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I won't touch the issue of whether the action was right or wrong here on Hacker News, but I think everyone has to admit that this is a brilliant example of an apology done well.

They do not equivocate (the "sorry you were offended" apology) and they take direct action to fix what their users felt was wrong (new policy made) as well as somewhat atone for the original offense (donation to RAINN). It's also written simply but very skillfully: zero weasel words or anything.

I happen to agree with the action taken, but bravo in any case for the brilliant apology!
Beware: it is very dangerous to attempt to rescue a full-grown person who is drowning. A person who is drowning has temporarily lost their mind and will happily drown their would-be rescuer in an attempt to stay above the water. Approach a drowning person from behind and hold them above the water by their armpits.
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Lack of examples is the major problem, since it is hard to maintain examples in sync with the code. I created tool https://npmjs.org/package/xplain that transforms unit tests (javascript) into human readable examples in the API docs. Makes lots of up-to-date examples in the docs possible without any penalty.
Damn, that is nice! Paypal has been lacking. Payment using Paddle seems a lot easier.
We've been watching subtle differences unfold for decades. The PC movement was aghast that anyone dare think that men/women had any differences at all. That's been chipped away at for decades now. The proof is now on those who think that they are the exact same, despite mounds of suggestions that there are indeed some notable differences. We don't know the full extent of the differences, but this is not one of those cases where you get to push up your glasses and say "Well, without 100% proof you shouldn't believe it."

Every time someone mentions that they think there's a difference between males and females, someone pushes up their glasses and asks "source?", as if the 6th layer of comments on a news aggregater is the place to rehash decades of complicated studies and biology.

Accept that the position that there are some differences is a reasonable one and move on, even if you disagree. We don't know how much of it is mental, but we don't know much about "mental" at all right now. We're guessing based on what we do know.

Just as long as we all don't let our guesses about the unknowns of science cloud our judgment in specific, concrete situations, we'll be perfectly fine. And merely believing that some differences do exist won't itself cause that.
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No, they weren't wrong. They decided not to do a snap judgement on a controversial topic. Let it slip with what little time is left, examine post facto how it got through, tighten the cracks, explain it to the punters. They did everything right except think that they did it 'so wrong'. Making snap judgments on new areas of information can bite you back and make things much worse.
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First, the primary job for any rescuer is to not become another victim.

Be prepared for a violent altercation with the victim. The person is dying and not thinking normally. Don't be afraid to hurt the person to protect yourself.

If the situation is too much, back off and wait for the victim to lose consciousness. Pulling a drowning person from the water takes more than just strong swimming.

And again, I was only the dummy for real life guards so I basically got to act the worst possible situation. I'm sure some rescues look just like Baywatch portrays.
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My kids aren't that small, but I moved to Africa with them two years ago (they are now 7 and 9). We are actually living abroad, not really "traveling" as in the OP, though it has provided some interesting travel opportunities as well. We don't homeschool, so any travel is tied to their school calendar as well. Even without side-travel, I feel like we have a better connection with the place we live and for that it will always be a part of us. There's no way you can get that in 90 days.

It depends on where you go, but we live very well on far less than we did in the US and it's been a great experience for our entire family in many, many ways.

I always used to read posts like this jealous of those who are unattached. While it's a different experience doing it with kids. and takes a bit more planning, it's got its own rewards (such as the impact of your children living first-hand in a different culture).
Better yet, get a stick or rope and pull them to safety. They will grab onto whatever is within their grasp.
Wow, web rings, huge nostalgia for that!
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Definitely. Key part to quote:

> The gist of the controversial advice is "Don't wait for signs before you make your move. Let her be the one who rejects your advances. If she says no, stop immediately and tell her you don't want to do anything that would make her uncomfortable. Try again at a later time if appropriate or cease entirely if she is absolutely not interested."

> The thing that the commenters on social media are leaving out is that the advice was taken from a section in the guide offering advice on what to do AFTER a man has met a cute girl, gotten her phone number, gone on dates, spent time getting to know her, and now are alone behind closed doors fooling around. If "Don't wait for signs, make the first move" promotes sexual assault, then "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid was a song about rape.
I'm not sure where you get that from. Puritans have never been big on the rights of women.
did you mean to contradict the article or did you not even read it?

