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Comment · 5 years ago
Do you see gold as a defacto scam?
Comment · 10 years ago
That's a cheap mischaracterization of my position and probably yours(?)

You'll either learn to appreciate the other parts of the spectrum of thought that exist at google or you'll form cliques.

And I wasn't implying, just responding to your suggestion and advice.

Let me also offer some unsolicited advice - I don't recommend encouraging people to leave because you disagree with them. I also don't recommend assuming to represent google and the thousands of people who work there.

Comment · 10 years ago
That's disappointing, I was hoping for a robust defense of your stance and I don't believe I didn't treat you with dignity but I'm sorry if there was a misstep on my part.

p.s. I'm a big fan of Google, they helped me to quit being an employee for good, but I appreciate the advice :)

Comment · 10 years ago
But see that betrays the hypocrisy in the request. Tight fitting clothing highlights the sexual organ. The absence of clothing does the same thing (and yes in the minds of others). Why you are comfortable with google's insistence of clothing but uncomfortable with the request of others to not wear something that has a similar effect?

So whether I'm interested in your genitalia or not is beside the point. You were trying to draw a false equivalence, I wanted you to understand why it was different for you and not 'half of the office'.

Comment · 10 years ago
Him/her/them/per/xem/...

https://uwm.edu/lgbtrc/support/gender-pronouns/

Do try to be inclusive when making a point about how happy you are to be inclusive.

Comment · 10 years ago
"Matt is coming with us. He said he'd be at four. Jemima is also coming they said they'd be here at five."

Matt is coming at five? No Jemima is coming at five. Matt is coming at four. Also Sarah is coming with her partner Zoe. Ze said ze would be here at 4 also zey're getting a ride with Matt.

Umm. Ok.

Not to mention that now when I talk about women, I have to also consider every other gender non binary person as requested by OP. He doesn't want it to be essentialized and pragmatically to be inclusive one has to therefore moderate all language relating to gender.

That is a significant cognitive load and I wish people would stop pretending it's simple. I live around and have friends who are trans/binary non gender people and it's hard work keeping up.

Comment · 10 years ago
Your tight leggings create a bulge of your genitalia, societal norms don't yet accommodate the visual enhancing of the penis or vagina such that they are prominently displayed. Unfortunately the penis/scrotum are much more bulgey than the vagina.

But by trying to pretend that it's ok for the 'other half' but not you, you're failing to advance your argument - which is that people should get comfortable with your package being prominently displayed. Because to you it is the equivalent of an ass/breasts/pecs being enhanced in some way?

Look I'm all for drinking kosher soda. It doesn't affect me. Having to adopt my language to accommodate every minority group (of which there is an infinite number) is just too heavy a cognitive load with zero benefit to me. It benefits my friends who ask me but I refuse and ask them to instead accommodate my not wanting to. And I think that's fair?

Comment · 10 years ago
What does it mean to be 'included in tech' ?
Comment · 10 years ago
Care to detail the exploitation in this situation?
Comment · 10 years ago
Then people will stop using it and they'll address it. A lot of drivers are part time and use it just to supplement their income.
Comment · 10 years ago
If they could cut corners they would already. Battery cages are a prime example. At least in the UK free range only took off when consumers pushed for it.
Comment · 10 years ago
Also writing good code (easy to maintain, few bugs, easy to extend) is a craft not something you do spontaneously when you need to fix a problem. It takes time to develop and get a good sense for it. This is the key thing I see with all these bootcamp grads - they know the terms and they know how to throw crud apps together but they struggle to write clean code that adheres to SOLID that isn't littered with antipatterns.

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