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Why not? If a man (fellow coworker) has nice biceps, I say it (I'm not gay, not trying to seduce him, but being fit is very high on my values list). If a woman (fellow coworker) is cute, I say it (I'm not trying to seduce her, I just think it's nice to give compliments).

Asking her to take notes (as in, not asking anyone else), though, is a completely different story. However, I believe that some women handle it in a not very effective way. I might be a sexist too! If you tell me in a nice way (simply saying that you think what is going on is wrong/unfair) I will reflect, and most likely change my behaviour in the future. However, if you attack me, or even worse, say nothing but rant on the internet, I will take it personally, as an attack on my identity, and I might refuse to change, out of principle.

What we're trying to do here is enlighten a certain aspect of our society that is wrong/unjust, and I believe that should be done by teaching people, not attacking them.

(I'm not saying that the OP definitely took the wrong path. She might have told her boss, and they did nothing different, they didn't learn. In that case, I see no better option but to attack, shame them...)
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"... we respect your opinion and want to hear it."

"We listen and will respond to constructive criticism ..."

"Thank you for your feedback – we are listening."

"Comments are closed."
A friend of mine has large breasts. A difficulty she has is that any top that is open at all shows a lot of cleavage.

And, yes, if you make a sexually charged comment on a co-worker, it is sexist. Context matters.
> to tell you the truth, the video is the easiest, and dare I say, quickest way to understand what we do

About 20 seconds in, your video says:

Liveloop is a simple powerpoint plugin that lets everyone work on the document at the same time, seeing everyone else's changes as they type.

That is the quickest way to understand what you do. If I want to see it in action, I can click through to a video demonstration.
it seems like it was part of an old project:
http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Apple-purchase-Mammals-org-and-...
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A nice gesture but it's truly amazing what Bioware managed to accomplish with a supposedly AAA title. The writing was so bad it overwhelmed any possible positives the game had. I had to stop playing after a few hours. It sounds like it was written by a grade schooler. Normally a statement like that would be hyperbole but I want to emphasize that I mean it quite literally. I've tutored middle schoolers on writing and they didn't produce garbage this bad.
Just out of curiosity, what is the last line for?

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It may surprise you to read this, but I genuinely appreciate your extended remarks and context. I've been thinking about these ideas, and find it interesting now that I understand you were coming from a philosophical place and not merely an "oh, just suck it up" one to a complete stranger.
I found it amusing enough to keep playing til I figured it out, which is not usually the case with most artsy design pages that I land on. He may have something there.
I think it's a fine thing - I have close personal friends (of both sexes - whom I jab verbally all the time. We make aggressive jokes with each other, insult each other mercilessly, and it's all in fun. Is this OK? Sure - because we are all friends, we all love each other, we know each other well, and we know beyond any shadow of a doubt that no harm is meant by anything that we say.

What's the difference between this and the situation in the OP? The workplace factor is one thing, but the friends factor is a much bigger deal.

Clearly, the people slinging the barbs simply aren't close enough friends to have that kind of rapport with her (if they were, she'd be laughing about her friends being hilariously inappropriate, rather than citing examples of workplace harassment). The guys at work from these examples also seem to be socially clued-out enough that they may not even be aware that what they are doing is unwanted.
Yes. The closing shot shows the top growing unstable and, in the instant before the screen cuts to black, you hear the grinding sound of the top beginning to topple. At every non-reality point in the film where the top is spinning, it does so with no destabilization. Of course, it's possible that someone replaced his top (he wasn't very careful about concealing it and, let's face it, it's not rocket science to realize that it just needs to topple to indicate reality), but that's a different story.
I find this whole thing to be beyond silly. Oh no the ending to a game wasn't exactly like they wanted, the sky is falling....

I ask you how is this even remotely a big deal?
It's pretty trivial to get an ORM standing up in a non-rails environment. Sequel does a great job of this by including bin/sequel so you can run commands like 'sequel migrate' and it just works. There's no reason AR couldn't have it's own bin to manage migrations and model generation so that it not stuck inside of the Rails Rakefile kitchen sink.

All the other stuff you speak of falls in the same category. It's all great code/libs, they just need a CLI so they're not stuck in the monolithic Rails Rakefile.

The good news about Rails 3 is that it fully embraces Rack, so the plugin ecosystem you speak of is much more portable these days if you want to run it in a different framework (I'm thinking of libs like OmniAuth, etc)

Alas, I would never recommend an architecture on the merits alone that you can "swap out the backend". That doesn't really add that much value to end users and never really happens quickly or easily in the real world. The benefit I describe in the blog post to the view layouts and logic being separate is that you get an epic win on the content delivery side of the house. This is a huge deal for mobile web apps.
Good questions!

