skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As far as I have been able to put things together as a non-Googler he went to an unrecorded "diversity summit" about a month and 1/2 ago, where, according to his statements in the Jordan Peterson interview, practices where put forward that he considered to be potentially illegal. He then wrote the document in his free time and posted it to a forum dedicated for feedback to the summit (? or more general diversity related). After engagement has been nothing to low he also posted the memo to an internal Google Group called "Skeptics" because he wanted to be proven wrong. Shortly after that the memo was leaked to the public (either without citations or the citations were then removed by the respective media), indicating that someone from this community did so.

I'd appreciate if someone could confirm/deny or add anything to this timeline.
Can anyone cite the parts of the document where he claimed that the biological differences mapped to job performance?

I read it, but definitely don't recall that association being made (he did talk a lot about preference and job satisfaction), but see numerous detractors citing that association as a criticism, so I'm a bit confused.
I don't think it's the equivalent, I suspect it's the exact code being ran.
I'd start with the ability to take away their property without any oversight, independent authority, and appeal process. You shouldn't even be able to cede that right by contract.

A private company took their property. I'm not okay with that. I'd probably be willing to compromise and say they have to give them five business days to move the domain name. It's not like DNS is hard to host. I'd rather they be forced to use some sort of independent body, complete with appeals and representation.

Markets work because of property rights. While the registrars have some, they are the least harmed.

This isn't something I'm comfortable with, even if it's Nazis. I'd much rather it go through some sort of court/arbitration prior to revocation. They weren't abusing the service, they were just being crappy people. Which, I might add, seems to be a running theme for Nazis.
I wouldn't go that far, but there are many studies that have looked at the genetic (biological) basis for brain function/behavior [0]. Once you're at the level of gene expression, which some of those studies go into, you're at a level of acetylation, methylation, etc., which is easily categorized as chemistry.

The bigger argument I get into with coworkers is the blurry line between brain function/behavior stuff and psychology.

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030621/
I don't think anyone is arguing libraries aren't worth having. The argument is how to spend private money.

If libraries are underfunded, that is a problem you need to push through public channels. In the same vein as why a private company doing infrastructure makes no sense, if we can demonstrably show the benefits of having libraries (and we can) that breaks down the most fundamental barrier to public funding of anything - justifying the expense with demonstrable results.

The government has a hard time investing in space flight because without a demonstrable major goal like beating the Commies it looks to the uninformed like money down a black hole. It is really hard to justify, no matter the degree of information availability, bleeding edge research on the public purse because you have to explicitly detail it isn't a guarantee on results for any given years investment. In politics where the mood changes based on yesterdays news, few can weather a bad year if they are putting large amounts of money into important research.

Libraries, though? We got statistics for that. We are well versed in building and staffing libraries. They are functionally infrastructure - and that is supposed to be what government is good at. If you live in a country where it is not good at infrastructure, you got bigger problems to deal with then.
As you can see, everyone is telling you not to move here under these circumstances. I'm a long timer here and I can confirm, $150K is great for a single person who's looking to rent and eventually share a place with a roommate. You'd be able to enjoy what the Bay Area has to offer.

Under your circumstances, it's a No-Go for sure. Plus you'll end up dealing with all the rudeness and competitiveness in Bay Area. That alone should keep you away from the Bay. Then traffic, prices, etc. Long timers are actually looking to get out of the Bay, snapping larger homes and a better quality of life somewhere else.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6422393
Some scientists did agree, even said he wrote an A worthy paper.

Others disagreed.

Even slatestarcodex argued a little for both sides.

Its clear scientific consensus has not been reached, and people need to discuss this openly with out censors.
What could possibly make you think he sought legal representation before writing that document? He was just looking for an argument/discussion.
Probably not write but if I have more knowledge on computer/programming I would want to understand source code of Linux/Rails.
That's just silly. The dynamic nature of javascript is what caused the explosion of websites around 2007, due to the advent of jQuery. Saying we should all go back to plain text is just being an old grump. Should it be overused? No. Just like GIFs shouldn't have been overused on Geocities.
> In most of Europe a major party advocating for legalising illegal migrants or opening borders doesn't stand a chance. This is why migrants vs refugees discussion is huge in Europe. People are OK to help refugees but most people don't want unlimited uneducated immigrants. The difference is what people see as refugees. In Western Europe, only extreme left (= greens and communists) advocate for open borders or legalising illegals. In Eastern Europe, such discussion is completely off the table.

