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"The" reason? Certainly not. There are far fewer girls getting exposed to tech early in their education. Far fewer girls see tech in general as a viable career path.

"A" reason? Absolutely. Other commenters have have linked to specific incidents where female tech employees have left jobs and even left the industry as a result of they way there were treated.

I don't say this to downplay your position - which I understand to be that there are in fact other factors driving the gender ratio is tech. I assert without reservation that treatment of women in our industry is not the primary factor causing the imbalance.

In my opinion, the social conversation within our community is toxic to both sides. I try very hard not to become involved in it. That said, my own political views lead me to see individuals as individuals first and foremost, to treat others in a way that encourages cooperation, and to engage with my peers in voluntary and mutually beneficial ways. In almost every way that I've been able to objectively nail down, I am a feminist. I just don't share some of the viewpoints of the particular variant that is vocal in our community.

That's fine. I've worked both online and in person with many people whose beliefs in this matter differ from mine. Human beings are perfectly capable of identifying areas of common interest and working together to improve both of their positions, however incompatible their desires end states happen to be.

I try to share my own values by working with young people and encouraging them to see tech as a valuable and valid career path - and as a passion that's worth pursuing regardless of their profession. There are many people who don't see it that way, for reasons that vary depending on their background.

My sincere belief is that a world where every young person sees tech as an option is superior to today's world, where a large portion of children and young adults see it as inaccessible or unworthy of their attention. You don't have to self-identify as a feminist (or anything else) to share that belief :)
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The early O'Keefe work was emulated in Robotics in RatSLAM (https://openslam.org/openratslam.html). These better cell models could potentially lead to better bio-mimicry in robotics.
> Regardless of any gender discussion

The gender discussion (the insights it brought to the table) was central to the development of relative atime says the OP.
Hi Tepix,

thanks for the assessment but it doesn't really means that. We're in the middle of integrating a RBAC logic on the resources while before it was all about setting something as private/public. Since you pointed out the issue I'd like to know more about how you would use such functionality:
- explicitly declare if entries can be private/public
- define if users can fetch entries that they own/made
- any more fine grained logic?
What he's done to many people's systems, mine included, is pretty horrible. He doesn't deserve death threats. But users should be able to opt out of his software, and he's deliberately making that as hard as possible.
Seriously why would you work on open source if the community is that bad. It's not open source in general though. Some projects are great fun to work on. Just change which project you're working on.
I can't see how they can offer a cheaper service once all major companies have decent apps, dynamic pricing etc. At least here decent apps are standard for all major companies on the market (no live tracking or pre payment but at least very good booking and price info up front). Given that a lot of the income for the major taxi companies come from major deals (school rides, elderly, large corporations) that uber won't take, I don't even think they need to adopt all of ubers' practices to compete with them. As a matter of fact I don't think Uber is any cheaper!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_by_perkele

Linus's approach is a cultural thing.
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The whole post is just a weak assertion. Linus does run a really large project with many, sometimes random, contributors quite efficiently and it's not possible to tell whether it's because, despite, or regardless of his style with a sample of one.

I'm also reasonably sure that Lennart Poettering's experience does not generalize. He is rather unique within the Linux community.
Re: "the Open Source community is full of assholes"

s/Open Source community/human race/

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre's_law
I like Google+ for Google+, but I hate pretty much everything else Google tries to bind it to, including search results. Fortunately I was already using DuckDuckGo because even before G+, Google's search simply couldn't be trusted anymore.

Actually, Google search is still useful for searching in my G+ feed, because G+'s builtin search seems to search primarily outside my feed. It does make you wonder what Google is thinking.

How about just letting me control how I want my search to work?
I'm not an Ubuntu contributor, but I have to give credit to the Ubuntu community in that they do try to create a welcoming place for contributors. Of course, no one's perfect and I'm sure someone will dig up a counterexample, but this has been my experience over the course of many years of interactions with the community.
I forget the scientific term, but I remember that humans (and I would suppose other mammals as well, at least) have bundles of nerves located in the spine that can force muscles to react immediately based on certain stimuli, like pain. If I accidentally grab a hot object, my brain doesn't even come into the equation until I've already dropped it. The knee-taps that we all got as kids that make your leg jerk are a form of this reflex, and I remember it being really important for keeping your balance without even having to think about it.

I would presume it's the same for giraffes. If something bites an ankle, the signal probably doesn't have to go all the way to the brain and back. If one leg senses a loss of balance, it should reflexively act to maintain balance.