Sure, the guy's actions are unprofessional (though I hate the term), and discouraging. I wouldn't say creepy. I really hate the term "creepy" because probably (and yeah, here I'm speculating) the guy has been called a creep his whole life. Probably he's even creepy. But shouldn't we feel sorry for such a person?

(United States) society has a really bad habit of locating blame on male citizens and not looking further for causes of their behavior. There are lots of examples of this, but a really blatant one is the current incarceration rate. We like to say "this person acted badly and they suck - I'm sure they have reasons - but they suck!" and stop the conversation there.

Like I said, I'm really sad that one of the effects of this big pile of sad men is that women are discouraged. But I'm also sad that they're sad - and that they engage in behaviors which make them more sad. For instance: unhealthy eating patterns, drug/alcohol abuse, gaming addictions, porn addictions, etc. I'm also sad that they're mean to other men - e.g. flamewars. I'm sad about a whole big bucket of things.

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You're asking whether I'd classify his actions in a particular way (unprofessional, creepy, discouraging) and, for the most part, I would. The question (as you point out) is where to go from here? What do I do with all this anger?

One thing I'd like to do is fight back against the conditions that make the world shit for nerdy teenage boys. I'll take myself as a prototype here, but as a nerdy teenage boy:

1. Other teenage boys are mean to you
2. Other teenage girls are mean to you
3. Your teachers more or less hate you for being better than them at the subjects they teach
4. Your parents think of you as a failure because you're not dating/doing normal things
5. Society at large is disgusted with you (media portrays you as a creepy pervert, etc.)

I mean, let's keep things in perspective, here. This woman had a shitty run of things, but was she suffering? Really? I (and a lot of people I know) had to put up with 100x more intolerance and aggression on a daily basis from the time I was 10 until I was 18. From both genders. I was bullied. I was laughed at. I was scorned by family and teachers. Sorry if we came out a little malformed.

Hell, I'm not even bad at interacting with women, since my skin normalized and I had the luck of working at a big retail store where I had to interact with them a lot. I had girlfriends and such and now I'm married. Shit has more or less fixed itself, but it's not really my fault as such.

Yeah, so what to do? Let's create art which actively portrays the sex-starved teenage nerd boy as heroic, in his own way? Let's give him some love, as a society? Let's extol his virtues, maybe once? What support is given to these people, really?

The sick thing is that for every such nerdy guy I know who became successful (mostly the smart ones, and mostly as programmers) I know 5 who were pretty much crushed by the stress of all this and have never really recovered.
Yes, I would pay $200mm for a game that nets $250k/day or $91.25mm/year. Assuming Zynga does nothing but maintain the revenue, it will make back it's investment in a little over 2 years. How many investments opportunities are out there that net you a ~40% yield!? Of course there is risk with an investment like this, but this is after all, their core business and they are probably very good at mitigating those risks.
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The EDS video was a Super Bowl ad from the peak of the dot-com boom back in 2000. I remember it well because that was the year virtually all of the ads aired during the Super Bowl were dot-com related.. lots of money spent on lots of ads by companies that mostly don't exist anymore (see also: the infamous Pets.com sockpuppet guy).
Your response echoes the problems nearly every rights-movement runs up against. The issue is that such things are societally OK (or borderline), which does not imply that they're right.

In a post-apocalyptic world where there aren't enough men, would you allow women to vote? They aren't as educated, surely doing this would bring about yet another apocalypse. Imagine who they'd vote for!

What would happen if a woman were voted into congress? Surely her sexual appeal would distract the entire group of men there, lowering the overall quality of work.

The problem is that this is a problem, and that people don't yet see it. Say, in time, it becomes OK for a woman to come into an office topless. Imagine the reaction of people then who hear of our behavior now. Now think of your reaction when you think of the historical debates about whether or not black people had souls, which made it OK to use them as slaves because they weren't really human.
Actually, for what I do, they are paying me too much. They'd know if they were able to monitor what I do all day.
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I think there are 4 reasons we are here.

1) Developers are worried that a user won't try their app if they have to install something on their computer.

2) Compatibility , support anything that can render HTML , although this may no longer be the case with the amount of chrome only apps I see.

3) Firewalls, you can get out on port 80 pretty much anywhere, that random port number you decided to use for your app not so much.

4) A few years back web programming was seen as the "easy" way to get into development since writing relatively limited PHP was a lot easier than wrangling C++ and the Windows SDK. Therefor web developers reached critical mass.

Java applets and Flash did a reasonable job with 1 and 2, but they seem to be some of the most hated parts of the web, I think part of this may be because they are see as "too powerful".
People want the web to be lightweight.
> Why do all the waitresses in Hooters wear low-cut tops?

