Consider that a shitbag VC loser who probably spends more on hair cuts than his laptop. The women who came forward are people probably have a web browser and office on their laptops and probably spend most of their time in spread sheets, power point and reading business and fashion news.
That's San Francisco and the startup scene for you: immature and unprofessional regardless of gender.
Unfortunately, they wield a lot of power and try to take down the rest of us with them.
Actually, it is criminal if they felt that they had no option but to submit.
They can always, you know, go work for another company. Uber executives had been sued for sexual harassment before Fowler even joined. What is it with women who insist on working for companies run by creeps?
How about, "Don't go looking for honey where you get your money"?
Unfortunately, that's not sufficient, because if your unmarried, sex-crazed 30-something CEO hits on your feminist 20-something radical, your job is still at risk.
A better rule is to simply avoid workplaces with large numbers of millennials, feminists, and progressives, and instead look for companies where most employees are older, professional, and slightly conservative.
Watching the Silicon Valley startup scene is like watching a bunch of immature, wealthy high school kids: incapable of dealing with their sexuality, incapable of relating to each other professionally or personally, throwing temper tantrums, and running to mommy and daddy when things don't go the way they want to.
I guess the saving grace is that, at this rate, they aren't going to reproduce much.
It is no longer being sufficiently dried. It is shipped quite wet and prone to further warping and even mildew, so what planing is done prior to shipping is rendered pointless much of the time.
I haven't had any problems with it. Maybe you need to buy higher quality wood.
Even if they were, what is to stop the manufacturer from reasonably estimating the shrinkage due to drying and compensating for it in the final shipped product?
They do. When you buy a 8' x 2x4, you get 7 3/4" x 1.5" x 3.5". You get that because that's what you actually need for building. If they shipped you an 8' x 2" x 4", you'd just end up with waste along the long dimension, and it wouldn't fit into any existing building or plans along the short dimensions.
Out of curiosity, as you theorise from the armchair, did you speak with any of the foreigners
I am an immigrant and working in high tech myself. So, yes, I have dealt with these issues myself.
As a non-American, if I were to do a startup, I'd want to do it here because of the large market and favourable funding environment. Permanent Residency isn't as attractive a carrot as you'd imagine.
If you're any good, you can easily get a regular work visa which allows you to apply for a green card right away. So this program is simply not needed.
I was talking about the larger context, both historically and now.
So am I. I think people underestimate how much power women have had historically and how strong social prohibitions were against rape and harassment. And I think women in the US today are the most safe, protected, and privileged they have ever been in recorded history.
Yes, that's quite simple... if you're an immature millennial who thinks that professional life still works like high school. Obviously, both Fowler and her bosses are those kinds of people.
But it transpires that the people doing the avoiding are precisely the ones that many people would want doing the avoiding.
True: adult professionals avoid places like Uber, and immature kids who work at places like Uber and Stripe wouldn't cut it in a professional, adult environment.
She claimed, apparently with evidence, that her boss hit on her over company chat on her first day.
Yes, and she obviously was unable to handle the situation professionally. It's toxic, immature, millennial femininity running smack into toxic, immature, millennial masculinity. It's what San Francisco, Berkeley, and companies like Uber are all about. Hand me the popcorn.
I myself have recently bought allegedly 8-feet-long lumber that proved to be about 1/4 of an inch shorter than that.
When you buy an 8' 2x4, you're buying an 8' by 2" by 4" piece of green wood, plus the service of drying and planing it. During that, it loses about 1/2" along the short dimensions, and about 1/4" along the long dimension.
The "2x4" always referred to the green wood, before drying and planing, which you used to have to do yourself, but unless you built a log cabin, you'd not use the wood like that. These days, you buy a "2x4" plus the service of drying and planing it, and the result is a consistent 1.5 x 3.5.
