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Granted. But Canonical's lawyers are not canonical.

There's legal disagreement, and saying "Ubuntu did it" doesn't make those problems disappear. (Sadly)
Can I just ask.
Why not use FreeBSD?
I'm sorry, saying to someone "you look good" is not "sexual harassment" no matter how much you want it to be.
So if somebody has a limb amputation, losing a lot of nerves, are they a different person? Is somebody a different person when they're drunk? I've heard both of these thrown around colloquially. It's not obvious or straightforward to answer.

You could imagine a Ship of Theseus style replacement of all the neurons in your head with artificial ones. At what point would you stop being you?
Making chocolate is another one. Not as hard as I thought it would be, but lots of room for care and precision.
a) your comment doesn't add anything to the discussion.
b) you've obviously got some issues that you need to work out and the HN community shouldn't need to be exposed to them.
Well it does make a difference when you're talking about the countermeasures that society (or in this case a private company) should adopt to fix the problem. If you claim that the cause for male violence lies solely in the upbringing you might in the best case waste a lot of resources in the worst case cause a lot of psychological suffering so common in all our attempts to "fix" the "wrong" behaviour of kids (left-handed, homosexual, ...).
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The study doesn't control for companies are probably much more likely to have Diversity Programs if they are doing really well.

Sounds like a study that finds people who buy Rolexes live longer. It's not the Rolex: it's that only rich people who have money to take care of themselves well can afford a Rolex.
Yeah, absolute statements like "the science is settled" are rather unscientific. Good science must acknowledge the limits of our knowledge, and leave the door open to being proven wrong.
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What would be a good retainer that I can provide to my clients whom I build mobile apps for? What are you guys offering, what are you charging?
I didn't downvote, but if you want a "peer review":

* This is a longer post, which should be fine, but there is little organization to the different thoughts in it; this makes it harder to digest. Maybe do a bit of signposting or provide headings for your subsections.

* Since it's longer, your post would probably be better served as a top-level comment. Or a full-on blogged response submitted to HN as an article.

* Since it's longer, it's probably getting less attention; a few detractors are enough if everyone else is disinterested.

* You ask more questions than can probably be answered coherently in the HN format. It's possible that some are rhetorical, but it's not clear which.

* Some of your thoughts are strong, some are fine, some aren't all that strong at all. It's not worth breaking them all down. But, for example, you ask what inherent psychological differences exist. It's fairly easy (compared to debugging a core dump) to search around a little bit and get a cursory understanding of that position. Some people might consider that enough to downvote and move on. Given the length of your post, you might just leave that sort of thing out in the future.

* You seem to reject that gender issues don't include a right/left schism. I think that's an interesting position, but the burden would be on you to support it.

My reply is already longer than it should be, but I hope some of that is helpful. If not, it was meant well at least.
"• Being self-motivated, high-energy, and someone else."
I've never heard of a district that didn't make ballots publicly available some time before the election. If you don't know what is on the ballot before going to vote, it is your own fault.
Which exchanges? Why is it difficult?
The author presented a talk about this at the JVM Language Summit last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUXeNAeyY34&list=PLX8CzqL3Ar...

Github repo for those interested: https://github.com/usethesource/capsule/
Surveys are only useful for studying for what people believe, and only then what they're willing to admit. The discipline shouldn't make any claims about actual behavior when the only observations that could possibly support them aren't permitted.
What about if programmers were paid like carpenters?
You may be right about ethereal lifeforms, but real ones need to eat, breathe, etc.; they are also subject to the laws of thermodynamics: they need energy, and also in order to maintain low entropy inside they must increase the entropy of the environment - which would be hard if there was no environment to speak of.
My problem with Montoya's design is that he used 3 letter abbreviations for the cities... You need the full name. 3 letter airport abbreviations are jargon that should not be the core of user-facing interaction.
The Soviets had radio telescopes and their probes on the Moon had already sent back pictures. They surely had the ability to listen to US transmissions from the Moon.

Remember, Larry Baysinger, a ham in Kentucky, was able to receive and record some of the VHF communications. The Soviets were surely able to do better.

If the US had faked the landing, don't you think the Soviets would have pounced on the chance of exposing an American lie?

http://www.moonhoaxdebunked.com/ goes into many of the reason for how it isn't plausible that the US faked it. I'll pick a few I like. 1) how did Apollo 11 return 21.55 kg of Moon rocks without people? 2) how are the long scenes of low-gee walking done on Earth? 3) how were the fakers of the 1960s able to produce multi-hour single-shot scenes and photographs which hold up to decades of scrutiny, including matching modern high-resolution topological data of the Moon gathered by non-US space probes? 4) how did they fake video of moondust falling at 1/6th gee in a vacuum?
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I've always believed this. More bikers on the road creates more awareness from drivers, and also more investment by cities into bike infrastructure, including dedicated and protected bike lanes.

