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Pedantic. There is such a thing as sex appeal and dressing sexily. The entire fashion industry is built on it. I bet some of the people in those last pictures have been called "sexy" and liked it.

As a man I dress well because I want to be attractive. No, it doesn't mean women should feel free to whistle at me at work, but it's not outrageous to explore the boundaries and decision making process on this forum.
The definition on sexism has already been addressed, so I will leave that alone.

Do you not think there are grey areas? Areas where a comment might seem harmless but end up insulting someone?

To me the only way addressing this is to speak up when it happens. If you don't then the grey area remains grey and it is likely a behavior to be repeated.
And when the female/male ratio is too high, there are issues too, and not just at work. It can be uncomfortable/awkward for many.

I don't want to generalize, but in my country/city/region/circle of friends/etc, I've found that, for instance, girls tend to talk about their sexual experiences in every detail imaginable, down to comments about their partners. Any attempt to do something to that level of detail among guys would likely be met with a "Whoa dude! Too much information!"

And that's just an example. Not sure if you can relate. In any case, the point is that I think that there will be issues unless the environment is balanced or 100% of the same sex.
I'm not just talking about intrigue; I'm trying to describe a different model of the world which operates on a different kind of duality.

In that model intrigue is indeed the punishment, but care and support is the reward.

This might be constrained to just my experience in the gay community and my extrapolation to the female population might be incorrect.

All I know is that I eventually became strongly aware of a delicate and ever changing network of social ties every non-straight-male I knew was participating in and acutely aware of.

And yes, it's probably a very essential component of the skillset political leaders need to master to rise to the top.
I'd argue however that it only becomes a necessity to master at the top, whereas for most queers I know it's present regardless of political ambitions.
That's not what sexism or racism is. Racism is not statements like "black people dance better," it is only when a negative statement is made about a race in a perceived inferior statement (e.g. vis-a-vis white people).
And even if you don't care about people who are hard of hearing, think about those of us who are at work, or in a public place, and don't have a pair of headphones available.
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I'm working at a company that recently decided to move most of its future work into Java (instead of Python). Not Scala or Clojure, but actual Java-the-language Java. Needless to say, I'm not happy. Every company where I've worked at that uses C++ or Java as its main development languages lurches toward perpetual maintenance, huge teams, and general mediocrity.

Unfortunately, the leading languages are still C++ and Java. Jobs exist in good languages, but they're few and far between and it seems inevitable that a company will end up Java'd as it grows large and decisions start being made by non-programmers. (I think it's safe to assume that no one familiar with other languages ever chooses to program in Java; it's a language that people make other people use.)

I don't want to program anymore if 50% or more of my future programming career is going to be spent in shitty languages that prioritize the interests of non-programming managers over the people actually programming.

It just infuriates me to have to use shitty tools and be 10% as productive as I could be.

Is it time for me to leave the coding thing and get an MBA?
You actually sound pretty normal. I find I go through the same, alternating pattern roughly every quarter. I'll have 3 months of all nighters and forgo food and sleep without issues. Once a certain level of success is obtained, my brain and body decides to relax and not let me do anything unless it's an emergency. Sometimes this last for weeks, sometimes months. But I totally get what you're saying.

For me, inspiration and motivation are tied to my procrastination. I tend to come up with the best ideas and do my best work when hanging off the edge of the cliff.

In addition to working out (as philip has suggested), I would find a way to either hide or invest your monthly income so you don't have access to it. If you only had to live off of $4500 a month instead of $15,000+ a month, you will get your head back into the game.
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You mean the 2 line submission pointing to Gruber on daring fireball where he stated, without any citations at all, that a UI update would freak people out and cause unspecified issues? Despite the fact that multiple platforms get UI updates?

Might as well tag "So buy an Iphone" to the bottom of any Gruber post referencing android (Substitute Ipad if the post relates to tablets)
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It's a continuum. In maybe 1% of companies you won't have to show your value, because everyone will know. In 10% it won't matter what you do, because you'll be distrusted anyway. But the vast majority of the time, learning to communicate your value will increase others' perception of you and lead to better raises.
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I, myself am an Apple-nerd - I've been with Apple ever since the Newton came out. I see in the case of OS manufactures (e.g. Apple, Microsoft, Canonical, etc), that moving towards a unified mobile platform is crucial when we all seem to live more mobile based than desk based. It seems to be the way the markets are shifting. Just as Apple has shown that they will (read: might) not be bringing people back for another OSX release in 11.x, and moving towards a more iOS-based system, I think it's safe to assume that Microsoft is following the same trend. In the case of the Xbox 360, the box-like interface has proven somewhat popular. Although users have been forced to play along with the Xbox version, the Windows 7 Phone has been a big success for Microsoft.