Lumber's nominal dimensions are larger than the actual standard dimensions of finished lumber. Historically, the nominal dimensions were the size of the green (not dried), rough (unfinished) boards that eventually became smaller finished lumber through drying and planing (to smooth the wood). Today, the standards specify the final finished dimensions and the mill cuts the logs to whatever size it needs to achieve those final dimensions. Typically, that rough cut is smaller than the nominal dimensions because modern technology makes it possible and it uses the logs more efficiently. For example, a "2×4" board historically started out as a green, rough board actually 2 by 4 inches (51 mm × 102 mm). After drying and planing, it would be smaller, by a nonstandard amount. Today, a "2×4" board starts out as something smaller than 2 inches by 4 inches and not specified by standards, and after drying and planing is reliably 1 12 by 3 12 inches (38 mm × 89 mm).
When it comes to dining payment technology, it seems like Canada is light years away (as well as well into the future) than the US
That's because the US has easy access to a large, low-skilled, low-paid labor pool in the form of illegal migrants, while Canada does not. Deport illegal migrants from the US, and the US will look a lot more like Canada and Western Europe (for better or for worse), in particular when it comes to automation.
Yet when these things are talked about in the US, it seems like they are job killing ideas coming from the devil himself.
That's because the US has a large and innovative high tech industry that meets demands around the world.
At some point someone will want to turn off the faucet.
We have seen time and again what happens when bread and circuses spiral out of control in a country and it follows predictable patterns. Once things reach a tipping point, capital and skilled workers leave within a few decades to countries that value them more (and there are always such countries). Then there is an indeterminate period (often centuries) of poverty, totalitarianism, and violence. It's usually some historical accident that causes eventually recovery.
a foreign entrepreneur has to raise at least $250,000 from well-known U.S. investors... The rule grants a stay in the U.S. of 30 months, which can be extended for an additional 30 months. Founders can't apply for a green card during that time. DHS has estimated about 3,000 entrepreneurs would qualify under the rule.
That's a ridiculously pointless program. No sensible, skilled entrepreneur will want to come to the US on a temporary visa and start building a company without the security of permanent residence. I'm glad this program is being killed.
We were not talking about "rape", we were talking about Fowler's allegations of sexual harassment. And the point is not whether Fowler's accusations of harassment were true or false; the point is that regardless of whether they were true, going public with a blog post (or taking legal action) is going to hurt Fowler. It may not be fair, but life isn't fair and will never be fair.
And while you're at it the original comment said that "Europe *wastes* it's rail on people", to prove that you need to show me how the Europe would be better suited to put those people on the road and the trucks on the rail. Common I'll wait*.
Well, that's what we're really talking about: should rail be used for passengers or for freight or for a mix.
Criteria are: cost, emissions, and travel times.
Yes, my contention is that an all-freight rail network like the US network results in substantially better resource utilization and substantially better service for both passengers and freight on those criteria than Europe's mixed freight/passenger rail systems.
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That's San Francisco and the startup scene for you: immature and unprofessional regardless of gender.
Unfortunately, they wield a lot of power and try to take down the rest of us with them.
If you actually read his statement carefully, he has not admitted anything and hasn't apologized for any wrongdoing.
Oh, there is, just not the kind you believe.
They can always, you know, go work for another company. Uber executives had been sued for sexual harassment before Fowler even joined. What is it with women who insist on working for companies run by creeps?
Well, and Uber is where Fowler chose to work, QED.
No, feminists have their very own ways of using sex for advancement and money. Fowler and her boss are two sides of the same coin.
No, I'm simply concerned about lying feminists, White knights, and a culture of victimhood. You know, the kind of unprofessional mindset you display.
Apparently, you can't read.
Unfortunately, that's not sufficient, because if your unmarried, sex-crazed 30-something CEO hits on your feminist 20-something radical, your job is still at risk.
A better rule is to simply avoid workplaces with large numbers of millennials, feminists, and progressives, and instead look for companies where most employees are older, professional, and slightly conservative.
Watching the Silicon Valley startup scene is like watching a bunch of immature, wealthy high school kids: incapable of dealing with their sexuality, incapable of relating to each other professionally or personally, throwing temper tantrums, and running to mommy and daddy when things don't go the way they want to.
I guess the saving grace is that, at this rate, they aren't going to reproduce much.
I haven't had any problems with it. Maybe you need to buy higher quality wood.
They do. When you buy a 8' x 2x4, you get 7 3/4" x 1.5" x 3.5". You get that because that's what you actually need for building. If they shipped you an 8' x 2" x 4", you'd just end up with waste along the long dimension, and it wouldn't fit into any existing building or plans along the short dimensions.