I'm sure the researchers are all well aware of this, but I'm surprised that the article makes it out to be that we can't understand how giraffes can even walk. If anybody knows why reflexes wouldn't apply to giraffes, I'm curious to know it.
For a long time, the popular belief in SV was that a lack of diversity actually helps an early stage startup.

We've probably all heard the story about how Paypal rejected a candidate that aced his engineering tests because he said he "likes to play hoops" in his free time. They decided that a guy who likes to play basketball would not be a good culture fit.

So, if that was the thought process that the Paypal Mafia left the nest with, it's not hard to see how we ended up in the situation we're in regarding diversity.

Side note: Like others, I also wonder how age gets left out of this diversity debate. That's pretty interesting...
A bad deal is a bad deal no matter the cost obviously. But what I find perplexing is why wouldn't people compare against the current market rate to actually purchase said game? If Darksiders 2 is discounted to $10, why would it be rented at $5 for 4 hours? This comparison immediately discredits PlayStation Now's value.
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OK, that's a technical matter. That's not what he's upset about, the issue is bullying. I think, also, that you are pretty unreasonable yourself there - he's not making things deliberately as hard as possible. Nobody told the Debian guys to standardize on systemd.
Maybe these strong reactions from core linux engineers have meaning. Maybe strong reactions from large parts of the user base have meaning.

Maybe one reaps what one sows.
> The fundamental research these people do is exactly the kind of research that our corporate sponsors won't do.
Where did the government funding go?

One thing I have observed in the States is that people in the corporate world are extremely shy about discussing politics, or anything related to government – preferring to repeat the "all politicians are assholes" cliché, rather than actually have some kind of coherent position that can be discussed or challenged.

If you want the government to fund things, you have to elect the correct sort of government; and get involved in talking about it, discussing it, and trying to influence it. Currently, what I see is that most people have just enough to get by without being involved in government in any shape or form, which works out well for maintaining the status quo.

Currently, your real government is often the corporate world, which is 100% motivated by how much cash you can earn. They will fund the sort of things that will earn them that cash the quickest. Currently, that seems to be "games where you play with virtual candy", and not "research into the fundamental sciences".

How to change this? I'm not sure (not an American), but I hear about PACs being led by people like Larry Lessig that are very pro-reform, so perhaps talking to them might be a way.
It may be because Apple's mission has been to design what they consider to be revolutionary products, not from a hardware specifications standpoint, but from a design and UX standpoint.

At least Steve Jobs' Apple did that with iPod, iPhone, and iPad and even the iMac to some degree. The Apple Watch may be viewed that way in a few years but it doesn't seem like it yet.
> Saying "you're wrong" isn't the issue here. Saying "your mom should have aborted you and i hope you die" is the issue. I don't think people in cultures where losing face is a big issue much care if they're told they're wrong. They care is they're told they are so wrong they should kill themselves or be killed. Honor killings are unfortunately still a big deal in some parts of the world.

This. Absolutely. The issue is the personal attacks. I've considered delving more deeply into the linux world, but why would I want to willingly go into a place where my constitution is insulted by those who know little-to-nothing of my constitution, let alone my character.

To the individual who commented on the fact that "time is a limited resource" ... so are intelligent people. That you would sacrifice a person (sacrifice them from your project, or committing to your work) by insulting them shows me to avoid your organization.
i already can, thanks to Jacques Cousteau. and oxygen alone is not really helpful, especially after 6m when 100% o2 becomes toxic.

that said, i'm sure one day it can be combined with other things to help make scuba diving even better!
I'm a big Heinlein Fan. I strongly recommend you read his other big famous works, "Starship Troopers" and "Stranger in a Strange Land." After that you can dig deeper into his bibliography, but I'd consider those three to be essential reading.

I recently finished "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and I loved it. Makes me curious to read other sci fi from the Soviet world.
You can't earmark your donation for Ebola though, but they are spending like 85% of their funds on actual operation costs so you might be sure that your money will help.
He's just the new Drepper.

Coming from almost anyone else this might be reasonable, but him? Just pointing out someone else is an asshole does not negate you being an asshole.