It's interesting you bring this up, because it was a surprise to me when I first heard it from Europeans I spoke with while traveling. Of course it's anecdata, but immigration is a huge deal in Europe and many want it severely limited.

The US is routinely painted as racist and xenophobic (and I think on average incorrectly), but Europe if far from a magically enlightened place. And, depending what ethnic group is trying to immigrate into what country, Europeans can be worse than many Americans.

> I'd love to see Trump vs. Sanders election in parallel universe.

I think Sanders would have won. He gave populism a voice without the Trump baggage. I think socially, Sanders would have done wonders for the US.
I don't think the sex ratios are a red herring at all. I think they are the entire point.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/06/chart-the-perce...

If you look at this data you can see there is clear distinction in the types of work chosen on average between the sexes. These choices align nicely with the findings of personality research between the sexes.

It's seems such a cliche to say "Sure, sexism exists to one degree or another." But okay, I can agree.

The problem is when you pick some particular gap and say this gap is a problem because the main cause is sexism.

Doing this is a problem not just because it ignores many other relevant factors, but because when proclaiming the cause as mostly sexism you are then accusing many people of something of which they are innocent.

You're unjustly maligning many people when you do this.

What evidence would be sufficient to convince you that the divergence in sex ratios of fields like nursing & elementary teaching compared to engineering and more theoretical pursuits comes down to personality differences between the average man and woman, and not sexism?

In regards to your concerns about the status quo of the tech industry or any other and sexism therein, individual cases should be dealt with appropriately. Individuals should act responsibly and respectfully.

I thought one the guiding principles for people these days was you shouldn't treat members in a group in a way that is informed by the actions or characteristics of other members of the group.
I suspect both sides of the debate are now realizing what a hostile work environment preferential-hiring and rampant PC-culture is causing. One side has to walk on egg-shells scared of what they might let slip in conversation if they don't share the prevailing opinion of the loudest among-them. While the other side is constantly forced to question their abilities because preferential hiring appears to devalue their individual abilities, experiences and achievements.
Yeah and putting one's body in poses and positions that are painful for someone who is accustomed mainly to sitting down in front of a computer all day. I discovered after buying my little hobby farm that mechanical stuff hurts me. I have injured myself all sorts of ways I didn't expect.

Also in meatspace you can't hit 'undo' or 'git reset --hard' .. I hate that :-)
> Explain to me how this is a self-fulfilling narrative? It has nothing to do with the news media and everything to do with the President himself on TV and Twitter.

Trump has done just nothing at all wrong. You pointed to nothing, no quotes, no references.

On Twitter, I "follow" just three people, and Trump is one of them; so, I've likely seen all his Tweets. They all seem fine to me.

If you have a bad Tweet, then cough it up and say what's wrong with it.

Who the heck has talked, manipulated you into thinking that Trump has done anything wrong?

A lot of newsies have been trying for 2+ years to find any dirt on Trump, and so far the worst they found that has any credibility was something about two scoops of ice cream.

No, he never said he grabbed a woman by the short hair. He, maybe just as a mentor, just told a younger man that, from a powerful man, some women would permit it. That knowledge didn't take much, just watch a certain TV show or see the associated book: JFK actually did just that, to NJ debutante, 19, engaged to be married, from Miss Porter's School where Jackie Kennedy went, White House intern, Miss Mimi Alford as at

http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/03/16305081-whit...

and it's been on TV at least once, and Miss Alford wrote a book about it. Actually, in fact, on the NBC tape, that's ALL Trump told that man. ALL.

Did some nasty newsies convince you of something else? Sin, crime, sexual molestation, sexism, violence, etc.? Did you get manipulated? All Trump did was relate what was on TV and in the book Miss Alford wrote about what JFK did. Did you get fooled on this one?

No, the Trump campaign did not "collude" with the Russians to help Trump win the election.

Daily, the NYT, WaPo, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, etc. put out all the nasty guesses, accusations, theories, gossip, grab people by the heart, the gut, below the belt, always below the shoulders, never between the ears, etc. against Trump they can find, but so far the worst they have is the two scoops of ice cream.

Have the newsies convinced you of some really bad stuff about Trump? They gave you really good evidence, right? Or did you let them manipulate you?

If you have something serious and solid against Trump, then I'm all ears.

