Yes, this. At some point in the past, women were better represented in the math and sciences. Decades ago, more women were doing technical stuff
Not all that many more. NPR misrepresents the situation. For as long as the US Department of Labor has kept records, men have been prevalent in computing.
And then at some point engineering and technology became a "bro" field and pushed a lot of women out
Engineering has been male dominated throughout history.
The whole "men pushed women out" narrative doesn't hold water.
This story included just enough SJW dog-whistles (like "this is a propitious time for women beginning careers in academic science" and "What we found shocked us") to make the SJWs point to it, without realizing it actually demolishes them.
But if you think I'm pulling it out of my ass or because I want to feel special... you're a moron.
There's a group of people who for some reason claim that _there is no such thing as ability_. This is an obviously insane belief, but they will hold it nevertheless.
Except being "pushy" and being "assertive" are the same thing. The only difference is the gender of the person doing it. If a man sticks up for himself, he is respected. If a woman sticks up for herself, she's a bitch.
So you say. I say that doing the things that would get a woman called "pushy" are typically things that would get a man called "pushy", and doing things that get a woman called "bitchy" would generally get a man called an "jerk" or an "asshole".
How does this work? Does Reddit give the same offer to all employees for a given job title? If so, and they make a single offer better than the market initial offer, they'll be paying non-negotiators more than they have to, and losing the best negotiators. This is likely to be costly.
If they make the same offers they made before this policy, they'll lose negotiators to other companies. If negotiation is correlated with skill this is a loss; otherwise, it could be a loss or a win.
If they make an individualized offer to each employee, negotiation will happen anyway; it'll just happen without explicit haggling. Candidates will try to signal that they'd require a lot to accept, in order to get a higher offer. I'd bet that candidates who would negotiate are probably better at that kind of signaling.
"Nobody can take anything away from anybody who earned it by virtue of their privileged status, and use it to help the under-privileged minorities achieve equal footing, if you do that, you're a tyrant." Right, that sounds like a nice, pat Objectivist answer, and is clearly showing how "tyrannical" it is to take something away from someone!
The alternative that Social Justice offers is 1) It's OK to take anything away from anyone who earned it by virtue of their privileged status. 2) Anything white males have earned, as been earned by virtue of their privileged status 3) Therefore it is OK to take anything away from white males.
Yeah, Kratman's out there in terms of politics, and lays it on to the point of ridiculousness in his work (though I haven't read his Hugo nominee). I find his novels are still mostly a fun read (especially because I can laugh at the heavy-handed politics), but I wouldn't vote for them for an award.
Weber, though. How is it that NONE of his Honor Harrington novels were nominated for the major SF awards?
Yeah, some versions of Word also has the spellchecker suggest "kidnaper" (one 'p') as a replacement for "childcare". Not sure if Easter egg, copyright trap, or bug.
Pro-tip: In a global team with several hundred people working on a software project - assholes aren't tolerated. We can/will replace you with somebody else.
Then your software will suck, and you won't know why because you'll have replaced or silenced anyone willing to point out the flaws.
it's still silly. what's wrong with "north americans"? "south americans" seems accepted too.
In English, "North Americans" typically refers to Mexico, Canada, and the US (e.g. North American Free Trade Agreement), anything south of Mexico being "Central America" or "South America". In Mexican Spanish, though, "norteamericano" refers to someone from the US.
No. You need people who have 2 bits of communication skills to be able to make clear arguments.
Unclear arguments aren't the problem. Assholes can make clear arguments. In fact, the usual demand from the "no assholes" crowd is to muddy up these clear arguments with weasel words and other softening techniques. Doesn't work, because if you give the enthusiastic positive people an "out", they'll take it. Anything that isn't as clear as "Your idea is bad for reasons A,B, and C" or "Your code won't work, it will produce wrong answers and leak memory while doing it" will be taken as "there's no problem".
Sometimes I try to be "nice" and explain what's wrong more softly. The usual answer I get back has zero semantic value and indicates they haven't even considered my issue. It's a waste of time. The asshole response "No. Here's a test case / stack trace. Your code is not working, and the problem is RIGHT HERE" gets a better response. I guess I'm not a total asshole, I don't include "Do I have to do your job for you?", even when I'm thinking it.
On the contrary, once upon a time (and perhaps still) the CS and engineering classes were one of the few places female students would have to do their own homework. Because the male students didn't even have the minimum level of suavity and othr social skills to convince a woman to spend time with him even with grades on the line. And to the non-nerdy girls, a choice of overachieving nerds was less appealing than the choices at the campus cafeteria. (the nerdy girls didn't need help with their homework anyway)
You know what you get if you don't hire any assholes? Badly designed software that's broken. Because the "nice" people won't object to really stupid ideas put forth by enthusiastic idiots, and they won't get on the case of the people writing shitty code until they fix it. You need assholes, just as the Roman conquering heros needed someone whispering in their ear "memento mori".
I just got a couple of Cree dimmable 60W equivalents for just under $10 a piece, and this is in NJ. So they're getting cheap. Still not happy with the light quality, but this is for a place that doesn't matter so much (and is replacing some crappy CFLs the previous owner had... one of which is burned out, which of course isn't supposed to happen)
Not likely. The Millennials will become the Boomers. My generation is X, which has been shit upon by every other generation, most particularly including the Boomers, almost since we came into being. So if the Boomers get shit upon by younger generations, they're simply getting back what they dealt out.
(Gen X will not become as the Boomers because the generation is too small; we don't fit their shoes)
But of ALL the crummy things that have come out of post-9/11 security policy, reinforced cockpit doors are not a mistake.
Really? They may have been involved in two airline crashes (this one and Egyptair 990 -- not Helios 522, and there's no evidence on MH370). How many other security measures can boast such a death toll?
