So what you're saying is that there's zero reason to use firefox anymore.
Only if you're willing to use Chrome. All of these features that people are complaining about, both added and removed, are to make Firefox more like Chrome. If you're unhappy with the direction that Firefox is going, then you're not going to be happier using Chrome.
This is the opposite of plan 2, this is consolidation under Amazon. If Amazon were pursuing plan 2 then they'd open their API to allow other services to include Amazon content. (probably with a requirement for reciprocation)
Like hell he does. The problematic portion of the document is the bit where he makes declaratory statements about men and women, like "Women have: Extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness." this statement is unsourced. And "Women have more neuroticism." this is supported only by a link to the wikipedia page on neuroticism. That page does say that women average moderately higher than men... and nothing else. One sentence. Then he goes on to speculate that this may be the reason why women get paid less, without supporting that statement.
Then a bunch more, unsourced: "Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things" "Women on average are more cooperative" "Women on average are more prone to anxiety" "The male gender role is currently inflexible"
Any idiot can see that making a bunch of declarations like this is inflammatory. If you're going to do it, you need to be super rigorous in backing up your claims. But more importantly: those claims need to matter. Most of this shit is totally irrelevant to his suggested actions, he could have omitted this section entirely. The fact that he didn't just shows that he's ranting. He might care about his suggestions as well, I'm not sure that I can label this whole document as flamebait, but despite all of his protestations of bias he certainly seems to be exhibiting a great deal of it himself.
A google rep even said that his suggestions were not the problem. (I think - getting this from reddit, so don't quote me here) The problem was that he had basically made himself useless as an employee - he can no longer be put into a team without creating a hostile work environment, just by his presence.
To be fair to him: I got the impression that this was never intended to be widely circulated. I think he shared it with a few people and they took on upon themselves to spread it around. Maybe it would have been better sourced if he knew that it was going to a broader audience? Or maybe he would have taken out the ranting bits? I don't know.
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So what you're saying is that there's zero reason to use firefox anymore.
Only if you're willing to use Chrome. All of these features that people are complaining about, both added and removed, are to make Firefox more like Chrome. If you're unhappy with the direction that Firefox is going, then you're not going to be happier using Chrome.
This is the opposite of plan 2, this is consolidation under Amazon. If Amazon were pursuing plan 2 then they'd open their API to allow other services to include Amazon content. (probably with a requirement for reciprocation)
I don't know about need, but there's some question about whether or not they actually want those things.
The guy makes a reasoned, careful argument.
Like hell he does. The problematic portion of the document is the bit where he makes declaratory statements about men and women, like "Women have: Extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness." this statement is unsourced. And "Women have more neuroticism." this is supported only by a link to the wikipedia page on neuroticism. That page does say that women average moderately higher than men... and nothing else. One sentence. Then he goes on to speculate that this may be the reason why women get paid less, without supporting that statement.
Then a bunch more, unsourced: "Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things" "Women on average are more cooperative" "Women on average are more prone to anxiety" "The male gender role is currently inflexible"
Any idiot can see that making a bunch of declarations like this is inflammatory. If you're going to do it, you need to be super rigorous in backing up your claims. But more importantly: those claims need to matter. Most of this shit is totally irrelevant to his suggested actions, he could have omitted this section entirely. The fact that he didn't just shows that he's ranting. He might care about his suggestions as well, I'm not sure that I can label this whole document as flamebait, but despite all of his protestations of bias he certainly seems to be exhibiting a great deal of it himself.
A google rep even said that his suggestions were not the problem. (I think - getting this from reddit, so don't quote me here) The problem was that he had basically made himself useless as an employee - he can no longer be put into a team without creating a hostile work environment, just by his presence.
To be fair to him: I got the impression that this was never intended to be widely circulated. I think he shared it with a few people and they took on upon themselves to spread it around. Maybe it would have been better sourced if he knew that it was going to a broader audience? Or maybe he would have taken out the ranting bits? I don't know.