women do on average have more of trait X" is sexism, not discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism >Definition of sexism >1. prejudice or discrimination based on sex Enough. Just believe…
>No it does not. It says that women are more agreeable and less assertive, on average. Please, PLEASE look up the definition of 'discrimination' in any dictionary you like, and tell me if you really believe that saying…
>This is an outright fabrication. Nowhere did Damore write that women should be paid less, or that they were genetically inferior at tech. Oh no, he simply stated that women get paid less not because of sexism, but…
It's on the memo itself. You can read it here, among many other places: https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-di... On a section dedicated to offering alternative explanations to sexism for the…
No, it's not there, it's on the memo itself, in his own words, in a section literally titled "Non-bias causes of the gender gap in tech" if you'd like a more reliable source than Wikipedia. >Extraversion expressed as…
Have YOU read it? Jesus Christ. > Extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness. Also, higher agreeableness. This leads to women generally having a harder time negotiating salary, asking for raises,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_Ideological_Echo_Ch... >Damore said that those differences include women generally having a stronger interest in people rather than things, and tending to be more social,…
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/d59r46/richard... From someone who worked at MIT.
Sure. There are plenty of first-hand accounts of his behavior, a quick Google search will lead you to many. Here's a link to one I've most recently run into from someone who worked at MIT. Yes, it's a Reddit comment,…
I believe it's worthy to reflect on why and how this pretty much perfect, unconfirmed, and anecdotal story has been voted to the very top of yet another "white males are the real oppressed collective" submission written…
> Sooooo, your entire analysis is based on legends circulating since the 90s No, it isn't. My "entire analysis" is based on accusations made by several independent parties, corroborated by similarly independent…
Can you provide some examples that prove the existence a common pattern in the software development industry of people being "screamed at", "threatened", and "drummed out of their jobs" for not using gender neutral…
> Decades worth of small issues that Stallman was mostly unaware of As a reminder, the "small issues" you mention include accusations, by several independent parties, of, among other things: -Asking female coworkers to…
> harsh, impolite, unempathetic, creepy or whatever BS they are throwing now at RMS. He has been accused, by several independent parties, of, among other things: -Asking female coworkers to lay down topless on a…
Can you detail, without strawmen or anecdotes, the thought process by which you equate asking to use gender neutral pronouns, or discussing the possibility of it, with "attacks"?