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simoncoultonon Why we migrated from Python to Node.js

Seems like there was solid ROI attached to this initiative…

simoncoultonon Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men

1) Except that in the western world we do not tell people their whole childhood that they are to do X because of their gender. We actively tell people they can be whatever they want, and as far back I can remember in primary school (early 80s) that's been the case.

2) Valuation doesn't always equate to monetary remuneration. For example (at least in Australia), police, teachers etc get FAR more leave and holidays compared to the rest of the country. That needs to be taken into account as part of the valuation. Stress also factors into why certain professions are "worth" more than others. IT is highly stressful, in comparison to other social professions.

simoncoultonon Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men

Exactly right, people don't seem to understand this basic concept.

The only way to achieve an equal split with anything is to discriminate.

simoncoultonon Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men

It does not suggest anything is wrong. Seeing any group represented more than another in anything that is due to CHOICE does not correlate to an issue.

simoncoultonon Show HN: Perspective Mockups – Hipster-as-fuck perspectives for your mockups

You can thank iOS' autocorrect for that one, "wide" would be the correct word that's supposed to be in there :)

simoncoultonon Show HN: Perspective Mockups – Hipster-as-fuck perspectives for your mockups

If you'd read the copy you'd realise it's designed by Blaz (from Dribbble), I'm just posting on his behalf :)

Edit: it was really just a way to start building photoshop plugins to see what the ecosystem is like, we've got 4 new plugins that are actually useful for a wife audience coming out soon.