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jt0on Why do we still color-code info in ways that are incompatible with ~8% of men?

This is absolutely a problem that could be easily accommodated if there was any desire to do so, but I think focusing on gender is a big misunderstanding of the larger problem: society doesn't care about people with disabilities. If you're looking to engage with people working towards the totally reasonable outcomes you want, I'd invite you to wade into the disability advocacy space. I think you'll find that much more productive than the men's rights space (which, like the rest of society, doesn't really care about people with disabilities). You are absolutely right that it shouldn't be like this.

jt0on Why more women identify as sexually fluid than men

> Many people want to be told what they might comfortably be expected to do

Sounds like Queer Liberation is for you! This is very common, and there are very traditional roles for this in my community. I know plenty of ladies who will tell their partners what they are comfortably expected to do. It's a high consent environment, so you still ultimately have the right to choose differently.

jt0on From context collapse to content collapse

I'm sorry to hear about these bad outcomes from misunderstandings. One useful tool I picked up from Nonviolent Communication (NVC) that might help you is to request the other person repeat back in their own words what they heard you say/request. It definitely feels clunky because we don't typically ask this of people. Proactively as the listener you can offer to summarize the thoughts or request of the speaker to make sure you really received what they were saying, and ask if there's any part of it they want to clarify. "Let me make sure I understood you. What I heard you say was..." Maybe a useful analogy is to think of it as the md5sum of the exchange. I don't tend to find arguments clarifying because true listening breaks down (further).

jt0on For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business

This is an incorrect reading of the term. BIPOC is US-specific. You'd have to look at teachings from Sami activists to see the most useful framing for indigenous erasure in Scandinavia. Also, it does not place black and indigenous people as not POC, the aim is "undoing Native invisibility, anti-Blackness, dismantling white supremacy and advancing racial justice."[0]. It instead centers the two groups who have been the most marginalized in the US.

[0] https://www.thebipocproject.org/

jt0on For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business

Adding to this from the BIPOC Project [0] "We use the term BIPOC to highlight the unique relationship to whiteness that Indigenous and Black (African Americans) people have, which shapes the experiences of and relationship to white supremacy for all people of color within a U.S. context."

Not all groups face the same oppression and this term intentionally names the two groups which are systematically the most oppressed in a US context.

[0] https://www.thebipocproject.org/

jt0on Open Call: How do we exit surveillance capitalism in digital life?

Electronic Frontier Alliance member Eyebeam seeks applications that consider how art and technology can challenge dominant notions of access and how together we can shape a more equitable future. How do we begin to exit surveillance capitalism as the dominating form of digital life and what can replace it?

jt0on How to Make a Secret Phone Call (2015)

Yes, this is what is meant. Specifically: "Extraordinary rendition, also called irregular rendition or forced rendition, is the government-sponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another with the purpose of circumventing the former country's laws on interrogation, detention and torture. Such renditions have been carried out (for example) by the United States government."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

jt0on The revolution of machine learning has been exaggerated

I'm not in Houston or oil/gas, but trying to find a niche with the same background. I'm not seeing a great demand for this combo commercially unfortunately.

jt0on If you're busy, you're doing something wrong (2011)

Originally from the very readable Book of the Courtier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Courtier

jt0on First New HIV Strain in 19 Years Identified

Second this.

jt0on First New HIV Strain in 19 Years Identified

This is an actual distinction. At present PrEP only means Truvada. Truvada is not effective alone for treating HIV. It would be taken in combination with another drug. Also, There's a newer alternative to Truvada that is preferred/less toxic for HIV treatment, but is not yet approved for PrEP. To be clear there are many more drugs used for HIV treatment that are not used for PrEP.

jt0on The HPV vaccine is as important for boys as it is for girls

Also, if you or your partner are having receptive anal sex, ask your doctor about getting an anal pap smear. 90% of anal cancers are caused by HPV. They are slow growing and treatable. Screening is quick and easy.

http://www.colonrectal.org/services.cfm/sid:7580/Abnormal_An...

jt0on The HPV vaccine is as important for boys as it is for girls

It's 45 now.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/grade/HPV-adults-etr....

jt0on Dutch MoD appoints 72 citizens to cyber-military reserve force

Is that true? According to this, in the US at least, "Roughly 35,000 non-citizens are serving in active duty military and about 8,000 join each year."[1] The US government also deports some of its honorably discharged veterans.[2]

[1] https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/eligibility-requi...

[2] https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/06/12/...

jt0on A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop (2014)

Any good suggestion for a handwriting to digital transcription workflow? I'm peripherally aware of specialized notepads that do this, but don't know how well they work. I guess scanning paper notes for conversion would be another option. Having a searchable, org-mode integrated record that can include diagrams would be awesome. Is OCR for cursive writing pretty reliable?