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Sure, between friends who know each other and where the limits are.
But in a professional setting, be it at work or a conference, sexist jokes have no place.

And it's not political correctness, it is respecting that we all experience things differently.
I drove a motor scooter as a kid that had broken brakes. He's right--it wasn't much fun, because I knew I couldn't go fast.
I'm pretty sure rocket science has a standard for stuff like this. There is a standard for everything.

http://www.ecss.nl/
Hmm, thought by sticking to raw facts, I would avoid that... turns out I was wrong, now it just looks thinly veiled.

Sincere apologies, poor judgment on my part.
The line is when you're talking to your friends, that's where you can try out your 'edgy' jokes. These kind of jokes are completely out of place in a professional environment.
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It's encouraging to see that, with polite feedback, many people change their deck to be less offensive.

What I find interesting and scary is that some people will put far, far more effort into defending their choice than it would take to change it to something less offensive (and dare I say it, funnier - most "jokes" that rely on sexism are old and tired)
For the same reason that there should be jokes about pretty much everything. They're a form of human communication and expression which can be very valuable to group dynamics.

It is perfectly possible to joke about horrific things without intending to condone or support those things. That said, the place for these jokes is unlikely to be in groups of people you don't know at tech conferences. That's insensitive, rude and often intimidating - so don't.
because purposely offensive jokes can be funny in the right context and when you know the jokester doesn't really believe in what they're saying
>Sexism is not funny

Fuck you, i think it's hilarious.
Because we like laughing. Women laugh about men, men about women.
because they're funny
Bra: hey, this is sexist, you're making me think about breasts.

Jock strap: hey, this is sexist, you're making me think about testicles.

Edgy humor is risky because someone will always be offended when you tread in these areas.
Julia's benchmarks just turned me off. They are ignoring the "reasonable idioms" of each language, and specifically focusing only on RECURSIVE and ITERATIVE algos. And also ignoring other competing peers like lua based GSL Shell.
Please read
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-dev/2MJQ_uADH4...
That's a great point. I'll figure out a better way to handle downloads on the site.
There is a difference between sexism and discrimination.

I love a good sexist joke once in a while. But things should be balanced. If a presenter would make fun of men and women in equal amounts, I would not be offended personally. I would have a problem with a presenter that would only make fun of women and not of men. That would be very similar to discriminating based on other properties such as race or religion.
Please elaborate on what you're saying. I don't see that Bitcoin encourages anybody to do anything -- Bitcoin just is.

It's not clear to me what services would otherwise be referred to as money launderers, or how they are promoting anonymity. Paypal? Mt.Gox?

Is it money laundering when you buy Dominos gift cards, or phone cards? Pre-paid mobile phones that you can recharge using cash at any gas station? Web hosting from GoDaddy?
It is a nice idea

But reading text that subtly moves towards you on a full-screen browser makes me a bit seasick, and the maximized images make things feel a little wonky to me.
I'm far from an expert coder compared to most on here...but...what's the big deal? Once you've grokked server-side code and framework, is it really that hard to move from Rails to Sinatra or even to Django? Once you know databases, how hard is it to switch from SQLite to Postgres or to even Mongo? Same goes with Javascript frameworks.

Now, I'm referring to the scope of what a web-developer needs to know to interface with these technologies...obviously, a database engineer is expected to dive deep and know all the quirks/limitations of NoSQL vs SQL.

Is the complaint that "Oh shit, I don't know if I can learn new syntax?" Or is it more, "The hiring market is segmented by too many technologies for me to claim to be an expert at?"
I think I would actually prefer just one REALLY GOOD tester. They're so hard to find. Quantity is no match for quality.
I am still waiting for the out cry from "dumb things white people do" posts that pop up
Isn't that a separate issue? I doubt that the speakers intend to put down women, they just lacked the insight that their comedic material makes some people feel uncomfortable.
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It's human, politically incorrect jokes are just a part of who we are. This lady is just really up-tight and probably not very pleasant to be around, and I'm sure if you stuck a lump of coal in a particular location, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.
>I mean, where does this political correctness stop?

When you are exclusively in the company of people who know you well enough to tell precisely how ironic you are or aren't being.
"A talk at a conference showing girls in bikinis." ... I can't wait until I see a slide of a guy in a bathing suit so I can come cry to the internet.
The premise is surely nonsense! The full logic ought to go: Why do we have cars? To go faster. Why do cars have brakes? In order to slow down again.

