davewasmer

I find this kind of stuff fascinating, but lack the CS and/or mathematics background to understand the discussion beyond the basics. I think I grasp the concepts outlined in the graphic novel linked elsewhere in these comments, but the whitepaper is too deep for me.

Any pointers for someone looking to gain an amateur understanding of this, or is this a topic of sufficient complexity that it precludes an amateur understanding?

The colors used for the map on the homepage are basically indistinguishable to colorblind folks like myself (the trusted vs. untrusted colors, specifically), just FYI.

Why does the app need permission to post tweets for me? Not a chance, sorry.

Just an FYI, but your choice of series colors for your graph are very difficult to differentiate as a colorblind person. Might consider changing one of the colors.

Isn't that a cost/value calculation? :)

You value some things because you enjoy them, more than you value other possible uses of that time.

It's a combination of a proxy, a DNS server, a ipfw rule, and a resolver file. All that is needed to allow you to capture port 80 traffic without running your application server with sudo every time.

A fantastic example of horrible information visualization. Those bar charts are almost useless. The colors don't seem to correspond to anything, the ranking is apparently random, and the x-axis scale varies wildly, making cross-country comparisons an exercise in mental arithmetic.

I'm confused. The author seems to advocate for civil, rational, open-minded discussion, and follows it by advocating that the industry effectively exile someone whose views he disagrees with.

The included quote is not a personal attack on any individual. Yes, its strongly worded - more than I would personally like. But its not a wild rant saying women are an inferior race. The quote doesn't even suggest women shouldn't be in tech - it simply suggests an explanation for the gender imbalance (however accurate that explanation may be).

Why not attack that explanation instead? Leave no doubt in anyone's mind that he is painfully wrong - not by public shaming and ostracizing, but through the rational argument the author seems to so eagerly want.

Yep, basically. Wherever the conversation leads. I haven't been disappointed yet!

Haha - I actually ended up visiting Future Advisor ... across the hall from Engine Yard. The door to the office was shut, so I didn't get a chance to say hi :/