anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

Why is it extremely insulting?

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

Why do you say that? Would you also say a female needs to "have her vagina removed" if she commented about a male developer's "award-winning biceps"?

You have to understand that objectification can go both ways; if you want to curb it, you have to be equally strict in all cases.

anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

I wonder if this inherent 'replacability' is also behind the rise of techniques such as Agile - get you to divide your work into small, bite-sized pieces so you can be fired and someone else slotted in easily.

anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

Unless you work for PlayHaven, in which case you will be fired if you show up at work wearing that :)

anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

I know there are a lot of people who think "Obviously this was the right response to the situation..what the heck was she thinking?", but have been silent because of the massively feminist-dominated media these days.

Hypothetically, a female can now overhear a dick joke between two gay men, twitter their photographs, and get them fired from their jobs because the company that employs them does not have their backs.

If you want this situation to improve, and not live in fear any more, there are a few things you should do immediately. Here is the thinking person's guide to how to navigate the murky waters of our industry. I say person because I know both gay and straight women who hate the massively PC dominated atmosphere of most software companies these days:

1) NEVER hire a woman to fill some sort of quota, or because of some abstract objective like "We probably need more women in the company." You will end up attracting this sort of extreme feminist "female evangelist" who runs around with a chip on her shoulder constantly complaining about sexism.

2) NEVER say anything sexual at a conference to anyone. DO NOT speak to females who are attending the conference beyong absolutely professional matters. For heaven's sake, do not ask a female if her boyfriend is the one attending. DO NOT reveal any personal details about yourself.

You probably earn enough as a software developer, so if you want sexual intercourse, get a call girl (just being honest and practical here). It is not that expensive. Remember that prostitution is legal in Canada.

3) Avoid all social contact with women in your company. Date outside the industry if possible.

4) If you are forcefully pulled into a discussion about sexism in the industry, pretend to agree with their points ("Yes, women often face blatant sexism in the industry"), etc. and politely CUT the conversation as fast as possible. NEVER show a men's rights perspective because you will be labeled as weird. Just stop talking to that person. If you want to show your perspective, show it through your vote the next time there is an election.

5) NEVER engage in dialog with male feminists like Matthew Garrett. Follow point 4) if they start talking to you about sexism in the tech industry.

anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

No deal. Why do you always have a need to "ask women what they want"? What about what men want?

anaheim

vor 13 Jahrendiscuss

"What's maybe most striking about Tweetping is its presentation of data in pulses and punctuations: boomboomboomboom-PAUSE. That's largely an accident of interface, but it also suggests something profound about Twitter and the social web: This stuff has a beat."

No, it doesn't suggest that at all. I hate half-arsed attempts by 'tech journalists' to tie interface characteristics to some nebulous idea about the Earth being a giant organism that they learned in their liberal arts classes at college.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Look, this is fairly simple.

The names of the top people at Dawson 'College'?

  Richard Filion, Director General, Dawson College
  Robert Kavanagh, Academic Dean, Dawson College
  Diane Gauvin, Dean, Social Science & Business Technology, Dawson College
  Ken Fogel, Chairperson, Department of Computer Science, Dawson College
  François Paradis, Director of Information Services and Technology, Dawson College

The name of the supposed 'perpetrator'?

  Hamed Al-Khabaz

I'd bet an insane amount of money that if the guy had been named something like Stéfane Latrimou, he'd have gotten off far more lightly.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Please read and understand this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question) before wildly claiming that things are offensive because you read a certain phrase.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

When looking at social networks, always remember to look for applications other than "sharing pictures of my lunch with friends".

Participation in FB is voluntary, but also one of the few ways to quickly reach an audience of millions worldwide to promote your cause. Imagine people in Syria or Egypt wanting to communicate their plight anonymously with the world. If Facebook applies its ham-fisted "real name" policies, this can result in very real and deadly consequences for them.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Anyone who says things like "They are metaphorically shoving it in their users' faces" deserves an incredibly swift kick up the arse.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

With Google+, Google has forgotten the main question expounded by jwz, that people who design social networks should ask:

"Will this software that I'm writing help my users get laid?"

With Google+ the answer is a resounding "NO".

Ergo, no one uses G+ seriously.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Yep, same here (used sarcastically)

"..and I gather Mr. Porky here is the Brains Trust of this shambolic organisation?"

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

"Oh ok, you called us out on minorities / women / just about anyone who isn't white not being in the lineup? FINE, no one gets to go to Disneyland now, the conference is cancelled."

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

"I like Gnome Shell"

What a roaring pity no one else does.

Seriously, between its broken extensions, eye-candy that slows down performance on anything older than 2 years, and trying to shoe-horn a touchscreen interface into a desktop environment, GNOME Shell looks like the product of a union between a rabid monkey and a an elephant run amok.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

"Suggesting that more women would be welcomed at a conference because they would make it "more attractive" is saying that women are valued for how they look, not for what they do."

This is the author's own prejudices being unfairly grafted onto a perfectly innocent, if out-of-date comment about women making the audience 'more attractive'.

" potentially alienating to any non-heterosexual men who were present, as they reflected an assumption that he was speaking to an audience of people who found women, and only women, "attractive".

False, the potentially gay and male bisexual members were already being exposed to a number of members of the gender of their preference, and any lesbians or straight men in the audience were not. Hence, the comment was intended to address this specific portion of the audience.

You can go on and on overanalysing some person's comments intended to suggest methods of increasing female participation at hacker conferences. Shooting down their efforts with some sort of snarky 'tutorial' is not going to help this cause at all, unless you yourself are willing to help create a supposedly 'safer' environment for female participation.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Aging cougar who can't take it hard any more launches business to convince pay couples to watch other boring couples get it on during another boring Friday night.

Is anyone really taking this woman seriously?

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

Stopped caring after the first 700 lines or so.

A Midwestern dentist cheating at a marathon? That's such a homely little kind of cheating :) Bankers on Wall Street embezzle millions and this guy was just trying to fake winning a marathon; bring out the pitchforks. LOL.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

anyone who uses phrases like "popularity heuristic that defines the popularity of a repository by its sum of watchers and forks" instead of a simple "orders by no. of watchers + no. of works" is likely _very_ pretentious.

Take with a spoonful of salt.

anaheim

vor 14 Jahrendiscuss

A few facts about the case:

* The "rape" case against Assange is basically made up, with both of the women he had sex with sending celebratory texts after the events. http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange...

* Feminist-biased Sweden = possible long sentence for Assange.

* Sweden has an extradition treaty with the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extraditi...), which means there is a possibility he can be shipped out to the US.

* The US has extremely intelligent politicians (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334341/WikiLeaks-Sa...) who demand that Assange be hunted down like a terrorist.

Is it a surprise he doesn't want to "go back to Sweden to face the charges"?

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