If all we were concerned about was going fast then why ever slow down? Cars need to regulate their speed in order to provide safety, and also so they are usable, if I can't stop then I can't get out at my destination. Many elements of a car help in it's overall function, which is to go fast, but you may as well say the purpose of a fan belt is to go fast. Brakes are a part of a car and saying that their purpose is the same as the whole car is useless and confusing. They have a specific purpose within the machine.

From the linked article: "[the] answer feels paradoxical which usually means there's a deep truth". Indeed. The simpler explanation is that it's pure twaddle.
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Only works on stick shifts.
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To reiterate what others are saying, you can do web stuff without necessarily relying on a database.

Implementing computer vision techniques in Javascript seems to be quite popular at the moment and could make for a good project. You could get a lot of mileage out of exploring what techniques are feasible and which aren't and what you can do to optimise things. Depending on what your eventual application is it will likely need a user interface - make sure you back up its design with HCI theory and methodical evaluation and that will also add to your grade.
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Or, you could close your Gmail browser window and turn off any mail checkers you might have running.
That's exactly what I thought. Apart from the person who takes your TV to the pawnshop charges you for taking it a 10% commission "in case it's worth less by the time it gets there" but with no refund if it's worth more. The frustrating thing for me is that ... it's just "too simple" . Hell I think I'm going to start a website luxury-cars-for-bitcoins.com and see if any suckers want to sell out.
I don't think they do. A sexist joke is about as professional to make in a conference as a racist or religious joke. Just don't do it.

I agree that most humour will offend someone. Try watching a stand-up act that doesn't offend someone's race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or any other demographic information. Some of those discriminatory jokes can be really funny; after all we're human.

There's a time and place for it. Context is everything.
> where does this political correctness stop?

Can I turn that around? Can I instead answer "When should the jokes about gender stop?" They should stop when they begin to offend someone or to marginalize them.

Now, when hanging out with a couple of your friends, you probably have the social skills, the ability to discern body language to be able to tell when someone gets offended and back off. Or maybe you don't: maybe, like me, you aren't especially good at reading nonverbal cues, in which case you should realize that about yourself and tread less close to the line.

But when presenting at a conference? When sending out a company-wide email? You don't have the skill to tell what will be a problem and what will be funny: NO ONE has that skill. So stick to the things that you are sure won't offend anyone.

Unless you're the kind of person who thinks it's just FINE to exclude or offend a few "sensitive" individuals as long as you get a chuckle from most of the room. If you're that kind of person then I don't want to associate with you anyway.
Thanks to mjcohen for posting about this ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5198369 ).
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Make it equal opportunity - scantily clad girls on left half of the slide and scantily clad guys on the right half. Then everyone's happy - straight girls, straight guys, gay girls, gay guys. Win-Win.
A shop charging 20% to shop for you is not the bitcoin break through that would change the rate within hours. Look at the trade volume in $$. It increased faster than the exchange rate, so my guess is that speculators parted from their coins too fast and the rally will continue for some time and has nothing to do with very recent events. I consider all this the aftermath of the reward split, wordpress.com and the slowly materializing ASICS.
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I have a number of webservesr running on my host, each listening on 127.0.0.1 - this means I get security, as each webserver is running under its own UID.

Rather than using apache + mod_proxy to route incoming requests I wrote a HTTP reverse-proxy using node:

http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/node-reverse-proxy/

Otherwise I wrote a deamon which listens for UDP messages and inserts them into a redis set. This allows me to send messages like "User logged in", "User logged out", and display them in real-time for a dashboard. The following article was written to demonstrate the concept:

http://www.debian-administration.org/article/682/Building_a_....
Or because it makes them uncomfortable. But in any case, yes, it's true you can make a joke about anything. George Carlin famously proved this with a rape joke. George Carlin was also one of the most brilliant comedians ever to live so he could pull it off.

The simple fact is that "jokes" which reinforce current power structure are not good jokes. As a man you don't get to decide how women should feel about scantily clad ladies in technical talk slides, just as a white person you don't get to tell black people how they should feel about affirmative action. When you make philosophical proclamations about the world from a position of power you're no different from a jock making fun of a nerd because "he looks funny".

Just a modicum of empathy is all that people want in the vast majority of cases.
Quite similar to changemakrs.com in layout and intention. I like it.
Meh. The world would be a better place if people stopped looking for ways to be offended.
We see these kind of stories on Hacker News kinda regularly. And you'd think that it's getting a little ridiculous. But time and again, we still have people in our community that just don't get it.