I am an immigrant and working in high tech myself. So, yes, I have dealt with these issues myself.
If you're any good, you can easily get a regular work visa which allows you to apply for a green card right away. So this program is simply not needed.
So am I. I think people underestimate how much power women have had historically and how strong social prohibitions were against rape and harassment. And I think women in the US today are the most safe, protected, and privileged they have ever been in recorded history.
Yes, that's quite simple... if you're an immature millennial who thinks that professional life still works like high school. Obviously, both Fowler and her bosses are those kinds of people.
True: adult professionals avoid places like Uber, and immature kids who work at places like Uber and Stripe wouldn't cut it in a professional, adult environment.
Yes, and she obviously was unable to handle the situation professionally. It's toxic, immature, millennial femininity running smack into toxic, immature, millennial masculinity. It's what San Francisco, Berkeley, and companies like Uber are all about. Hand me the popcorn.
If you order an 8 oz steak at a restaurant, it will also be substantially less than 8 oz when it is served, for pretty much the same reason.
When you buy an 8' 2x4, you're buying an 8' by 2" by 4" piece of green wood, plus the service of drying and planing it. During that, it loses about 1/2" along the short dimensions, and about 1/4" along the long dimension.
The "2x4" always referred to the green wood, before drying and planing, which you used to have to do yourself, but unless you built a log cabin, you'd not use the wood like that. These days, you buy a "2x4" plus the service of drying and planing it, and the result is a consistent 1.5 x 3.5.
No "BS" about it; the dimensions refer to the green wood.
If you don't understand the source of the difference, you have no business constructing anything out of 2x4's to begin with.
Lumber dimensions
Lumber's nominal dimensions are larger than the actual standard dimensions of finished lumber. Historically, the nominal dimensions were the size of the green (not dried), rough (unfinished) boards that eventually became smaller finished lumber through drying and planing (to smooth the wood). Today, the standards specify the final finished dimensions and the mill cuts the logs to whatever size it needs to achieve those final dimensions. Typically, that rough cut is smaller than the nominal dimensions because modern technology makes it possible and it uses the logs more efficiently. For example, a "2×4" board historically started out as a green, rough board actually 2 by 4 inches (51 mm × 102 mm). After drying and planing, it would be smaller, by a nonstandard amount. Today, a "2×4" board starts out as something smaller than 2 inches by 4 inches and not specified by standards, and after drying and planing is reliably 1 12 by 3 12 inches (38 mm × 89 mm).
That's because the US has easy access to a large, low-skilled, low-paid labor pool in the form of illegal migrants, while Canada does not. Deport illegal migrants from the US, and the US will look a lot more like Canada and Western Europe (for better or for worse), in particular when it comes to automation.
That's because the US has a large and innovative high tech industry that meets demands around the world.
We have seen time and again what happens when bread and circuses spiral out of control in a country and it follows predictable patterns. Once things reach a tipping point, capital and skilled workers leave within a few decades to countries that value them more (and there are always such countries). Then there is an indeterminate period (often centuries) of poverty, totalitarianism, and violence. It's usually some historical accident that causes eventually recovery.
That's a ridiculously pointless program. No sensible, skilled entrepreneur will want to come to the US on a temporary visa and start building a company without the security of permanent residence. I'm glad this program is being killed.
We were not talking about "rape", we were talking about Fowler's allegations of sexual harassment. And the point is not whether Fowler's accusations of harassment were true or false; the point is that regardless of whether they were true, going public with a blog post (or taking legal action) is going to hurt Fowler. It may not be fair, but life isn't fair and will never be fair.
Well, that's what we're really talking about: should rail be used for passengers or for freight or for a mix.
Criteria are: cost, emissions, and travel times.
Yes, my contention is that an all-freight rail network like the US network results in substantially better resource utilization and substantially better service for both passengers and freight on those criteria than Europe's mixed freight/passenger rail systems.
See, that's the spirit: let people work for the kinds of companies they feel comfortable in and with the kinds of people they feel comfortable with.
If only that view became more widespread among social justice activists.