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Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
It is not actually possible to take words in a threaded conversation out of context and twist them. The entire thread and your unaltered, original words are right there, for all to see.
Comment · 11 years ago
Equating Tereshkova to a dog is as disrespectful as it is dishonest.
1. Yes she threw up in space. So do ALL astronauts. So much so that NASA has procedures on how to handle that (http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/29/17970838-vomit-i...).
2. Tereshkova did not have a panic attack in space. She had a panic attack before going and was strapped into the seat against her will. Again, this is not uncommon - NASA considers behavioral and psychiatric conditions a significant risk to the integrity of its missions (http://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/Risks/risk.aspx?i=99).
(An interesting aside: A 1976 Soviet space mission Союз 21 had to return early because of "interpersonal issues" but of course these were male astronauts so no one says the mission was aborted due to crew's cat fighting).
3. Tereshkova was not "unresponsive", she fixed multiple engineering/communication failures, both during flight and landing.
Comment · 11 years ago
Your fault attribution is mis-informed. From an MIT interview with Valentina Ponomareva (http://web.mit.edu/slava/space/interview/interview-ponomarev...):
Q. What was the fate of the women's group after Tereshkova's flight?
A. It is well known that Korolev's attitude toward the presence of women at work and especially on the launching pad was very negative. He believed that on a launching pad, like on a ship, a woman brings misfortune.
(Korolev was the head of the Soviet space program at the time).
Comment · 11 years ago
Carnegie Hall, specifically, is known for enabling sub-par performers to rent the space (along with all its prestige and history, of course). Yes you can "get to Carnegie Hall" on talent alone - OR you can just pay your way in. Rentals start at just above $1,000 (for one of the smaller auditoriums on a weekday) and go up to $20k (for the main Stern auditorium on a Saturday night). To put this in perspective, if you get the most expensive rental and sell out its 2,800 seats at just $10 per ticket (the rental fee includes ticket marketing and sales by Carnegie Hall, by the way), you will pocket $8k in profits.
In the music world, this is a well known punchline to the "how do you get to Carnegie Hall" joke. Lots of people get in that way, such as the Tiger Mom's daughter, as one famous example. (And let me tell you... as a classical music lover duped into attending these performances because of the Carnegie Hall brand - they suck).
There is an interesting parallel to another front-page post on HN today, Entrepreneurs don't have a gene for risk – they come from families with money (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10151566). This quote fits especially nicely: "So while yes, there's certainly a lot of hard work that goes into building something, there's also a lot of privilege involved - a factor that is often underestimated."
Comment · 11 years ago
The fact that you immediately equated "diversity" to "lowering your hiring bar" and "under-performing" is as ignorant as it is insulting.
Women and brown people are not lower quality humans, and it has been shown over and over and over that companies who hire for diversity perform better.
Comment · 11 years ago
The scenario you bring up is a 2-party scenario between a client (the passenger) and a service provider (the driver) while Uber claims to be in a 3-party scenario where they are a software-based logistics service in-between the passenger and the driver. Their entire legal argument is resting on the claim that they are merely facilitating the scheduling and the payment of the ride.
Incidentally, if it were a 2-party scenario where you required a specific contractor to be available on demand, you would probably be their legal employer. A mandated, regular schedule is indeed one the main tests when distinguishing between an employee and a contractor. I have worked as a software contractor in the US for over almost 15 years and the employers, especially the larger ones with proper HR departments, have been careful to define my work in terms of skills and deliverables, not hours worked.
Comment · 11 years ago
They [...] keep their own hours, NEVER have to work if they don't want to and 0 consequences for working or not working specific hours.
Not true. I know someone who drives for Uber. Just last month, he was suspended because he did not want to drive during low-demand hours (when he literally loses money). Uber drivers are, in fact, required to (a) work when they don't want to and (b) work specific hours.
Comment · 11 years ago
As someone in this 62%, I can tell you that the numbers may be correct but the terms are anything but. Men hear "rape fantasies" and think real rape, while women think "intense sex with a hot stranger which requires no effort on my part and furthermore absolves me of any decision making so no one can brand me a hoe".
As always, it helps to remember that women are people and therefore the overwhelming majority do not fantasize about actually being tortured and possibly killed or maimed for life. (Not saying that the parent actually said anything to that effect, just trying to drive home the point that these stats use bad terminology).
Edit: for some reason I cannot reply so I will post an answer here.
Is the survey methodology flawed in what they ask the respondents?
I think so. The linked study said it counted self-reported incidents of fantasies of sexual encounters that fall within "the legal definition of rape", and that's where I have a problem. The central point of the legal definition of rape is the lack of consent. So how could sexual fantasies, which are by their nature something you want in that moment, be counted as non-consensual? You are asking people about a consensual sexual scenario that's only staged as non-consensual but then you are counting it as non-consensual. It's like asking people if they fantasize about the doctor/nurse scenario (or whatever) and when 20% report that they've had that fantasy, you conclude that 20% of the population wish they had a serious illness.
Comment · 11 years ago
I am quite grossed out by the racist and misogynist media coverage of the "missing avocado" incident. Every single article about the case makes sure to mention that it was a female juror against a male juror and some of the articles also point out that the accuser is asian while the accused is white. How are these factoids relevant to the incident, or the larger case?
Comment · 11 years ago
The real story: two months into the project, Karma founders Dayne Rathbone and Clyde Rathbone realize that they are not happy with their contractor, Artem Andreenko. DR & CR threaten AA that unless he gives them a full refund, they would publish a name-and-shame article about him. AA disagrees, Karma founders follow through on their threat and publish the piece.
From the article:
We discuss how much money we should ask Artem to refund us. We consider all the time and energy he’s cost us in addition to the cash, and decide to request all our money back.
A search on GoDaddy informs me that www.artemandreenko.com is available. I buy it and begin writing this blog.
The following day Clyde and I had our last chat with Artem. We were interested to see his reaction to a draft of this blog, and to give Artem the opportunity to decide how the story ends.
You say "karma", I say "shake-down".
P.S. Negative review blackmail has been around for a long time: https://www.google.com/search?q=negative+review+blackmail. Your startup is not doing anything new.
P.P.S. Biggest lesson of all? When you use GoDaddy, Bad Things are bound to happen.
Comment · 11 years ago
If that were true, female engineers would have higher divorce rates.
Comment · 11 years ago
I jump rope on two yoga mats, one on top of the other. I've done it without a couple times and noticed the very next day. FYI I am just over a 100 lbs but I also jump for 30-40 minutes, depending on the show I am watching.
Comment · 11 years ago
There are currently 5 linked list tutorials on Lynda.com:
"She didn't want to go," Soviet space scientists told me. "At the last minute, she panicked, and they had to strap her into her seat against her will."