So that's why I upvoted this article. Let's all keep drilling this into our community until it finally sticks.
The value is set just like for other currencies. Really no difference there, no matter how much some people are trying to say that there is some "real" value behind other currencies. Nothing has a "more real" value behind them, not even gold. It's all based on how limited the supply of it is, and the value of the transactions done it in. That's how all currencies get valued.

The "problem" with Bitcoin right now is that much of its new value is based on rumors and hype. But it's base value (say that of ~$15 or so) is pretty real, as real as it can be. But most or all of the difference between $15 and its current price of $25 or whatever it is now, seems to have been made mostly on hype, and I hope it ends soon. And this is only happening right now because the transaction value is still pretty tiny of around $200 million or so. Get that to $200 billion or $2 trillion, and then this shouldn't happen as often or with as much variability.
Showing a woman (or a man) in underwear is not sexism. It is btw equally funny no matter what gender it is.

The logic applied in this article is equal to saying that it is racist to display a white man on your presentation, because then you are obviously promoting racism.

Now, I completely agree that sexism is a bad thing - but come on, this is not really sexism.
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Not sarcastic: People laugh when they hear a "racist" joke because it's funny.
Maybe race related jokes don't have a place at conferences and work places - I am not sure - but there should be room for jokes about race somewhere, right? I mean, where does this political correctness stop?
Stop taking yourself so seriously. It's people like you that causes society to become too politically correct and downright boring.
When a security bug appears there's an argument made about responsible disclosure and publicising the crap out of it. There's a similar argument for sexism in the tech world, it should be dealt with out in the open so people know there's a problem and can patch it for the next release, but it needs to be done like this. Responsibly and without pitchforks and mob rule, which puts both sides at each others throats.
One cannot deny this.

It just so happens that what one sees as a good reason is pointless for somebody else.
The sexes are different by definition. Girls in bras are very entertaining, and I see no reason not to be happy about them as a man. I wouldn't be so happy to see guys in bras.
> Maybe gender related jokes don't have a place at conferences and work places

> I mean, where does this political correctness stop

It seems really obvious to me. At work, at a conference, you don't tell racist, sexist, ableist etc jokes. What you do outside work is up to you. (But, if you do it outside work and in public it may complicate things if you have a work related discrimination problem.)

> political correctness

"Political correctness" is often a buzzword used to dismiss people who want to discuss this. Other, better, words exist. "Politeness" is one.
> "We are hiring fashion interns" and the photo on the slide shows girls in underwear. Disappointing. (Upside: quite a few girls at #seedhack)"

The word sexist is going to lose all meaning if people throw it about like this.
Not necessarily. Rent is decided by supply, and demand. Property taxes may encourage smaller homes, which increases supply (as you can build more of them); and demand won't change at all (since people will still spend 1/3rd of their income on rent, or more if they live in NY).
what about teh whitez?

Prejudice against privileged groups isn't met with as much outrage as prejudice against unprivileged groups, and this is as it should be. Both are harmful, but the harm of the former is tiny in comparison to the harm of the latter.
I see that are you still believe in "democracy". Please do some serious research and follow the money. Let us know when you finally realize that you live in a plutocracy.
Well, that's not driving efficiently!
I think it's great that it makes sense to veto generic 'web applications' or even 'business applications' in general, but I can't see why they need to impose such a broad restriction in order to make it happen. Why isn't it sufficient just to tell everyone "no basic applications - we're doing science, not software engineering methodology" and leave it at that?
The insurance for a car lease is totally affordable. And that's what it would be -- a long-term lease.

You would lease a battery for 3 or 5 years from a company, and then swap at that company's swap stations. They would bill you on something like total miles put on the vehicle or total miles delta put on at swap stations. You would have exactly one entity with which you would interact in case of battery issues: the company.
here's Louis CK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4f9zR5yzY
drilling this into our community

I see what you did there.
Yep, all the jokes should be censored for fear of causing offence.
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>For those who think it doesn't matter, and that there is no sexism and that women aren't be discriminated against due to the pure fact of their gender, be aware that there have been double blinded scientific studies that show that if you change the name of a CV/resume to a female name when applying for science jobs, they don't get as much/as good offers.

Then maybe try to fix that instead of complaining about bikinis in powerpoint presentations?

Would anyone raise even an eyebrow if a woman sliped a sexy male model photo in a slide?
Fuck me I swear we're living through the wowser apocalypse.

