MollyR
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
"For the authors of this article, each negative story is overshadowed by dozens of positive experiences, where someone went out of their way to offer support, provide opportunities, and encourage us."
I think this matters to encouraging both women and men. Yes, jerks exist. Sometimes its good people having bad days, some people are monsters hiding under a veneer (ex Hollywood's Weinstein).
We need to stop dehumanizing each other, and understand all humans have the full expanse of positive and negative emotions.
Most people in technology are not bros, sjws, ceos, and whatever.
They are just people trying to get by.
In China's specific case, India and China are fighting over borders. China and the US (allies) are running into issues over resources in the South China Sea. Also Russia and the US both are increasingly their navy presence in the Pacific. It's a powder keg waiting to go off for sure.
I feel good about what technology can do, but not for the next generation of computer science or tech workers.
Ghost guns are hugely popular for this reason, and only increasing in popularity
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-struggling-to-c...
>There are others where there have been plenty of armed security around, even police, and it's done nothing to stop things.
Just because a small number of bad cops haven't done their job, doesn't I mean I think we get should get rid of all cops.
You will not be able to do a gun grab without a civil war or extreme violence in the united states.
My alma mater had its own police force, and it was really helped. It reduced not just shootings, but violent crime in general.
EDIT: Also the FBI needs to be investigated. Apparently they were warned several times about that Florida shooter. It's just utterly unbelievable, Wray should be fired, and a special counsel set up to investigate this unbelievable failure. Ex. The Fbi said it couldn't verify the shooter, who used his own name on youtube with death threats. Unbelievable!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/comments/1yktjp/are_the_poor_and_unemployed_supposed_to_kill/
https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/4ogbv9/been_almost_2_years_without_a_job_honestly/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/18/college-drove-me-to-the-brink-of-suicide/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3695613/Student-23-university-hanged-flunking-degree.html
Money, degrees, and productivity are not metrics of a live well lived. There are metrics such as self-reported happiness, marriage and divorce rates, birth rates, and other things that paint a much fuller picture. You need to figure out what is good for you.
Some advice to other women developers. Take the money from silicon valley, then run to a cheaper place to live. Invest it well, and relax.
ex. Buy a duplex, and rent one part of it out to pay your bills.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
— Confucius