I'm not a fan of this mobile transition, because it means that many of the desktop experiences I have may not exist on mobile platforms for a while. However, on the flip side, the mobile/desktop similarities and integration might prove worthy to the mass majority of not-so-tech savvy users out there in the market.

I found that after a while of using Mac OSX 10.7.x on my MacBook Pro, that the only thing I needed was Logic Pro. So I stuck it on an old '09 Mac Pro and soon after installed Debian on my MacBook Pro.

Looking back, I can attest that this has been one of the best decisions, though tech-savvy-ness is required to get it working and working with it. I don't know why I didn't switch earlier.

If you're looking into a more smooth transition or fun-flavored OS, Ubuntu works a bit better.
I'm not a professional chef, I'm a sysadmin. Cooking isn't part of my job description.

I don't want to be forced to eat food prepared by people who don't have food handlers' cards, and I don't want my coworkers to feel hurt because I don't want to eat what they cooked and left in their car.

Want to improve morale and do teambuilding? Get a cater, or go somewhere for lunch.
I've only briefly looked at this but everything looks awesome. One thing that would be great would be including the various abbreviations next to the time areas.

eg. I'm currently in Sydney where the time is referred to as AEDST (Australian Easter Daylight Savings Time)

My biggest peeve with timezones is seeing something like "Live at 6PM PST!" and I have absolutely no idea what PST is, when it is, etc.

Note: as far as im concerned anything like that should always have a countdown timer to go along with it.. it instantly solves the problem for everyone as they can figure out what time that will be very easily.
> I now I see what you're saying regarding inequality: that prior to redistribution, inequality is more or less universal.

Actually, no. I was saying what I actually said, that US pre-tax inequality wasn't exceptional.

And, you still seem to have problems with the fact that the EU addresses inequality through spending, not taxation.

I note that you ducked the discussion of revenue and spending per GDP, not to mention GDP per person.

So, I'll ask again. Is the EU's abysmal GDP per person due to tax or spending policy? (Or are Americans just inherently more productive?) I ask because you seem to be a fan of EU policy. Is the abysmal GDP a bug or a feature?

> I understand that you're trying to avoid saying they're fairer, but that's the inescapable conclusion of your argument that US taxes are more progressive.

No, it isn't "inescapable". You're leaving a lot of steps out of your "proof", many of which are arguable. One could reasonably arrive at precisely the opposite conclusion.

I note that you also ducked the envy issue and "why should I care about what someone else has", so I'll ask a variation.

Is a society where everyone is starving more fair than a society where almost no one is starving and 1% have Ferraris? The former is equal, the latter isn't.

The observant reader might notice a connection between the two questions posed. (I expect you to duck.)

>> You didn't bother to look for the second number, the tax revenue share.

> I didn't bother to look for it because it was already there in your source

Not for the years that you were arguing about it wasn't.

> Your source put the share of taxes at 45.1% in the mid-2000s. Yet the same source puts the 2009 number at 70%. Do you really believe that the share almost doubled in four years?

2009 was an interesting year.
Schindler saved a bunch of Jews. More than zero, which is what would have happened if all he said was "hang in there." It's not like your choice is between learning how to cope and trying to assassinate Hitler. There are many options in the middle, with varying levels of commitment required. Calling out bad behavior when you see it is one of them.
i wonder is that 17" 1080p slate referencing a real product, or just an example microsoft has chosen to illustrate possible flexibility? it sounds like an interesting new class of device.
I'm pretty sure after reading Moby Dick that I do not want to be hired by Ahab. It doesn't really turn out well for most of the crew.
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What's your point? A high-end Nokia Windows Phone costs about just as much as an iPhone 4S, while a low end Nokia Windows Phone seems to cost just as much...as an iPhone 3GS. Sure, Nokia feature phones are cheap...but we aren't talking about that. I predict that a spec-comparable high-end Nokia tablet will cost just as much as an iPad (their production costs are higher than Apple's, so they can't go lower, and its suicide to go higher).