More bikes available also means more bikers, something we're working on at Spin for US cities. Get in touch (email in profile) if this seems like a problem space interesting to you :)
Please elaborate why you think it's crap, or refrain from dismissive comments that contain no information.
Can anybody explain to me why it is called "anti-diversity" or even "sexist"[1]? Never in the whole document the author argues against diversity.

[1] https://www.recode.net/2017/8/5/16102476/google-diversity-vp...
> ...it's practically the universal response from people who don't know what they're doing.

It would be a start to simply mandate that businesses collecting any personal information from users publish a policy on how users can report breaches. Fine them much more severely if they have a real breach but did not publish such a policy, or if they ignored a previous report of that breach submitted to them under that policy.
Yep, it's like this in Berkeley. There are certainly streets I don't like as a cyclist, but I can go 1-2 blocks over and find one that's perfectly pleasant. Still open to cars, so local residents can go about their lives, but there aren't many around.
I definitely think there's demand for solutions like this. I probably would like this even better if it worked on top of an existing static-site generator platform like Jekyll or Gatsby.

I just wrote about immutable deployments with Ghost 1.0, which is also open source (MIT licensed), and how that can be a nice compromise between static sites and hosted CMSes: https://ryanashcraft.me/ghost-and-now/

I might've tried Publii out if I had heard about it beforehand, but right now I'm really happy with the entire Ghost editing and consumption experience I've set up (thanks to the Ghost and Zeit teams).
Wow, is it really so hard? I mean, is it even possible to be a decent programmer and not find work in the US? Isn't the unemployment rate for software developer like 2% ?
Always wished pixels were hexagonal. Yeah the math would be a bit harder and vertical lines would be fuzzier at low resolution, but still.... https://www.quora.com/Why-are-computer-pixels-square
Generally because employers, either through lack of effort or deliberate attempt to shield feelings, are never clear with people about why they weren't hired after an interview.

"You flubbed the algorithm question. We're looking for someone with a stronger CS background."

Done. Clean and ultimately more kind.

... Unless a large number of candidates actually are getting rejected for sexist / racist / ageist reasons masked behind culture fit concerns, and the company obviously doesn't want to admit to that?
Wrongthink is a play on some of the Newspeak terms in George Orwell's 1984, it roughly equates to a thoughtcrime.

Sexual harassment, discrimination, racism and personal attacks absolutely do not belong in the workplace.

The usual advice is to keep politics out of the workplace, but "progressive" ideals are often the default with nobody batting an eyelid. You run the risk of being marked as a non culture fit if you ever voice opposition to or question "progressive" talking points or assertions. I'm not even talking about actionable slights against other staff here, just a difference of opinion which people seem to interpret as a personal attack.

An example would be somebodies thoughts on affirmative action or other methodologies to try and create a more "diverse" environment. Regardless of your intentions, I still see it as a kind of discrimination. I dread to think how uncomfortable I would be knowing that I was a diversity hire, and some arbitrary box I fit in was the reason for my hiring rather than my skills and experience. Its why I have kept it quiet at work that I'm gay, I don't want people walking on eggshells around me, thinking I'm going to flip out at some perceived slight.

I personally also see the diversity-friendly hiring practises as a bit of a bodge, if you believe that under-representation of certain groups is not the correct, natural equilibrium of how things should be, wouldn't it make more sense to try and fix it at the root cause, during peoples social development and education? I understand the value of role models but it seems like there are probably more direct factors at play.

As a child I can't think of anything that would make you more of a social paraih than an interest that is considered "nerdy", from my experience boys get it a bit easier with such interests and attract a bit less derision. Girls seem to be even less understanding when it comes to that kind of interest, especially from other girls. I can very easily see how that kind of social feedback would make you think twice about pursuing certain interests. I didn't really have that many friends growing up, and largely didn't give a shit about what other people thought of me, so I pursued whatever I found interesting and useful.

Sorry if this comment is a bit scatterbrained, its a bit difficult for me to collect my thoughts on the subject, there is a lot to talk about and I feel the need to try and justify my views before I get pecked apart for being a bigot.
Stop mischaracterizing what I'm saying. I'm simply noting that biology is real, and informs a lot of what we do. I'm sorry, but "stories" don't mean anything to me, and again I think it's really strange that people who work in tech, who ostensibly should be more acquainted with data-based decision making, seem to use anecdotes to make what are basically political arguments.