You have been manipulated, led around by the nose.
How many parents, who probably paid a lot of money and work two full-time jobs to live in the "good" place so their kids could go to the good school, are going to be OK with this experiment? Do you plan to force them, if there aren't enough volunteers to get statistically significant results?
Such busing was court-mandated in the US for several decades. It is widely considered to have been a failure.
The author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elliptic curve".
From the article:

> Nevertheless, I maintain that when I go to work, I go to work, and not to a debate club... if I remain silent, that silence could be mistaken for agreement. I should not be forced into that kind of debate at work.

That, right there, is why Damore should've looked for a different outlet (and probably one that wasn't 50k+ people big) for testing his "dialectical skills." That's the very definition of creating a hostile environment, where people feel forced into actions they normally wouldn't engage into just for the gratification of a single person's whims.
I'd love to see more specifics on the documentation automation. Keeping docs straight sounds like the biggest challenge with a system like this.
It's not a security paper. Or at least, I think it isn't? It's not clear to me what journal it was submitted to.
This is why you don't write down anything illegal you plan to do. If you get caught courts can demand you hand over evidence, or it'll be seized by a search warrant, and likely made part of the public record.
I hope the heirs of John Cage don't sue him for copyright infringement...
Could that be a plugin to Thunderbird?
I've co-founded a startup and we are blown away with what users come up with. You think you've captured every corner case... but then someone new comes along.

For example, we have a small CTA with email and location. I'm not sure one person has entered both fields correctly.
How does one estimate the probability is 35%?

Psychohistory?
Just to be clear: it's not a cryptography paper, is it? Did you figure out what journal it was submitted to?
There's a difference between someone who went from upper middle class to billionaire, like Gates, and someone who inherited most of their wealth, like other people. I don't think lumping them together into a monolithic N% is productive for purposes of discussing policy.
I was under the impression that the diamond ring is what makes it so dangerous to look at an eclipse with naked eyes. Because your eyes adjust to the darkness and in an instant it's flooded with a fuckton of sunlight.
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People who write job ads often times don't know much about the jobs, hence the keyword soup and outlandish timelines. You will do well to reach to hiring managers directly, making sure to explain why. I scan those emails for about 15 seconds each, most get discarded because the applicant couldn't be bothered to explain what attracted them to our company and how they are going to contribute. The latter part is most important, and can easily land you an interview.
Except you can't just manufacture healthcare in your back yard and win with capitalism. The whole industry is deeply and systemically regulated - trying to stir the pot gets you sued, either by existing hospitals for your threat or by any patient dissatisfied with the results of your treatment. Or by state health agencies that see you not following the extraordinarily rigid rulebook on how healthcare is to be done.

We are as far from a market where you can experiment with healthcare as you can be aside from outright banning private medical practice.
Wasn't reading data from or using a redis queue, this wasn't a blocking queue issue.

Second, my use case wasn't a simple cache, I was omitting details. So redis having a TTL eviction policy for the values it stores is a moot point. The resources I was dealing with ranged from around 0.5GB to several gigabytes. That was the important working data - but whether or not these objects were available was what had to be coordinated (as well as some other bookkeeping data.)

Also, in this case - of course scaling beyond one machine was important. We were. The issue is that for each machine you allocate, you want to maximize usage of its resources. So each machine gets its own data cache, but nonetheless, we still wanted to max CPU usage per machine. So again, it's multi-process, vs. multi-thread, and in this case - multi-threaded with shared memory was a much easier paradigm than handling co-ordination among separate python processes.

I was just giving an example of reasons one would want true multi-threading in python. I wasn't trying to go into explicit details of an entire project. Please consider this when you reply to people and tell them they're "misusing their tools."

Good day stranger.
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I take it you have never been to Northern Ireland.
Language is a living thing. The meanings of words change over time, and that's normally a helpful thing, which lets us express culturally relevant concepts.

In this case, it's pretty useful to have words which distinguish between biology and culture.
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In this case, it's not about "should factual discourse be allowed or not," that's a false dichotomy. It's whether the author of the memo knowingly took an approach to interpretation of the "facts" he selected that was actively harmful to his co-workers by creating a toxic and hostile work environment.

I believe he did, and the parent you're responding to seems to as well, but they didn't say anything about "spar[ing] factual discourse." You seem to be reading that into their comment.

And I would definitely say there are factual discussions that can be had privately between individuals who already trust each other that are better kept private in order to spare the feelings of non-participants. Other humans have feelings, taking them into consideration is not weakness.
I mean in terms of a larger gathering place of knowledge and ideas... Adding in meeting spaces and coffee/bar for beverages, etc would be a net positive imo. As for quiet, I'm not entirely sure that's always a positive either.
Instead we should try to understand them as human beings, and interpret them with generosity and kindness.