Honestly, it's people like him and the systemd noise on all sides that have made me lose faith in Linux. By contrast Linus has git too, which is potentially as big a contribution as Linux was in the first place. History may even demonstrate git is the more important contribution, because as it stands Linux as a potential platform for end user deployment, except as part of Android or Chrome OS, is basically dead now.
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Why is that video always brought forward?
Datenwolf obviously has no clue what he's talking about and Lennart tells him where he is wrong.
It's not bad C/C++ code because it doesn't compile as C. It's just bad C++.
Pulseaudio took way too long to get ironed out, IMHO. ALSA was bad in a lot of ways, but was workable. I agree moving forward is good, but the issue with alot of OSS software is it's used a replacement for working software when it's not quite ready. PA was not ready for primetime when it was initially released. Everyone knows this. It works fine now after many fixes and considerable time. systemd is the same. A lot of people dislike change and systemd is a radical shift from the init that was. While I still prefer the old init, I'm not shying away from using Debian because of it. What I don't like is the hooks that systemd places into software it has no business touching, like Gnome. Userland software should not be touched by this. Full stop. An init system should do one thing well. Userland software shoudl do what it does well. In too many growing instances, systemd is a requirement for userland software and this should never be.
I think this is an important point for people to accept, acknowledge, and keep in mind as a reason to strive harder to be open and accepting to people, especially those you don't agree with.

I got a bunch of attacks from members of the open source community, due to developing my XML parser. ( Grant McLean and others ) I also got attacked by Poul-Henning Kamp, and then threatened that he would "shame" me for pointing out bugs in his software that he refuses to acknowledge. Additionally, the founder of Perl Mongers, Brian D Foy, argued with me about the naming of my application framework, and then refused to approve the naming of my module even after other people on the newsgroup discussed it with me and we came to a good resolution. ( which led to the vanishing of "registered" modules on cpan imo )

The open source community, at large, is not a happy helpful place, and I have gone through a lot of harassment just contributing my own free open source stuff to the world. Also, I can't say I have ever been thanked for contributing. Just kicked in the face.

I am referencing names of individuals so that people can lookup these events and see the truth in what I'm saying; NOT to shame these people. They are all good developers, and I value their contributions ( don't necessarily like these people but what does that matter ). There should be respect in the community regardless of whether you like or dislike people's projects.
> the impression that the OP is somehow under the impression that non-feminist approaches are clearly not human-centric enough.

Feminism is well-founded on the premise that personal experiences matter ("personal is political"). That is what the OP is refering to in that statement.

> politically correct

Political correctness (a symlink to hypocricy) has nothing to do with this. OP is telling the story of how feminism's teachings on how one should pay specific and careful attention to individual stories of their experiences pays off significantly in the long run for social change.

Almost no other critical political approach pays more attention to personal experience than feminism. The ones that do borrow their attentiveness from feminism. Henceforth, rather than being offended for some reason for OP's comments on feminism, I'd suggest you check out feminist approaches to methodology.
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I made a donation of £1k in the middle of last month, when it seemed like MSF was the only organisation doing anything about this. Since then, the WHO and the US Govt look like they pulled their thumbs out of their arses... but they're still taking their sweet time. MSF is on the ground right now.

I run a successful business. If there's one business risk I don't want to deal with, it's a highly contagious haemorrhagic fever spreading through the world like fire through gunpowder.

If you run a business and you want it to continue to grow and exist, donate to MSF. Forget the charity - this is for your own sake.
Congratulations, you've just discovered one major problem in prescriptivist linguistics: it just doesn't work.

Words change their meaning over time. Words with pretty clear and unambiguous definitions get re-purposed (often initially as a metaphor) or used in fuzzier and more ambiguous ways. This can happen as an import from one cultural context into another (where one use of that word develops entirely differently because there is no or only a small overlap between the population that originally used the word and the one that adopted it) or it can happen as a linear evolution in the same cultural context over time (see the euphemism treadmill).

Just as it is impossible to dictate one permanent definition across all cultures sharing (some variety of) the same language, it is also impossible to dictate the same across different sub-cultural jargons, even closely related ones (or even a single one, even if it involves only one person over time).

Isomorphic JS is a thing and its definition is unrelated to the definition of isomorphism in mathematics, computer science or anywhere else. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Just be happy that the term is relatively unlikely to collide with CS isomorphism because the context will generally make it clear which definition is being used. Other words weren't as lucky and lost their "original" meaning entirely.

Prescriptivism in linguistics is dead because linguists learned that it is futile and it's better to observe the actual meaning of words and how it changes than to insist that everybody is wrong about every word they use unless they follow a narrow set of rules derived from Latin (which, by virtue of being a dead language, is less likely to change a lot).