Seriously, stop right there. Read what you just wrote. You're comparing a professional developer who chose to dress comfortably to women chosen for sex appeal by a restaurant which is only a step away from a strip club.

There is something seriously wrong with the way you are approaching this issue.

To answer your last question-- I'm a straight guy, and no, I wouldn't find it sexually arousing if a co-worker came in to work topless. Probably because I'm not fifteen, and I've seen boobs before.

Okay, I would be surprised at first, probably a little more so than if it was a male co-worker, but if it's what either of them wanted to be comfortable in their office I would get over it. And if a male co-worker couldn't restrain himself from making sexually suggestive comments, I would be pretty disgusted by his behavior.

(Don't forget, by the way, it's perfectly legal for women to be topless in public in both NYC and San Francisco, so this is certainly a possibility.)
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I've recently started a blog where I document potentially good startup ideas I come up with.

The cofounder of my current startup said that he thinks I've come up with some good ideas, but we're unsure of how to go about them.

We don't want to abandon our current startup, but at the same time, we don't want to leave these ideas alone to be forgotten, or even stolen.

Ideally, we would like to at least pursue them all (similarly to how Google goes after their numerous ventures), but we obviously don't have the money or manpower to do that.

We're unsure of what to do. Any thoughts/advice?
> Why do all the waitresses in Hooters wear low-cut tops?

Because they work in an industry that is primarily based on looks. Just like it's "okay" to stare at fashion models, it's "okay" to stare at waitresses at Hooters. Seeing as you don't work at Hooters (I'm guessing, ( ; ) then this doesn't apply here.

> In a post-apocolyptic world where you're the only person on earth, would you dress the same way you do now?

I'm not sure this hypothetical adds to the conversation. I also wouldn't dress the way I do now if the gender dynamics in Western culture were different. What's your point?

> Being "attractive" specifically refers to other peoples' attention and emotions towards you.

I would argue that being "attractive" is more a question of self-esteem than perception by others; see any interview with Megan Fox where she admits to not feeling attractive. It's not about how others feel about you, but about how you feel about yourself. How you feel about yourself is, partly, a product of the culture that contextualizes you, but that's more about the cultural aggregate than specific individuals (the hypothetical woman who is commenting about my great butt).

> I'm not saying that it's ok to leer at women, to verbally or physically harass them, etc. But it's incredibly ludicrous to me to think that someone dressed in a manner usually considered "provocative" probably did so without any intention, or that anyone responding to that mode of dress is automatically sexist.

Totally. I know you're not advocating horrible behavior, but sexism is not a flipped bit; it's a complex spectrum with multiple dimensions that is hard to quantify as "on" or "off". I tend to think that most people (me included) are sexist, and it's not categorically Bad and Evil, just something that I consider in my responses to certain situations and issues. It's okay to be sexist; it's not okay to make unwelcome remarks about a woman's appearance.

But you're asking the wrong question here: why is someone wearing a low-cut dress "provocative" at all? Provocative to whom? Why does how I dress necessarily have anything to do with anyone else? Every woman who wants to wear tight clothing wants to be looked at, otherwise they would wear burqas? It's incredibly ludicrous to me that you seem to be putting forth that supposition. It seems to lead to, "I'm sorry she was offended, but if she didn't want to be offended then she should've dressed differently." Which is a form of victim blaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_blaming

As to coming to work topless: no one is questioning whether or not being attracted to women is sexist. Of course not. But commenting about a female colleague's cleavage at work is sexist and demeaning. Be attracted all you want, fine. But don't cross the line.
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> Uh oh, I have no template engine!

The whole point of this post was using a complete frontend on the client side. Like backbone. You don't render backbone using a server-side template -- it's all done on the client side.

I'm not saying throw out all your old tools. I love using Makefiles. I'm saying use the right tool for the job -- and my opinion is that to have a separate client side app like backbone and a simple server-side API, Rails is way overkill.
Would should they be spending their money on? I would look at is as user acquisition to, Zynga will quickly have their box in the app cross promoting their other apps.
It's a day behind for me; i's reading 5:14PM on March 20th in SF when it's actually the 21st.
Physical appraisals of another person's attractiveness do not belong in the work place. It puts people in awkward positions, and introduces power asymmetries.

And yes, I do not want people at work to say such things about me, regardless of gender.
You're missing the point. The discussion is that some sort of JavaScript stack is handling that stuff and the sever maintains no view state. The benefit is that you can have a more responsive web app that you can easily throw on a CDN and have a snappy end-user experience.
Luckily for you, you can choose. Just like I did. Sure CM9 is not 100% there but it's pretty, functional and I love it.
It have been replied on top by @michaelpinto :
"it seems like it was part of an old project: http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Apple-purchase-Mammals-org-and-...
It looks like Apple Illustration got there first in August 1996. I presume Apple Computer didn't have the foresight to go around registering with every ccTLD back then.