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Don't hold your breath waiting for a movement to stop getting men going into elementary education from being labeled pedophiles.
Yeah, the NYC version of this app just blinks FUCK OFF on the screen and plays a Bronx cheer.
A SCIGen paper responding to a SCIpher call for papers nets its "author" the Turing award. The punch line? It deserves it.
Not all that many more. NPR misrepresents the situation. For as long as the US Department of Labor has kept records, men have been prevalent in computing.
Engineering has been male dominated throughout history.
The whole "men pushed women out" narrative doesn't hold water.
This story included just enough SJW dog-whistles (like "this is a propitious time for women beginning careers in academic science" and "What we found shocked us") to make the SJWs point to it, without realizing it actually demolishes them.
Just call it APAP, it's shorter and works in both places. Used as a pain reliever I'd also accept "placebonol", because it doesn't work.
There's a group of people who for some reason claim that _there is no such thing as ability_. This is an obviously insane belief, but they will hold it nevertheless.
But what is a "double tassel" distribution?
So you say. I say that doing the things that would get a woman called "pushy" are typically things that would get a man called "pushy", and doing things that get a woman called "bitchy" would generally get a man called an "jerk" or an "asshole".
How does this work? Does Reddit give the same offer to all employees for a given job title? If so, and they make a single offer better than the market initial offer, they'll be paying non-negotiators more than they have to, and losing the best negotiators. This is likely to be costly.
If they make the same offers they made before this policy, they'll lose negotiators to other companies. If negotiation is correlated with skill this is a loss; otherwise, it could be a loss or a win.
If they make an individualized offer to each employee, negotiation will happen anyway; it'll just happen without explicit haggling. Candidates will try to signal that they'd require a lot to accept, in order to get a higher offer. I'd bet that candidates who would negotiate are probably better at that kind of signaling.
"Individual justice enthusiasts" is more to the point.
The alternative that Social Justice offers is
1) It's OK to take anything away from anyone who earned it by virtue of their privileged status.
2) Anything white males have earned, as been earned by virtue of their privileged status
3) Therefore it is OK to take anything away from white males.
Yeah, Kratman's out there in terms of politics, and lays it on to the point of ridiculousness in his work (though I haven't read his Hugo nominee). I find his novels are still mostly a fun read (especially because I can laugh at the heavy-handed politics), but I wouldn't vote for them for an award.
Weber, though. How is it that NONE of his Honor Harrington novels were nominated for the major SF awards?
Yeah, some versions of Word also has the spellchecker suggest "kidnaper" (one 'p') as a replacement for "childcare". Not sure if Easter egg, copyright trap, or bug.
Then your software will suck, and you won't know why because you'll have replaced or silenced anyone willing to point out the flaws.
In English, "North Americans" typically refers to Mexico, Canada, and the US (e.g. North American Free Trade Agreement), anything south of Mexico being "Central America" or "South America". In Mexican Spanish, though, "norteamericano" refers to someone from the US.
The US Army Field Manual on improvised munitions has safer (for the budding terrorist), more practical recipes anyway.
Unclear arguments aren't the problem. Assholes can make clear arguments. In fact, the usual demand from the "no assholes" crowd is to muddy up these clear arguments with weasel words and other softening techniques. Doesn't work, because if you give the enthusiastic positive people an "out", they'll take it. Anything that isn't as clear as "Your idea is bad for reasons A,B, and C" or "Your code won't work, it will produce wrong answers and leak memory while doing it" will be taken as "there's no problem".
Sometimes I try to be "nice" and explain what's wrong more softly. The usual answer I get back has zero semantic value and indicates they haven't even considered my issue. It's a waste of time. The asshole response "No. Here's a test case / stack trace. Your code is not working, and the problem is RIGHT HERE" gets a better response. I guess I'm not a total asshole, I don't include "Do I have to do your job for you?", even when I'm thinking it.
On the contrary, once upon a time (and perhaps still) the CS and engineering classes were one of the few places female students would have to do their own homework. Because the male students didn't even have the minimum level of suavity and othr social skills to convince a woman to spend time with him even with grades on the line. And to the non-nerdy girls, a choice of overachieving nerds was less appealing than the choices at the campus cafeteria. (the nerdy girls didn't need help with their homework anyway)
You know what you get if you don't hire any assholes? Badly designed software that's broken. Because the "nice" people won't object to really stupid ideas put forth by enthusiastic idiots, and they won't get on the case of the people writing shitty code until they fix it. You need assholes, just as the Roman conquering heros needed someone whispering in their ear "memento mori".
Target has stores, Netflix does not. The Target website was in some way related to the stores, so the lawsuit was tied to a public accomodation.
I just got a couple of Cree dimmable 60W equivalents for just under $10 a piece, and this is in NJ. So they're getting cheap. Still not happy with the light quality, but this is for a place that doesn't matter so much (and is replacing some crappy CFLs the previous owner had... one of which is burned out, which of course isn't supposed to happen)
4th claim isn't a gender bias claim, but a claim she was fired out of retaliation for filing this lawsuit.
Yeah, I was thinking this agreement might actually violate the Thirteenth Amendment. Not being sarcastic.
Not likely. The Millennials will become the Boomers. My generation is X, which has been shit upon by every other generation, most particularly including the Boomers, almost since we came into being. So if the Boomers get shit upon by younger generations, they're simply getting back what they dealt out.
(Gen X will not become as the Boomers because the generation is too small; we don't fit their shoes)
Really? They may have been involved in two airline crashes (this one and Egyptair 990 -- not Helios 522, and there's no evidence on MH370). How many other security measures can boast such a death toll?