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That's correct. My point is that the original theory of exchange rates had to do with "natural" demand and supply. If a country produces great cheese, and you want to buy that cheese, demand for the currency to buy that cheese is up. This does not apply any more, and many financial markets have little to do with real economic utility. Alas, when gravity hits - and it always does - people are still shocked.
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There is a problem with categorising jokes. I'm very much in to comedy, I sort of almost study it. Too often people confuse a simple word play joke with sexism, racism, etc, when its not.

To be fair, the examples given are, I think, sexist, and there for titillation. These examples aren't jokes, they are, er illustration.

On the other hand, women are beautiful to look at, and using women in this way does, I'm afraid, help bind information in to the male head. That is why sex is used so much in advertising. Until men are completely de-sexed in some creepy way, I don't see this changing much.

I dunno, I just don't like the idea of giving up being a "man" and having man feelings. And I feel like this sort of feminism is all about women being women at the expense of men being men. None of that means women should be mis-treated in the work place, underpaid, or even slightly harassed. But I do think a bit of understanding both ways is required.

I say drop the stuff about images, and make damn sure women are paid properly and taken professionally seriously.

Is that not enough?
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>"Political correctness" is often a buzzword used to dismiss people who want to discuss this. Other, better, words exist. "Politeness" is one.

"Freedom of expression" is another, though.
I've just upgraded to Pycharm 2.7, it's a lot better. It also looks a lot less horrible.

However, there is still an unacceptable delay between typing and feedback, around 300ms.

Performance was clearly not a priority for them.
It's much faster than other cars in its class. It has supercar worthy acceleration and handling (thanks to that low battery pack it hugs the ground like you have wings).

It's not a sports car, luxury cars pride themselves on what you can't hear.
Is the gallery specially designed in such a way to avoid allowing "Save as" link?

Well, I've managed to get direct links by looking at data-original property in Firebug, so it doesn't look hiding it was a real reason... But why then? Why such a non-accessible script?
Eh, I consider myself a pretty ardent feminist, and I can't really bring myself to take issue with that.

But I respect that you put your money where your mouth is. Idle frustration and slacktivism is pretty grating.
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If you don't mind people thinking you're sexist, go for it. Otherwise, don't be an idiot, and make a different joke.

Yes, I'm a guy, and yes I make crude jokes in front of my close friends on occasion. But I'd never do it in front of someone who might think I actually believe what I'm saying. That includes 99.9999999% of humanity.
I find it offensive that you are stereotyping a way of behaving (being gentlemanly) by someone's sex.

Delete this comment you sexist pig
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To really add breaks where you can stop while running without blowing completely up you need to add fault isolation and tolerance in your system. You need to use actors and messages (you might get parallel execution as well depending on your algorithm as a bonus).

The alternative is to prove that your program won't crash. So you need to write in a very restrictive style. This is more like you need to be able to compute a path your car will take ahead of time given all the other obstacles that could get in its way. That works too but it is highly impractical.
> Would anyone raise even an eyebrow if a woman sliped a sexy male model photo in a slide?

Uh, yes? Why would anyone ever do that?
I don't think so (I am a man); in the end it all boils down to excluding women.

My 4 year old boy goes to a day-care where one of the care givers is a man. I know of at least a mother that refused to leave her kid there scared that he was a sexual predator. The same prejudice is faced by male obstetricians.

In the end, whenever you stigmatize a profession as belonging for a specific gender you do sexism, doesn't matter how you do it and who you target.
I think you are generalizing the issue too much. also take a look at the comment of the original author of the post. he is not Chinese: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5206578
A joke about gender isn't the same as a sexist joke. I would argue that neither really have a place at conferences, though. Why make a divisive joke?
Jock straps are more about protection than support, though?

I say that as an utterly unathletic person, so I could be wrong.
My rule of thumb is that I only make "edgy" jokes in private, amongst people who I can be certain of the reasons why they are laughing. One might think that everyone is laughing for the same reasons you find the joke funny, but often they are not. (Chris Rock and Louis CK have both removed material from their routines for this exact reason)

Another issue with offensive speech is that it normalises behaviour and thoughts that may be far more pernicious than a tendency to make jokes. If you have one of "those friends" that tells a disproportionate amount of (sexist/racist/rape-based/etc) jokes, it may be the case that you laughing along is actually justifying/enforcing beliefs they hold that you would find reprehensible (and likewise for you telling jokes of the same nature in their company)

As we are all subconscious sexists (there's a link up-thread to a study on blind hiring as an example) there is also a very real danger that you cause harm to your own mind (in the sense of creating or reinforcing bad behaviour and opinions) by engaging in humour or speech based on sexism, even if you don't think you believe the underlying sexism that you are lampshading with the humour.
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