It must be worth a pretty penny now though.
This is sarcasm, right? All of these things are clear warnings that it's time to flee that company for your life.

You get paid what you get paid because someone else is willing to pay you more. The market is competitive and you're being hired by your peers, who recognize the value of "making the backup 50% faster".

If you wear a tie and are trying to become a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, then yes, you need to play this bullshit game. But in that case, you're not getting a "pay rise" for your value to the engineering organization, you're getting paid for your ability to keep the status quo alive and well.
"we want to get you out of Google and to the right place as fast as possible" -- larry page was talking about the google search engine, not google shopping. If you go to google shopping in the first place, its because you're looking to buy something, otherwise just stay on google search? There's a multitude of other shopping comparison sites out there that all do the same thing.
I think of stock brokers/financial workers as particularly miserable people - you can be rich AND miserable! I don't know any construction workers, but it really doesn't seem like a happy job.

It's not about excusing behavior, it's about talking about the reasons behind that behavior so that those reasons can be addressed properly. The proper way to address issues whose source is pain and suffering is compassion. Not "feeling sorry for" a person, but understanding that they too are suffering and including that understanding in your analysis of the situation. The point that I find very frustrating in all of this is that the suffering which causes "inexcusable behavior" is not being talked about. We're not talking about -why- men act in this way, except in flippant ways - calling them "manchildren," etc.
Hmm... I have to disagree with you here. There is a title and a subtitle above the video. Those two elements provide enough information for the user to determine if they want to watch the video. Captions would still be a plus, though.
You also get the other end of the spectrum, the "experienced" Lead/Manager who looks at hanging a picture and goes "These walls will never hold that" (when they've worked for years). Then he tears out the drywall and studs, gets the PM to read him the entire Building Code and agree to each line, puts in 4x4 posts instead of studs, all the while agreeing to re-tile the floor and paint the room, all on the same schedule as hanging the damn picture.

Any resemblance to anyone I've worked with is coincidental.
To this day n9 > lumia.
Nokia really had something and the sales are there to prove it. The lack of apps is disappointing, but the solid basics make it a great phone to this day.
It's too bad they couldn't get an android virtual machine working with the n9 to bring some of android's app collection over.
Why work for a CEO that "doesn't care and is not interesting in your explanation about how optimizing the termocouplers makes thing better"? There are plenty of companies run by people that do understand the low-level details that make their businesses successful. Work there instead.

Remember, they need you more than you need them. They already admitted that they don't understand their own business!
Yes, but look at it this way: the 'image' link performs the same function in both the top and the left nav menu. The 'video' link from the left nav menu, on the other hand, is replaced by a link to YouTube.

This wasn't the case until a couple of months ago. Obviously, this is to drive more visitors to YouTube.

Think how your father would view this if he was new to the internet - he would automatically assume that YouTube was the default video search engine, just like Google. He would never know Vimeo, DailyMotion or others.

It's not misleading to us because we're on HN. But think of the average computer illiterate user.
You're mentioning behaviour that is inappropriate overall (i.e. with strangers/acquaintances), but this post was more about the behaviour that is inappropriate only at the workplace (at least I read it this way). Unless you're saying that the sets of inappropriate behaviours are equal, in which case I wholeheartedly agree.

Personally, I would enjoy getting compliments about my ass. Being grabbed/honked at, not so much. But plain compliments, sure! Even at the workplace. At least, I believe that getting compliments beats not getting compliments, and I tend to believe that most people, men and women, would agree.
Zero. I'm sure they're great products, but I am invested in the Google and Android ecosystem. I have 4 active android devices and a chromebook.
If you believe people have no right to recoup the time you invest in writing code (or whatever it is you do for a living), then you would continue to show up for work every morning if your paycheck stopped?
See also https://github.com/technoweenie/tainted_hash
Excellent point! The best of all worlds would be if only websites that have something genuinely worth looking at would support the higher resolution, and all others would concentrate on typographic beauty. Why it won't happen: Those damn ads!
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So you're saying that anyone who makes misogynist remarks at work has some sort of "mental issue", and that because of this we should just let it slide, or at least be sympathetic?

Give me a fucking break.

Calling out negative behavior tends to be very effective.
Do one thing and do it well. Forget about everything else - ideas are cheap. Can you come up with just one example of a startup that's had success in it's initial stages that's been doing more than one thing? I can't.
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