Advice Damore would have done well to heed when writing his essay. You should also note there are serious questions about its validity - this is not just a matter of tone or style.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-pernicious-science-of-james-...
Does anyone know if there's a publicly-available Ruby gem for doing what's described in this blog post - i.e., cascading transformations with a nice DSL? If someone from Stripe reads this, I think you could count on some decent community interest for this framework if you ever consider open-sourcing it.
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I've updated my portfolio before and noticed that as well. I usually include a screenshot or two when I first add a project, so at least that remains.

If the site goes down later, I just remove the link and don't worry about it. My code from 15 years ago is probably atrocious, so I'll consider it a small blessing :P
As commenters have noted, libraries conflict with Amazon's business. How about instead mass produce cheap (low-profit or at-cost) kindles pre-loaded with a large amount of public domain and other free material (including wikipedia offline compressed database). And then bezos will still make money from some of them buying paid kindle books.
> but could you run into issues with ports being restricted on production servers

Sorry, what? Just make the port configurable?
How is 600B a year in global imperialism cutting anything?

Unsurprisingly, you can't just stick "size of government" on an axis and say one side is good and the other is bad. The way you spend the money matters way more than how much you spend. One dollar of state spending can mean anything from magnitudes of benefit to a negative impact on the economy or society from the consequences of that dollar.
Rust is pretty much runtime-less. There's some unwinding stuff you could see as a runtime. You can simply replace it with a compiler flag. There is a standard library which you might mean, but you can opt out of that as well.
So I bought a pack of glasses off of Amazon a few weeks ago. I made sure they were listed as adhering to the ISO standard before buying, confirmed the ISO logo and # on the glasses themselves once they arrived, and then proceeded to try them out and observe the sun a bit. That evening I then saw an article along these lines about fake glasses flooding Amazon. Curious, I checked my purchase history and the listing had been removed entirely.

so now I'm super worried that I A) Stared into the sun for like 10-15 minutes with sketchy glasses and B) will not be able to use these on Monday. Probably gonna run to Lowes and buy a pair or two there, since I can be reasonably sure they're safe.
Why don't you go ahead and read this:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2017/08/sloppy-scien...

Simply put, unless you are mindful of someone's "subjective feelings" you will never be able to have a "factual discourse" with them. People are individuals and not statistics. You can quote statistics and average all day long, but if you offend, anger, or harm someone with your words, that person will not listen to you.
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To quote Captain Kirk, "let them die!"
When I walk into my job at a tech company, how do I know which of my colleagues thinks I’m an outlier among women versus someone who was hired because I’m female that doesn’t deserve the job they have?

Isn't this an argument against any form of different hiring practices based on race/gender? Even if distributions of abilities are equal in nature, if a college has a lower bar based on gender, then abilities won't be equal among graduates of that college. Conversely, even if abilities are on average different, if a college has the same bar and same standards based on gender, then you won't have to question if a graduate really deserved to have that credential.
Webster's define (the relevant meaning of) gender, as:

"b : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex

(...)

Origin: Middle English gendre, from Anglo-French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender — more at kin.
First use: 14th century"

So it would seem gender has started out as a term that groups "indivuduals that are of a kind" - not necessarily based on (biological) appearance, but just as much on behaviour/social grouping.
All school is private. Sometimes you pay tuition, which seems better for accountability, and sometimes you pay more for housing. That people send their kids to school is unfortunate. It seems like if you took the daycare out of it, school would not be structured the way that it is at all. It is a source of daycare for children first, and an attempt at productively using that time second.
> why did you feel the need to emphasize this

Not the author, but: The psychology research literature is mostly garbage.[0] It's surprising to me that through all this, hardly anyone has dug into the supposedly scientific papers behind Damore's claims. Ultimately they come down to a massive leap of faith that job aspirations of psychology-major undergraduates can be generalized to a somehow biologically-driven preference for "people" jobs vs "things" jobs.[1]

[0] https://hardsci.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/everything-is-fucke...

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Th...
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I was on the same boat. My references were my previous three managers.Two of them were PhDs leading R&D teams and one was a very senior Director. So it depends on the quality of your recommendors. Anyway the recommendations are just one part of the application package. Since it is an online MS, there is an understanding that the applicant profile would lean more towards working professionals and I am sure they factor that in.