Do read up on what happens to girls who are fascinated by CS studies and work hard at them. I've posted links in the past.
A lack of women and minorities in a field means the talent pool isn't as large as it could be. I like working with good people. You're more likely to find good people if you have more candidates to choose among.
>I don't believe that there are any negative influences early on dissuading women from working tech.
There are, documented in the stories of hundreds of women in computer science at CMU. It starts in childhood and continues all through school, only to be followed by people at a job fair saying "we're not looking for anyone in marketing" as a software developer hands over her resume.
See the book "Unlocking the Clubhouse".
The CMU students were really bright and highly motivated. Anything pushing out people like that needs to be fixed!
That was the title of a book looking at attrition among CMU CS students. It's a death of a thousand cuts for women, and remember that we're talking CMU so these are bright motivated people.
Getting a programming assignment about football scores is a hint that you don't belong. It's not an assault, more like a paper cut, but what happens to you after a thousand paper cuts?
At least in part because of the Supreme Court ruling.
The Medicaid expansion was supposed to be a precondition of the states continuing to receive their federal Medicaid grants. The Supreme Court ruled that putting conditions on federal spending was coercive and couldn't be allowed (ponder that for a while).
To amplify the thought, they could have pitched it for fitness and activity monitoring, or to identify what times of day are causing stress without being particularly noticed.
The histories of the SR-71 program show an irrational, tribalist rejection of anything that didn't drop bombs or refuel bombers. It's more than a little disturbing to read about.
Maybe the CIA should have taken it over. It was their program in the first place (look up "Oxcart").
As xtal points out, the important thing most people don't get about the numbers is the sheer size.
It is, it turns out, actually possible to get usefully large contributions from what are considered green sources. But you need nation-sized installations.
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"All religions"?!
It makes sense to study what drives the inhabitants of this planet, which is often their religion.
Maybe not quite as bad as the Therac but definitely should be taught in engineering school.
> I wouldn't want to drive a car which was designed on a budget restriction.
That criterion will eliminate a lot of confusing choice from your purchasing decisions.
Even out of a high-gain antenna radio waves spread enough to lower EIRP a lot compared to a laser.
Adam Smith himself wrote about the need to put legal limits on unethical business practices.
Do read up on what happens to girls who are fascinated by CS studies and work hard at them. I've posted links in the past.
A lack of women and minorities in a field means the talent pool isn't as large as it could be. I like working with good people. You're more likely to find good people if you have more candidates to choose among.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/21/3769823/in-miami-gardens-store-video-catches.html
An arrest is supposed to mean an officer had probable cause. In practice it means nothing whatever.
Requiring judicial review preserves a little privacy for victims of DWB and harassment arrests.
That insurance company's squad of auditors would be no more and no less effective than the PCI/DSS audit system.
>I don't believe that there are any negative influences early on dissuading women from working tech.
There are, documented in the stories of hundreds of women in computer science at CMU. It starts in childhood and continues all through school, only to be followed by people at a job fair saying "we're not looking for anyone in marketing" as a software developer hands over her resume.
See the book "Unlocking the Clubhouse".
The CMU students were really bright and highly motivated. Anything pushing out people like that needs to be fixed!
Exactly. If an insurance company is willing to stand behind the vehicle's operation, then any potential accident victims will be compensated.
Self-driving cars may even be a better bet for the insurance companies than selling policies for human-operated cars.
If he found the situation even more difficult than usual, that's news.
Anyone who cares about getting this right must read "Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences " by Rebecca Jordan-Young.
Bottom line: most of the research sucks rocks.
The more carefully you look, the more it looks like overlapping bell curves and not dimorphism.
Isn't it the ancient dream of artists to build a creation that moves and does things on its own? Isn't that what a program is, a sculpture that acts?
That was the title of a book looking at attrition among CMU CS students. It's a death of a thousand cuts for women, and remember that we're talking CMU so these are bright motivated people.
Getting a programming assignment about football scores is a hint that you don't belong. It's not an assault, more like a paper cut, but what happens to you after a thousand paper cuts?
I guess the machine isn't boring after all.
"Hope", "becomes unstable", and "nuclear weapons" are not concepts that belong in the same place at the same time.
The government turned the electricity on so people could watch him being dragged out of the meeting on TV.
At least in part because of the Supreme Court ruling.
The Medicaid expansion was supposed to be a precondition of the states continuing to receive their federal Medicaid grants. The Supreme Court ruled that putting conditions on federal spending was coercive and couldn't be allowed (ponder that for a while).
You're not offended by a legal code which doesn't forbid rape?
To amplify the thought, they could have pitched it for fitness and activity monitoring, or to identify what times of day are causing stress without being particularly noticed.
The histories of the SR-71 program show an irrational, tribalist rejection of anything that didn't drop bombs or refuel bombers. It's more than a little disturbing to read about.
Maybe the CIA should have taken it over. It was their program in the first place (look up "Oxcart").
Fear thrives on ignorance. Imagine where we'd be without spy satellites.
Neither a satellite not a Global Hawk could collect air samples downwind from Yongbyon. The Global Hawk would get shot down.
Mercury, cadmium, and other chemical poisons are poisonous forever. They are also harder to detect.
We've found tolerable solutions to our other toxic waste problems. Spent fuel adds the proliferation problem but is otherwise the same.
Energy policy for nerds:
http://www.withouthotair.com/
As xtal points out, the important thing most people don't get about the numbers is the sheer size.
It is, it turns out, actually possible to get usefully large contributions from what are considered green sources. But you need nation-sized installations.