I don't have a problem with Google agreeing to some filtering in order to enter China, but I'd like to see them publish their filtering criteria and advocate for less restriction over time. I mean everyone here is ignoring the DMCA takedown situation when they act like we in America don't allow those with power to make arbitrary takedown demands.
Project Maven is a far more troubling issue... There are enough techies refusing to do defense work to cause a significant salary premium for those who are willing, but not the universal refusal that would be necessary to stop it from happening. Given that it is happening, I'd prefer targeting with less false positives... The military culture of secrecy and CYA is quite problematic for democracy because without a clearance and need to know you can't get the data to fairly judge if they are doing the right thing or not.
I'm surprised they were able to separate all comments into simply "for" or "against". My comment was to say that I want to see a more nuanced rethink of the neutrality concept with measurement requirements rather than "saving" an unrealistic philosophical statement with vague exceptions that benefits lawyers more than consumers. I say this as someone involved with filtering backbone traffic for security reasons- both the "treat all traffic equally" and the "except if you're doing network security" are way too open to interpretation.
in some races good husbands are hard to find so women have more biracial babies
This is rather offensive... I've dated men of various races and plan to have biracial children with my SO, not because of any scarcity of "good men" leading me to "settle" but rather because race is not part of my criteria for love.
Agree - as a non-gamer woman, I can see the parallels between a guy's solitary somewhat compulsive gaming and me clicking through page after page of cute shoes on Amazon when I'm feeling overwhelmed. I don't think the problem is the activities so much as the mental stress of too much information and too many choices in everyday life.
As a woman and professional developer, my reason for not participating in OSS is lack of time / energy to devote to it. I have other priorities for the hours I'm not at work, such as going to the gym, cleaning, cooking / baking, spending time on family and romantic relationships, reading, etc.
I assume these priorities have been shaped by my upbringing and culture, and in my experience they differ from average American male priorities. I feel less pressure to achieve a prestigious career or a high level of competence in a hobby, but more pressure to keep a clean attractive home, to spend time on my appearance, to help organize / cook for family events, and to accommodate / support my SO's career goals.
Personally I don't resent the time spent on housework, it is my choice to change the sheets and vacuum regularly rather than nagging my SO or tolerating a messy home, but I do believe these choices are the result of my upbringing as a "girl" and the cultural pressure to be "feminine" and a "homemaker" even, or maybe especially, while pursuing a career in a male-dominated field.
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Shifting Crystal City's primary focus from fear (defense) to greed (cheap crap)- I consider this progress.
I don't have a problem with Google agreeing to some filtering in order to enter China, but I'd like to see them publish their filtering criteria and advocate for less restriction over time. I mean everyone here is ignoring the DMCA takedown situation when they act like we in America don't allow those with power to make arbitrary takedown demands. Project Maven is a far more troubling issue... There are enough techies refusing to do defense work to cause a significant salary premium for those who are willing, but not the universal refusal that would be necessary to stop it from happening. Given that it is happening, I'd prefer targeting with less false positives... The military culture of secrecy and CYA is quite problematic for democracy because without a clearance and need to know you can't get the data to fairly judge if they are doing the right thing or not.
I'm surprised they were able to separate all comments into simply "for" or "against". My comment was to say that I want to see a more nuanced rethink of the neutrality concept with measurement requirements rather than "saving" an unrealistic philosophical statement with vague exceptions that benefits lawyers more than consumers. I say this as someone involved with filtering backbone traffic for security reasons- both the "treat all traffic equally" and the "except if you're doing network security" are way too open to interpretation.
in some races good husbands are hard to find so women have more biracial babies
This is rather offensive... I've dated men of various races and plan to have biracial children with my SO, not because of any scarcity of "good men" leading me to "settle" but rather because race is not part of my criteria for love.
Agree - as a non-gamer woman, I can see the parallels between a guy's solitary somewhat compulsive gaming and me clicking through page after page of cute shoes on Amazon when I'm feeling overwhelmed. I don't think the problem is the activities so much as the mental stress of too much information and too many choices in everyday life.
As a woman and professional developer, my reason for not participating in OSS is lack of time / energy to devote to it. I have other priorities for the hours I'm not at work, such as going to the gym, cleaning, cooking / baking, spending time on family and romantic relationships, reading, etc. I assume these priorities have been shaped by my upbringing and culture, and in my experience they differ from average American male priorities. I feel less pressure to achieve a prestigious career or a high level of competence in a hobby, but more pressure to keep a clean attractive home, to spend time on my appearance, to help organize / cook for family events, and to accommodate / support my SO's career goals. Personally I don't resent the time spent on housework, it is my choice to change the sheets and vacuum regularly rather than nagging my SO or tolerating a messy home, but I do believe these choices are the result of my upbringing as a "girl" and the cultural pressure to be "feminine" and a "homemaker" even, or maybe especially, while pursuing a career in a male-dominated field.