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
A bit further on they also write that the seducer should learn to figure out when NO really means NO. And if humans are wired that way (responding to touch) then it's not the fault of somebody writing a book.
There is also scientific research that people are more likely to respond to your requests if you touch them while asking. It's just psychology.
No?

"Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances."
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The excerpted quotes of advice were pretty damn rapey.

The problem is that many (every one I've seen) of these "seduction" manuals are written in a way that is hostile toward women.
Having offline docs can be quite handy. A few years ago a friend and I put together an iOS app called iCPAN, so that we could have offline Perl docs at our disposal. This kind of thing is particularly helpful because perldoc doesn't work on modules which you have not yet installed. It's also great if you want to read Perl docs on the subway, but I'll admit that's not everyone's cup of tea. :)
I read "The Game", I was curious. It's less how-to guide than a journalist foray into becoming ingrained into the pick up community. Any behavior by the people in the book is just stating facts about what they did. So while it might be viewed as a beginner guide, it's more of a story than anything else.

I believe this is more akin to a guide to specific actions that you should take that are basically misogynistic.
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Look at all these HNers defending sexual assault.
I don't think one can fault Kickstarter for this or the Kobe Beef Jerky incident. As the platform grows so will the number of abuse cases. The submission process is a fairly strict filter, but from there the project is more than crowd-funding, it becomes increasingly about crowd-sourcing the due diligence process.

My concern is that a crowd-sourced due diligence process can be slow and requires active participation from the backers. That sense of common responsibility is what's needed to help the company take rapid action and for the community to remain a positive place for funding great ideas. I hope Kickstarter can continue inspiring that proactive participation from its users.
At the same time... if this same content was written as fiction, with the viewpoint character/hero accomplishing his goals through these same methods and relaying that same philosophy through dialogue or internal monologue, would it be (as) problematic?
They seem to have a problem with the notion of sex, though.
If you are in the business, perhaps you can provide some perspective on this. According to news reports for the last few months, there has been an epidemic of bees dying off. Can't recall for sure, but figures of 40%-75% loss have been floating around.

If true, this seems very significant. If we leave out the obvious emotional negatives, the economic fall out could be monstrous in the form of much higher prices and severe supply constraint on everything from fruit/pollinator-dependent food, to honey and products made from honey/beeswax. Not to mention farms going out of business due to poor harvest.
Women are sensitive, fragile, inferior creatures who require constant, vigilant protection from honorable men.

If it becomes necessary to take a few quotes out of context in our noble quest to protect the fairer sex, so be it.

Kudos to Kickstarter for adhering to feminist principles.

> The thing that the commenters on social media are leaving out is that the advice was taken from a section in the guide offering advice on what to do AFTER a man has met a cute girl, gotten her phone number, gone on dates, spent time getting to know her, and now are alone behind closed doors fooling around. If "Don't wait for signs, make the first move" promotes sexual assault, then "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid was a song about rape.

http://pastebin.com/zwHYzCZe
> Accept that the position that there are some differences is a reasonable one and move on, even if you disagree.

Accepting that there are some differences does not lift the burden of persuasion off those who assert the existence of a particular difference, in the same way that accepting the idea that there are some murderers in the world doesn't lift the burden of persuasion off those who insist that a particular person is a murderer.
How does removing the kickstarter project after funding has taken place work for the backers? Do the backers no longer get their rewards? Does the project creator have no access to the backers information? Will Kickstarter refund the backers out of pocket? Strange situation.
I don't respect this. I acknowledge that as it is their playground they can make this kind of judgement call, however I have always believed that freedom of speech also protects the freedom to hate and be a terrible person. There are countless texts, movies, and other 'creative works' which both condone and encourage violence against women, mass murder, torture, and other things I find abhorrent, but I don't get to ban any of them, and that is a good thing.

If your mission is focused on art I would encourage the kickstarter group to go back and re-read the history of banned works of art, and pay attention to which groups were pushing for those bans. I suspect you won't like the company you now keep.
On a side note, did you see all the people in the audience taking pictures/videos? This really bugs me nowadays. I used to be like that but then I realize a.) I'll probably never watch this and b.) they are more than likely already capturing this moment and it is guaranteed to be better than my crappy handheld phone video. Same goes for concerts and other events.
Apparently for these people seduction = violence against women.