If you enjoy battling conflicting definitions, ponder the use of "transparency" in CS and politics some day.
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I'm seeing more and more "spam" here on HackerNews, eg. the recently signed up user : https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dorrel

Can't users with a negative karma be "ghosted" or an alternative measure? I've seen more and more spam here on HackerNews (small comments on the bottom of the page)
Why dont you get a position at RedHat or make your own company.
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But Google+ is not the problem here. The problem is how Google is ruining Google Search with stuff that doesn't belong there. But Google was ruining Google Search long before Google+; they've long tried to personalize search results, to the point that two different people googling for Egypt during the Egyptian revolution, one would mainly find news on protests on the big quare, while the other would primarily find luxury resorts.

Google should let their users control how much they want their search results polluted.
I'd be very interested if you could provide evidence of Lennart being an asshole. I've honestly never seen him be anything other than professional.
Gah, just make nvidia support for ubuntu that works properly
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I agree that the term Isomorphic isn't necessarily the best, but I do think it makes sense to have some sort of label that people recognize for the same code that runs in multiple places. Enough people have a sense of what 'Isomorphic JavaScript' means now that the term is likely here to stay until you or someone else starts marketing a different term.

Getting past the terminology, you make a good point about how non-JavaScript languages could technically be seen in the same "isomorphic" light. In my mind, the more valuable thing the higher level concept of writing code once that can be effectively and efficiently used at any layer of your stack.

The reason why I like to do this with JavaScript is that I can do it more effectively and efficiently than what I have seen in other languages.
Don't you think adding your real-name would be a nice move when you choose to give names of people you disagree with?
One thing I would add onto the notion of documentation acting as a sales tool... even once you've managed to convince a developer to use your tool, he or she may need to convince their management of the same thing, so good documentation can provide them with the "sales" points they need to get your framework adopted by their company / team / project lead. Good documentation not only informs and excites the end user of the tool, but should also provide a basis of value for any other stakeholders in the outcome of its usage.

Accomplishing these "salesy" tactics while not appearing needy or shoving bullshit down someone's throat is a very fine line. The world needs more technically informed writers, and more developers should work on their writing abilities. It's a definite art / science combination that makes most technologies successful.
+1. But then, is it necessary? Jobs and Gates were not exactly moderate, as far as we know.
I'd recommend paying the going rate for your staff in any case.

Equity doesn't make up for a lower salary in my view. It makes up for the inherent risk in working in a startup (things might not go well and you might be out of a job in a year).
As someone who thinks systemd, as well as the entire OSS practice of "we're bored, let's re-invent the wheel"[1], is taking everything in the wrong direction: you still don't handle this with abuse. You deal with it via forking.

[1] http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html
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Indeed, I had quite a bit of trouble getting it to work prior to this. The main issue seemed to be compatibility with Ubuntu packaged Nvidia drivers of various versions. It's certainly not as straightforward as it could be.
You can just point your own domain at their mx.
How about people who would like to drive uber taxis and people who would like to ride in them?
He can complain all he wants, but when people go around calling Poettering names, wishing him death, that shit has to stop. Thats not complaining. Thats not whats happening here with systemd.

He can complain about global warming all he wants, but if he sends a mail-bomb or threatens any ExxonMobile higher up manager, or bombs an oil-rig, that shit will not be tolerated. Altough you may argue otherwise.
Linus is great enough, and known enough, to be allowed some idiosyncrasies. If you follow LKML long enough you realize these hard language comments do not carry one tenth the negative message a primary read would convey.

Note that this happens because you can read it with knowledge of the writer's personality. If it were an anonymous author, your impression would be perfectly correct.

No, I know that the standard reply here is that no one is above being polite. I disagree. This is a Linus' flaw, of course, but one we can live with in the context of his hugely positive net contribution.
They weren't managing volunteer communities.
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It is trivially easy. It is also illegal.

Take any service or product needed, from office space to hosting to headhunter. Have a middle-man provide that service, and provide a kick-back / incentive / referrer fee to the person choosing the service or product needed.

Again, it is illegal, possibly fraud possibly other, and certainly not unique to startups. Things like competitive bidding attempt to mitigate this risk, as do knowledgeable advisors to investors. And many other methods.

If somewhat foolish as one's personal reputation could be dashed in an instant, a VC/PE firm managing other people's money may not like having their own gullibility publicized in equal measure, leading to an under-the-carpet affair, or something else.