Phrases like "need to be called out" are not markers of incivility at all. You just made that up with no basis whatsoever. Looks like the HN mods are also part of the problem. Please hellban me, and enjoy your echo…
And there we go again. 'optional activity'. And people wonder why there are few women in tech and the situation is not improving. The post above is your answer. Have a family, it's the end of your career, because you…
I was not uncivil. This kind of belittling of family has to stop. Software development has a major problem hiring women, older people, and minorities. People in the sector belittling things like children and families by…
I would suggest that he observed reality.
Children are a life choice? You're part of the problem.
Ageism is so rife in the tech sector in the US that people don't even notice it because it's omnipresent. I would go so far as to say that in the Bay Area, actively discriminating against anyone with the appearance of…
There are vast amounts of land, even within American cities, that is very cheap. The amount of usable land for urban purposes might as well be infinite. Land is only expensive in a few select locations that have…
Which kind of cable? If it's micro USB, they're designed to fail under low amounts of stress (thus sparing the much more difficult to replace port). Unless handled with kid gloves, Micro USB cables from all manufacturer…
Waste-of-time advertisement posing as article is waste-of-time.
Nope, definitely systemic within the company. The engine is a system that must meet certain requirements. The standard way of meeting those requirements is to have a urea injection system. That's what the competitors in…
Overly loose credit, the decisions of companies to centralize, and NIMBYism is driving up the cost of pretty much everything. People just move to where the work is. I have coworkers from Oregon in the Bay Area. Some…
"at least I didn't move here from California" Yup. You being born in a state that is not California and moving to Portland makes you very superior to those living in Portland but born in California. You should put on…
What line? It's so bloody arbitrary as to be a useless guideline. It's about as meaningful as 'be nice'.
Rah Rah Rah! If your startup is not winning, just pivot, and be positive enough, and you will inevitably win. Selection bias doesn't exist and was made up by negative Nancys. Seriously though, stick a fork in HN. It's…
"Juden werden hier nicht bedient" There have been very large wars fought over this. Be careful what you wish for. The right to be a bigot, and to have one's bigotry projected by a company one creates, a company whose…
You keep saying this over and over... that they are not 'new', or that they are 'mundane'. I don't see a whole lot of explanation from you as to how they are wrong. Edit: as for your 'appeal to authority' idea, it's an…
"a deeper analysis of the sort you aren't going to get from Cook" It's nice to see that you're now putting words into (or removing them from) people's mouths. How presumptuous.
Why does the argument have to be 'new' or 'deep'. Many of the best arguments are extremely old (perhaps timeless would be a better way of saying it), and are also very simple in their logic.
Did they? It's in their 'opinions' section; it's an op-ed. The headline is "Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous". I honestly don't know how a newspaper can make it more clear that…
On this one, I think both shard972 and gotothrowaway are both equally correct. Business isn't a monolithic entity, nor is the 'business community'. I'm not sure arguing down this line makes much sense, as it's very very…
"This is bizarre. In what way does a 21st-century economy depend on inter-racial marriage? Am I too cynical for thinking this probably has more to do with PR and/or company morale?" I fixed it for you.
It's a technique that one uses to cut through with people who don't care about anything but the bottom line. Essentially, you say that first and foremost, it's bad for business. Plus, it also has some negative effects…
I have found that simply using Firefox with third party cookies turned off, along with the PrivacyBadger plugin and no flash installation provides a pretty good experience, while making you generally untrackable unless…
This x 1000000! In the medium to long term, it's Eurozone breakup (either partial or complete) or fiscal (and thus political) integration. I estimate the chance of the Germans ever admitting that the current system is…
Even better, once house prices stop outpacing wages and the average Joe realizes, we'll be in the situation where it is much cheaper to rent than buy, and stuff the difference into an index fund, which will yield much…
Phrases like "need to be called out" are not markers of incivility at all. You just made that up with no basis whatsoever. Looks like the HN mods are also part of the problem. Please hellban me, and enjoy your echo…
And there we go again. 'optional activity'. And people wonder why there are few women in tech and the situation is not improving. The post above is your answer. Have a family, it's the end of your career, because you…
I was not uncivil. This kind of belittling of family has to stop. Software development has a major problem hiring women, older people, and minorities. People in the sector belittling things like children and families by…
I would suggest that he observed reality.
Children are a life choice? You're part of the problem.
Ageism is so rife in the tech sector in the US that people don't even notice it because it's omnipresent. I would go so far as to say that in the Bay Area, actively discriminating against anyone with the appearance of…
There are vast amounts of land, even within American cities, that is very cheap. The amount of usable land for urban purposes might as well be infinite. Land is only expensive in a few select locations that have…
Which kind of cable? If it's micro USB, they're designed to fail under low amounts of stress (thus sparing the much more difficult to replace port). Unless handled with kid gloves, Micro USB cables from all manufacturer…
Waste-of-time advertisement posing as article is waste-of-time.
Nope, definitely systemic within the company. The engine is a system that must meet certain requirements. The standard way of meeting those requirements is to have a urea injection system. That's what the competitors in…
Overly loose credit, the decisions of companies to centralize, and NIMBYism is driving up the cost of pretty much everything. People just move to where the work is. I have coworkers from Oregon in the Bay Area. Some…
"at least I didn't move here from California" Yup. You being born in a state that is not California and moving to Portland makes you very superior to those living in Portland but born in California. You should put on…
What line? It's so bloody arbitrary as to be a useless guideline. It's about as meaningful as 'be nice'.
Rah Rah Rah! If your startup is not winning, just pivot, and be positive enough, and you will inevitably win. Selection bias doesn't exist and was made up by negative Nancys. Seriously though, stick a fork in HN. It's…
"Juden werden hier nicht bedient" There have been very large wars fought over this. Be careful what you wish for. The right to be a bigot, and to have one's bigotry projected by a company one creates, a company whose…
You keep saying this over and over... that they are not 'new', or that they are 'mundane'. I don't see a whole lot of explanation from you as to how they are wrong. Edit: as for your 'appeal to authority' idea, it's an…
"a deeper analysis of the sort you aren't going to get from Cook" It's nice to see that you're now putting words into (or removing them from) people's mouths. How presumptuous.
Why does the argument have to be 'new' or 'deep'. Many of the best arguments are extremely old (perhaps timeless would be a better way of saying it), and are also very simple in their logic.
Did they? It's in their 'opinions' section; it's an op-ed. The headline is "Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous". I honestly don't know how a newspaper can make it more clear that…
On this one, I think both shard972 and gotothrowaway are both equally correct. Business isn't a monolithic entity, nor is the 'business community'. I'm not sure arguing down this line makes much sense, as it's very very…
"This is bizarre. In what way does a 21st-century economy depend on inter-racial marriage? Am I too cynical for thinking this probably has more to do with PR and/or company morale?" I fixed it for you.
It's a technique that one uses to cut through with people who don't care about anything but the bottom line. Essentially, you say that first and foremost, it's bad for business. Plus, it also has some negative effects…
I have found that simply using Firefox with third party cookies turned off, along with the PrivacyBadger plugin and no flash installation provides a pretty good experience, while making you generally untrackable unless…
This x 1000000! In the medium to long term, it's Eurozone breakup (either partial or complete) or fiscal (and thus political) integration. I estimate the chance of the Germans ever admitting that the current system is…
Even better, once house prices stop outpacing wages and the average Joe realizes, we'll be in the situation where it is much cheaper to rent than buy, and stuff the difference into an index fund, which will yield much…