I haven't seen such a broken thinking process anywhere else. If anything seduction is about giving women what they really want. That said it does have a somewhat, hmm, sketchy reputation which is no doubt related to a combination of loathing for men who have a difficult time getting laid and the extreme marketing tactics that those kinds of guides are usually sold with.

And seduction isn't inheriently bad, but there are still some around who are trying to be politically correct and seduction isn't exactly something you are supposed to talk about in polite company.
As it is with everything else, the line is drawn at "if enough people become offended".
This device on IndieGogo seems really promising:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-seal-wearable-swim-mon...

It is just too easy not to notice a drowning person, especially a child, even if they are right in front of you.
Kickstarter should claim safe-harbor as they are a conduit.

This case means they open themselves up to being required to censor every project for every jurisdiction. Kickstarter apparently views the cost of that censorship as much less than the community cost.

Seems unlikely to be the case.
Puritans in 1600, no. Puritan America in the 2000's, sex is a very taboo subject, especially when it comes to women.
I'm confused too. The blog post mentions violence against women and sexual-violence several times. The cached page is unreachable for me but I suspect a "seduction guide" doesn't advocate hitting women. Seduction guides are often sleezy from what I've seen and appear to be more effective at taking advantage of lonely men than they are about taking advantage of women. The blog post stops just short of calling this a rape guide though which I highly doubt is the case.
Grabbing a woman's hand and forcing her to touch your exposed penis is, I think, sexual violence by almost any reasonable standard.
No, you can't... because entrepreneur is something you are... not something you do. It is a noun, not a verb. Please don't try to make this a verb. Please.
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So any time any company is mentioned we'll dig up the worst piece of controversy they courted in their past? Or is there a specific reason you're doing so now?
The relevant quotes were not on the kickstarter page itself.
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"I have information about things that our government has lied to us about. I know. For example, to say that since the fall of the Soviet Union we ceased all of our intimate relationship with Bin Laden and the Taliban - those things can be proven as lies, very easily, based on the information they classified in my case, because we did carry very intimate relationship with these people, and it involves Central Asia, all the way up to September 11."

America has many relationships with everyone. They would fuck over Jesus Christ if they thought it was a good idea at the time.
That's because the project page itself was done in a way that doesn't raise any flags. But if you dig into what his book actually contains, then you'll see what's wrong with the project.

In all honesty I don't blame Kickstarter for approving it originally because at face value the project does seem harmless, but nevertheless they f'ed up and admitted to their mistake and I applaud them. It's never easy to admit you were wrong.
The backers shouldn't have a bone with the that project. They should have seen the issue themselves before backing.
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It would be interesting to know what are the things that can be done in one framework but either require a lot of method overriding or code modification(making framework not so productive for production purposes) or is impossible to do in other framework.
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puritan

2: one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails
$92/day is a lot, is that per person? I'm guessing you stayed in hotels every night?
> This is the bit that's being decried as "intrinsically bad" - not seduction in general - because it advocates invading another person's personal space and touching them when they've expressed they don't want to be touched "because it will arouse her".

They are banning all projects related to seduction though. This seems a bit excessive, considering even the supreme court basically released a guide to seduction at one point. (C.f. the 'one bite at the apple' rule as it relates to sexual harassment.)
Without funds to move them, what would he do with the former prisoners? Just let them sleep and starve on the streets of Guantanamo?
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For the sake of completion: http://pastebin.com/zwHYzCZe
This is a statement on the matter by the author, linked in the original Reddit thread.
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The tweet said only "The Top 1 million URLs in the world", not that the list is ordered in any particular way.
I doubt the list is sorted.

For example, the first URL with a German domain (.de) -and if we ignore google - is

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/showDetails.html

Never heard of that one, spiegel.de and amazon.de should be
much more popular. The reason that google in the first entries might be that about 2.3% of all URLs in the list are google or facebook domains.
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Take a look at some survey on the subject what women want in terms of sexual fantasies. Dominance from men will be high at the top.
I posted this quote here because I thought it didn't need explanation as a criticism of the blog post. But perhaps I need to point it out...