I think I'm pretty much done with the Left at this point. I find this rejection of basic scientific inquiry to be really strange and dangerous.
We already have something that can be made secure, anonymous, and auditable, and yet is easy to understand and relatively inexpensive. It is pencil and paper ballots, with multiple interested parties observing the entire process.
Is this being downmodded? (230 points, 3 hours ago, 298 comments, and already on page 4)
Hmm, what's the programmer equivalent of a carpenter hanging out outside Home Depot hoping to get picked up to do some work that day? Maybe hanging outside the Apple store?
It's not just possible, it's easy. Getting jobs is a very different skill from doing jobs.
The case of Thyssen is actually quite interesting, because he was an avid Hitler supporter in the early 1930s, but later heavily opposed Nazi policies and fled the country.
Ah. Yes, more should be done to corral urban drivers onto major roads so that urban neighborhood streets feel more like suburbs. Chicago is pretty good at this with strategic placement of businesses, stop signs, one-ways, and forced turns, so I didn't really think about it. I guess even the neighborhood streets in SF are still pretty scary.

It would be great to have bike lanes on those busier thoroughfares, or friendlier streets parallel to those thoroughfares. But I maintain that we shouldn't need 100% coverage of bike lanes between all points.
> Are you asserting that height and muscle mass are significant determiners of success in technological careers?

No. Well, actually, both might have some influence in social settings, but significant for success I doubt.

> We are discussing mental and psychological variables ... So, yes, I want scientific sources

There are pretty evident differences in that area you can see without any science. Gender ideologists try to explain them away, but it is not like they have any scientific basis for that. Given that the differences are obvious, a field given a convoluted theory would have to prove their theory, or rather to defend against the existing disprovals. Gender is completely incapable of doing that.

And there are quite some sources linked in this comment thread.

You know that Butler was only writing some thoughts of how she thinks it could be, right? Gender theory is not science by any definition. There can't be a scientific discussion about it.

> all of the opinions presented in the history of humanity have been unadulterated crap

There is a lot of absurd stuff floating around in that space, true. But to think that there is no difference at all because of that is just crazy.

And actually, the original story is only discussing mental and psychological differences as an aside. The google memo is about inegality and discrimination, now coming from a fascist ideology under disguise and spreading through societies. It is not about biological differences, it is not even really about any differences. It's class warfare with new means.
And nothing but fodder for a lawsuit. There's zero to gain for the employer and plenty to lose by giving any details to a rejected candidate.
>socialization doesn't provide that reward that it does for most other people

Exactly. If one doesn't get the reward then it's too easy to commit errors and not worth the effort to correct them.

However I do think 'spergs' have a better knowledge of the rules than normies. Just as a native speaker doesn't need to know grammar in order to speak correctly, so normies don't need to know the rules of social interaction.
It's a bit odd you can make a knife or gun and sell it but if you sell malware that's illegal.
It's from Orwell's 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime

>nobody loses their job for wrongthink

By definition, to use the term to describe a behavior at all implies that someone (specifically who depends on the wording, of course) considers that behavior termination-worthy.

[Edit: I'm having trouble putting this into words. Let me try again.

The point of using this term is to remind your listener of the novel and imply that the situation being discussed is similar, i.e., that there exists an near-omnipotent authority that is willing and capable to punish you for actions that any reasonable person would consider innocuous.

In 1984, it would be Ingsoc punishing people for thinking party-proscribed thoughts. In the current context, it might be BigCo punishing people for expressing their thoughts about hiring practices.

One could go on all day about there being a difference between thinking a thought and emailing your company, whether that difference is quantitative or qualitative, and whether the comparison to the novel is valid. But then one would be missing the point, which is simply that whoever used the term considers the comparison valid.]
The main reason that candidates don't get honest feedback is to limit liability-- companies don't want hiring managers to say something horrible or misphrase something and then have them be liable for violating hiring discrimination laws.
The difference is that we know that unjust discrimination and social pressure exist; we know it was historically very bad; and we have a concrete theory of causation. With the biological explanation there is no theory of causation.
Fair question; I don't think people often come right out and say it, but I think the assumption underlies many of the things people do say.

For example, from your quote: "For example, we took action when we saw that women in tech were less likely to self-nominate for promotions."

This seems to presume that, in a just world, women would self-nominate at exactly the same rate as men, and that we should intervene until we achieve that world.

