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zshprompt··on The Best Engineers Write Less Code
links have been fixed, thx
zshprompt··on Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone
The working class people will be replaced by AI
zshprompt··on Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches
November
zshprompt··on More Details About Project Spartan
wow looking at that video you'd think software is no longer a male dominated field. problem solved.
zshprompt··on Plastc Card
I love it, if they steal this card they stole all my cards, even the ones not in my wallet. Yey. Now I get to cancel them ALL.
zshprompt··on On Leave
The non free food is better yet at your dinner table, with your significant other.
zshprompt··on On Leave
Of course, was a joke. But there will always be more work that we can possibly do. You are never really done in a successful business. So I feel sad that he made these sacrifices at the expense of his family life. The saddest part is that the code he wrote will probably be a distant memory in 20-30 years.
zshprompt··on On Leave
It makes me sad he had to wait 15 years for this. 15 years is what you get for manslaughter with good behavior.
zshprompt··on Coin
What stops the person taking the payment from pushing the switch button accidentally or intentionally. Also I can totally see how people can steal your card, use the app to put it into their coin then place the card back so you don't know you've been robbed.
zshprompt··on Java Virtual Machine in pure Node.js
I made a house out of butter yey!!!!
zshprompt··on Which modern databases support ACID transactions?
Where is Datomic?
zshprompt··on MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation
Yesterday I was just talking to some folks about how they lock on the DATABASE for a transaction. Yey.
zshprompt··on FireMe - Who wants to get fired?
there are a lot of bots on there
zshprompt··on That Amanda Blum Article on Adria Richards is Not What It Seems
he is. I found him and he was indeed fired.
zshprompt··on Things You Think Aren’t Sexist, But Really Are
Great post and right on the money.
zshprompt··on SendGrid Fires Company Evangelist After Twitter Fracas
The worst part is that she will now become a spokesperson or write a book because of this. There is a #teamadria on twitter.

So sad...

zshprompt··on SendGrid Fires Company Evangelist After Twitter Fracas
I feel that all the threats and horrible comments she received are disgusting.

I didn't find their joke offensive. But thats irrelevant. She had a right to complain. But not by posting their picture on twitter.

Posting that picture was a really rotten thing to do. Its an act of bullying. I can take a picture of anyone and they would have said whatever I put on the caption. And its up to them to prove to the internet that they didn't do it.

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Sorry too bummed out about the situation to parse your previous.

Everyone is applauding Adria for her courage, but taking someone's photo and posting it on twitter is not speaking out. I know that turning to someone and saying "what you said is offensive to me" or reporting them to the staff is not easy, but nevertheless it was the correct course of action. She smiled and took a picture of those guys. She never even bothered to give them a dirty look. And now all these women and men are praising her as a hero.

Worse it appears that some assumptions on her part are not correct. Even worse, her own previous blog post states:

"Because of my experiences growing up, I have triggers. This means that I’m always scanning for danger; for situations that seem like something from the past that could hurt me. When I recognize something that matches, I can overreact and feel intense fear, anger or anxiety. "

her blog name is butyoureagirl.com. What does that mean? "you don't expect me to do all this do you?".

Now she can go write a book, while this guy lost his job. This is so sexist and so unfair and so ironic.

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Mr Hank, due to your privacy being violated in this crazy creepy manner I was able to find who you are. Good luck to you sir. There are a lot of men and women who are on your side.

One thing I will say is, that your former employer is crazy not to have your back. Is there no way they can change their mind? (I am not sure you would want your job back because they really let you down)

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
absolutely!!! but one of them would still have a job
zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Now here is someone who deserves to be banned:

compare and contrast https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5402826

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Yeah, this is passive aggressive stuff. The guy said you even smiled at him as you took the picture.

I actually read more of Adria's site and I read http://butyoureagirl.com/13871/success-against-the-odds-fill....

"Because of my experiences growing up, I have triggers. This means that I’m always scanning for danger; for situations that seem like something from the past that could hurt me. When I recognize something that matches, I can overreact and feel intense fear, anger or anxiety."

Which explains a lot. I am shocked to read about Adria's experiences as a child, and would urge everyone to go a little easier on her.

zshprompt··on Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences
That is fine, but posting their picture is so wrong. She took their photo, while smiling at them. And then she captioned it: "Offenders" and put it on twitter.

This is the real issue here.

Let's for example go to your hackathon in Vegas. Lets say some asshole says something inappropriate to one of the high school girls in attendance. Do you really think that taking his photo, captioning it "pervert" and posting it to twitter is the right course of action?

zshprompt··on Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences
there is no excuse for saying stuff like that at a conference its just not appropriate.

but posting their picture on the internet ... there is not any excuse for that either. its just plain wrong.

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
funny story, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. They wanted to get rid of her for sometime but the actual crime she was convicted of was literally "wearing male clothes"
zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
sure, but taking their photo and posting it as step 1 is not the action of someone being brave
zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
official good. Community enforcement can easily become lynchmob.
zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
agreed card game is completely irrelevant in completely different setting. very funny game btw.
zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Adria, its the photo that's the problem. Using to identify the people in question is OK. Posting it to the internet is wrong.

Unlike your explanation states you did not let the staff resolve it. You took matters into your own hands, and served up justice vigilante style. Just as someone has to watch their mouth, you also have responsibilities. I am sure you are sorry mr-hank lost his job. But just like his dumb ass comments posting photos cannot be undone.

zshprompt··on Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
Ugh, this just makes me cringe.
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