"He".

We should not, implicitly or explicitly, promote the idea that to be a coder you are a man. Even if it is the case that more men are in CS than not, it is not causal to success in CS. However, creating fake self-doubt and questioning on issues that are not material to success in CS is causal to people dropping CS.
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In my field (computer vision), conferences have strict page limits. Your paper had better be six pages or less because each page above the limit costs you $100 more to publish per extra page. Further, if your paper spills onto the 9th page, it will be rejected without review.

Most papers I've seen are edited to an inch of their life to fit within that extended 8-page limit and readability certainly suffers.
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"Freedom of speech" is a limit on the government, not on private companies.
Would you mind listing some of the quotes you found "rapey"?
> I personally advocate for the legalization of all drugs.

So do I. That doesn't prevent me from objectively analyzing the relative potency of two drugs. Not every comment about drugs is a policy argument, and not every statement that one drug is more potent than another is designed to further an agenda.
The author's response:

http://pastebin.com/zwHYzCZe

> The thing that the commenters on social media are leaving out is that the advice was taken from a section in the guide offering advice on what to do AFTER a man has met a cute girl, gotten her phone number, gone on dates, spent time getting to know her, and now are alone behind closed doors fooling around. If "Don't wait for signs, make the first move" promotes sexual assault, then "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid was a song about rape.

Doesn't seem very rapey when you consider this is after several dates and they are alone together. He also says over and over again "If she says no, stop immediately".
They are refusing to organize payment to these things. They aren't 'banning' them in the sense you're talking about. I find your comparison offensive. You're twisting the meaning of the word 'ban'.
Well of course the misogynist doesn't believe he's misogynistic. Why should his opinion matter more than the hundreds of people who complained?
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That particular comment is taken from a part of the guide where you're already with a girl in "a private, intimate setting". It's assuming that you're with someone who's already comfortable around you. It's not saying that you should get naked in a nightclub with someone you've just met.
You are right about this being a good apology, but I think placing to much value on a good apology is not healthy. We are already living in a world where words, promises and good intentions matter too much. In the end, actions matter most. In fact, they are the ONLY thing that matters.

I prefer a company with a good track record that issues bad or no apologies to a company with a bad record, but great apologies for all of their mistakes.

I'm not saying anything about kickstarter.com here. I just want to make a point about, and I'm saying this with a wink, apology-porn.
The linked blog post has an update that is really interesting:

[UPDATE: In the opening paragraph of this beast I mentioned a Kickstarter campaign that I am passionate about, that represents everything I like about Kickstarter. But for some reason I am getting bombarded with e-mails from people that think that project and “Above The Game” are connected. And now people are pulling funding for the project I’m pumped for. Because of that, I’ve removed any mention of them by name.]

Makes you question if any thought was put into the situation by many of the people who are outraged.
This was clearly, obviously, blatantly not in response to anyones hangups about sex in general. Not wanting to be associated with creepy, rapey stuff written by and for creepy, rapey people is hardly Puritanical, it's more like being a human being.
I really wanted to move to Europe for maybe a few years, but I ran into a problem. Despite the fact that I can find a job in less than a week here I don't have the on paper qualifications for a visa (no diploma).

I ended up giving up the dream, and now I have a mortgage :(
Oh, wow, really?

So just because some people are asking "Hey, is there something intrinsically wrong with these guides or what?" they're defending sexual assault.
The blog post linked from the kickstarter blog post includes lots of examples of what most people would consider to be "rapey"

“Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub
her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap.
Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your
advances.”

http://caseymalone.com/post/53339539674/this-is-not-fucking-...
Relevant quote from your link:

"The thing that the commenters on social media are leaving out is that the advice was taken from a section in the guide offering advice on what to do AFTER a man has met a cute girl, gotten her phone number, gone on dates, spent time getting to know her, and now are alone behind closed doors fooling around. If "Don't wait for signs, make the first move" promotes sexual assault, then "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid was a song about rape."
so...we're going to hope they have diverse opinions based on their pigment, sex, and political affiliation? Why is profiling in this case acceptable. Besides, didn't the court rule that these actions taken by government were unconstitutional? Would you have preferred a different outcome?
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