I agree 100% with this: "I just hope that women know it's open to them and feel comfortable joining the field. I don't care about convincing uninterested people." I agree with that both for entering the field itself, as well as for other aspects like getting promoted.
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There's a difference between "sexual harassment" and "sexual harassment to a level that's criminal". I think it's reasonable to say that something is simultaneously inappropriate at work and not something you should be arrested for.
Another article along similar lines seems to have received similar un-accounted-for down-modding: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14834758
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I didn't say the other factors didn't matter, or even that the theory in the article was incorrect. I was just saying that the statistical analysis in the article isn't enough to prove the explanation offered.
> I find it interesting that the alt-right has started to embrace so much of modern feminist/liberal terminology and tacitly accepted so many of the premises.

The alt-right, to some degree, is a movement that has accepted the framework of progressive identity politics and has decided that they better start fighting for themselves, too. The complaint about safe spaces is an argument about equality and power ("If I don't get safe spaces, nobody does!") than an argument from principle.

I find the whole thing distasteful, but I can understand why if someone finds identity politics a foregone conclusion why they would start fighting on the battle lines they think were drawn for them.

So I'm not sure how to get out of this mess, but I think a first step is trying to understand people, even if they're wrong.
I think you're correct in that people do romanticize it a lot. Regardless of whether going outdoors is actually running away from your problems or not, it does provide a refreshing break from human society, as you so elegantly described it. Sometimes, shit happens and life feels rather worthless... but these experiences can act as anchors of sanity, a reminder of the amazing beauty of nature that will continue to be there regardless of what we do, what terrible circumstances we face etc.
Multiple dispatch is one of the main characteristic features of Julia:

https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/methods/
Some commentary on a blog, that I encountered along the way:
https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/11/27/hamt/
I agree. What the author had to say about emotional granularity was new to me and very interesting. As for the idea that rational thought can't influence emotions, what about cognitive behavioral therapy? Research shows it can be very successful in dealing with emotion of anxiety, instilling confidence, and so on.

Also, part of emotional intelligence is not just identifying emotions in others, but also having good social skills for dealing with them.
To be fair, it was a reply to a comment pointing out hypocrisy with at least a bit of snark.
>If you don't have enough money to pay your rent and eat, what is the point exactly? You're still screwed

If this were true, why would people in bad jobs continue to show up for work?

Okay, you've identified that shifting people from precarious existence to outright starvation and homelessness will make others more aware of their plight. How will that help, exactly? Are they going to somehow turn around public opinion on the welfare state? Start a Communist Revolution? Because it seems like they will just be worse off, and we will be more aware, and nothing else will happen.
If you do some glider flying, you'll notice that atmospheric convection almost always stops well before sunset.

Yes, it's almost always cooler at higher altitudes. That's because air pressure is lower, making the air less dense. When air expands, it cools.

Because of this, merely having warm air below cold air isn't enough to make the warm air buoyant. The temperature difference needs to be big enough that it will still be warmer when it has risen to the altitude of the cold air and expanded to match the pressure there.

To state it with some jargon, the temperature difference must exceed the altitude difference multiplied by the adiabatic lapse rate, otherwise the warm air doesn't go anywhere.

So: warm air at the bottom of the chimney will rise in the chimney if and only if the temperature at the top of the chimney is a lot colder. For a 5km chimney with dry air (moisture complicates the numbers but doesn't change the principles at work), the temperature at the top needs to be 50°C lower than the temperature at the bottom just to be in equilibrium. In order for air at the bottom to experience any force upwards, it will need to be a fair bit more than 50°C warmer than the air at the top.

The web site here says that this is not an issue because the air within the chimney does not experience adiabatic cooling as the air outside the chimney does. Which is complete nonsense.
> a motivated collection of cherry-picked data points put together to suit the author's political purpose

How very ironic you should say that, given the author's interesting demonstration (with figures) in that very same post of the propensity of the other side to over-cite weak studies that fit the desired narrative, and under-cite inconvenient ones with orders of magnitude better sample sizes and methodology.

> Please provide real research.

Indeed...
And for that matter. You know that scene at the end of Big Hero 6 where he goes through the portal? And the surreal bleeding colors of the infinite void?

I know -- KNOW -- whoever worked on the Environment Art for that scene has done mushrooms, LSD, or both. Because that's the only way you truly know what that sensation looks like, IMHO. And the way they were able to capture it in 3D animation was spectacular. Big Hero 6 is just Pixar showing off art ability, if you ask me, since it was a licensed IP and they didn't have to work too hard on characters and plot.

But I digress.
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Having been involved a bit with screening candidates, I'm not even convinced that interviewers or hiring managers are routinely clear with themselves about why they do or don't hire somebody. It seems more like a feeling that is rationalized afterward.
Depends on where you live, age experience, looks, etc. The unemployment rate is a measure of people activity looking it would not surprise me if 10% or more could not find full time work depending on region and other variables.