Definitely don't underestimate Microsoft, nor Microsoft Research :). But there is nothing magical going on, Apple mints even more cash than MS does these days.
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I think you need to drink something other than the Kool-Aid. Java has its warts, but all languages do. Get over yourself.
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I actually found the article pretty informative and have generally been impressed with some of MSFTs recent moves. As someone that tried to avoid MSFT directly during the Win3.11 days (OS/2 anyone?) and adopted assorted BSDs when OS/2 proved less than fruitful, the Metro interface is an interesting tweak on the traditional set of icons.

Note, I said Metro NOT Win8. I think WP7 brings an interesting and unique tweak to what iOS and Android are doing. I am not sure it will translate well into the desktop. Install Windows 8 community preview, VS 11, and a couple of other developer tools...Why do I need all those tiles littering the desktop? This is a developer targeted example but I am sure others exist for non-developers. The mixed metaphor of Metro and Win7-desktop will prove a challenge.

I think Metro will be a win on the tablet/phone side of the world. Do I think it will over take iOS? No idea, I'm an iPhone/iPad person myself, but MSFT putting down a minimum set of requirements as well as a consistent interface is a big stead ahead of the android/touchwiz/manufacturer specific interface universe.

I think competition in both the desktop and tablet markets will prove fruitful. Current iOS notifications learned something from Android, for example. So, stronger competition is a good thing.

Specific to the digs at Nokia, I think Microsoft probably got the better of the bargain, but they have always produced some great hardware. Hopefully with a mix of good hardware and a unique OS, their handsets can bring them back from the dumps...
There was an article on HN recently that demonstrated why vectoring is completely unviable for this: http://www.pushing-pixels.org/2011/11/04/about-those-vector-...

In short, vector graphics scaled up simply can't compare to graphics that were hand-made for a specific size, as the article shows.
Well, I differ there. If someone gives me a compliment, I appreciate it. Usually it is about a hair cut, or a choice piece of clothing. I never took it as a sexual advance. However your post bring up an important subject.

There are differing opinions here. Why is one opinion more justified than the other in the work place? For example: Why should I not be able to give a genuine complement about let say a woman's shoes? The work place is so filled with terror to the point where some companies policies are that a member of the same sex must be present to do simple coaching tasks. Is this not absolutely ridiculous?
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> Lastly, never underestimate Microsoft (Tim Cook certainly isn't).

"I don't really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple."

- Tim Cook as quoted in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020488040457722...)
That's cool, but some people in this thread are arguing that you shouldn't have to pay for music at all, beyond a small Kickstarter investment. I disagree with that. And apparently, so do the majority of pirates.
If you have a blog and you have readership and you think someone that reads that blog might want to pursue one of the ideas you may want to try to position the blog as a mentorship forum, where people can submit and find ideas and group together to pursue them. You may be able to create a system in which their is an upsell for people that take the ideas and execute to contribute back some equity.
Did you at any time ask them to not make those comments?
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so as i understand it, all the windows users are going to switch to linux because they hate change, and all the linux users are going to switch to windows because they hate change. okay then.

if people want to keep using XP because that's what they're used to, they should just keep using XP. if people want to keep using gnome 2.x, they should keep using gnome 2.x. software changes. all these new user interfaces that the OS manufacturers are experimenting with to stay relevant in the iPad age are interesting and will surely evolve into something useful, even if they do currently have some major flaws. i wish people would just give them a chance.
If you want to treat the symptoms, then by all means villianize the perpetrators.

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> The fact that you think this form of behavior is more natural to women than men is actually quite sexist.

All gender generalizations are sexist? That doesn't make sense; there are generalizations that are true even if that population doesn't like those generalizations (ie: women are physically less capable than men) and in some situations it may be important to have them in mind.

What could be sexist is to speak out those generalizations in an environment where it could blur the qualities that are actually needed for the context (in this case her performance as a programmer) but not in places such as an open forum like this comment section.
Racism and sexism are, respectively, stereotyping someone based on their perceived race or sex. Yes, even positive stereotyping ("pracism") like "black people dance better", "asians are great at math", or "girls are better note-takes".

The negative effects of this form of racism & sexism are fairly well documented.
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Though it's interesting that you made special note of Tim Cook when he just recently went out of his way to say that he feels no pressure from Microsoft.

