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meangeme··on Why women lose the dating game
"Almost one in three women aged 30 to 34 and a quarter of late-30s women do not have a partner, according to the 2006 census statistics. And this is a growing problem."

Why? Because birthrates are declining? Or because people "need to" have a partner?

meangeme··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
I learned how to type when I was 10 with double spaces after periods. I realized it looked bad/was unnecessary and now I single space. Wasn't very hard to make the conscious effort to change it. /just saying
meangeme··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
My main issue with double spacing after periods is that people rarely do it consistently. This author, who is in favour of the double space, uses a triple space after a question mark at one point. I always see this happen when I read anything from "double spacers."
meangeme··on Founders' Accents
As soon as I read that Inc article I saw this coming.
meangeme··on Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
Read this please: http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/08/laurie-penny/men-sexism
meangeme··on Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
This would have been a decent article if Freud wasn't sourced.
meangeme··on You Are Less Beautiful Than You Think
This is such an oversimplification of self-enhancement and a great example of confirmation bias.
meangeme··on A Short Rant About Working Remotely
A lot of this conversation seems to be focussed on an individual's productivity - you might think you are more productive remotely or actually may be more productive remotely, but what about the rest of the team? Looking at the bigger picture - you're getting tons of work done, but are you communicating well with your team/ is your team productive overall? And if you are more concerned with your individual well-being than you are with your team's well-being, it's worth noting that psychologically, one of the main factors of simply liking someone is proximity. Obviously you shouldn't be promoted because your boss likes you more, and obviously if you're the most value adding team member remotely you should get credit for that, but it's impossible to eliminate personal biases that stem from bonds created at the office.

There are obviously arguments for both sides but I know (from working with a remote supervisor for 6 months) that communicating in person is easier than communicating remotely.

meangeme··on University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
Scott talked about the win on CTV National News tonight, you can watch it here! http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=820148&playlistId=1.1...
meangeme··on University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
The university has it's own job site for co-op students, Jobmine. You can find more info here, https://uwaterloo.ca/hire/
meangeme··on Pair (YC W12) raises $4.2M round of funding
Spring 2011* and they're working at the VeloCity Garage right now :)