He also said that MS is not out of the smartphone /tablet race and that they "always get up and run" (horse analogy.) Apple, out of all companies, knows Microsoft really well. People and companies almost have to buy Windows and ...Office, not so with many other gadgets.

A lot of users have this automatic hate for MS based on Windows 3.1 or Vista but I'm still using XP and it works great. Imagine a full featured OS that works with printers made 15 years ago somewhere in Korea and I never paid a dime after the initial purchase. Kudos to MS for that, others would have tried to nickle and dime the users, but we still get updates ;). To put things in perspective, Roboform alone probably has cost me more over the same time.

I said I'd get a Windows tablet simply because I'd want it to be an extension of my desktop. It remains to be seen how they manage that with bookmarks, sync etc, but personally I'm amazed at Microsoft's strategy: they make so much cash that they can afford to plan long term. Also, with what I can see they don't really clone their competitors, they have their own way of doing things. I just got a top notch PC with Win 7, Office Starter, 8GB RAM +++ at under $500. If they can spark the same specs war with tablets then we're talking.

They are challenges but probably in 2-3 years $200-300 tablets will be very common, and that's great for the users, Apple or Microsoft fans. Competition is great.

I love Apple too by the way. (I hate copycats.)
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Woah, not the same at all. If you wear a low cut top in a room full of guys and are seen by some as a sexual object, it's taken on a new dimension. I appreciate the subtleties of male dress (I deal with the same issues you raised), but the pressure isn't the same.
I've been programming for 10 years and have used a wide variety of languages. Lisp, Scala, Clojure, Python, Java, C++, C, Ocaml, Haskell, and Go, plus a variety of math/statistical langauges.

Java/C++ development just isn't fun. It takes way too long to accomplish simple things. In fact, the process sucks all the fun out of it. The boilerplate is monstrous, the code looks like someone else wrote it, and there isn't much interactivity to the process since the Java Way is to write and tinker with monolithic, huge systems rather than create new things that can do something useful within an afternoon.

ETA: All languages have flaws but it's still fun to program in, e.g., Python or Scala. The flaws of these languages usually manifest in low-impact "well shit, that's annoying" irritations, not systemic constantly-grinding drags on productivity that will never go away.
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Here is my motivation stuff:

A Reddit comment on being a producer not consumer: ---

“I make sure to start every day as a producer, not a consumer. When you get up, you may start with a good routine like showering and eating, but as soon as you find yourself with some free time you probably get that urge to check Reddit, open that game you were playing, see what you’re missing on Facebook, etc.

Put all of this off until “later”. Start your first free moments of the day with thoughts of what you really want to do; those long-term things you’re working on, or even the basic stuff you need to do today, like cooking, getting ready for exercise, etc.

This keeps you from falling into the needy consumer mindset. That mindset where you find yourself endlessly surfing Reddit, Facebook, etc. trying to fill a void in yourself, trying to find out what you’re missing, but never feeling satisfied.

When you’ve started your day with doing awesome (not necessarily difficult) things for yourself, these distractions start to feel like a waste of time. You check Facebook just to make sure you’re not missing anything important directed at you, but scrolling down and reading random stuff in your feed feels like stepping out into the Disneyland parking lot to listen to what’s playing on the car radio – a complete waste of time compared to what you’re really doing today.”

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Quotes: ---

- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Goethe

- “Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.” - Voltaire

- “Live the life you've dreamed” - Henry David Thoreau

- "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' " - Muhammad Ali

- “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” - Goethe

- “Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.” - Phillip Adams

- “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” - Einstein

- If you Complete what you have started, I call this success. Muhammed Bozdag.

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This video: ---

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAJhosbWiM
I don't disagree that the video is the easiest and quickest way for you. The point is that it's harder for many/most users than reading text. Think about it in terms of system requirements:

- Web page with text as the primary -> a browser

- Web page with video as the primary -> a browser, sound device, sound output device, absence of anything else using the sound device (this means I have to pause my music), etc.

More requirements -> fewer useful impressions. And again, what's wrong with writing? Even YC makes applicants send a (text) description of their plan. It should be a red flag if you cannot describe your business in a short text snippet.
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I am very glad this subject is being discussed here. The subtle sexism in the tech industry has always been disturbing to me as a man and I can only imagine how women must feel about it. Sexism in our industry is not only offensive it is counterproductive. It saddens me to think of the great female innovators that may be turned off from entering the industry because it is seen as unwelcoming to them.