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$6M for Project Juypter from three foundations

JoergR — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:29:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.moore.org/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/07/$6m-for-uc-berkeley-and-cal-poly-to-expand-and-enhance-open-source-software-for-scientific-computing-and-data-science

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9848534

Points: 3

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New comment by JoergR in "The Best Books I Read in 2014"

JoergR — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:36:28 +0000

Sure, my Top 5 books by non-whitemen I read in 2014 are:

FICTION

1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Americanah 2. Terezia Mora - Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent (not translated yet I think) 3. Octavia E. Butler - Parable of the Sower 4. Jose Saramago - Blindness 5. James Baldwin - If Beale Street Could Talk

NONFICTION

1. Melba Patillo Beals - Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 2. Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir - Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much 3. Laura Fermi - Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi 4. Judith Newton - From Panthers to Promise Keepers: Rethinking the Men's Movement 5. Sikivu Hutchinson - Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels

and as a bonus, because it's written by a white man...

Jeffrey Haas - The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

New comment by JoergR in "The Best Books I Read in 2014"

JoergR — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:28:08 +0000

Everyone except white men cares about it. Without seeing different points of view, empathy, diversity and understanding of people is not possible. Which is, plainly, ridiculously simple to see unless you are trying really hard to stay ignorant in privilege.

New comment by JoergR in "The Best Books I Read in 2014"

JoergR — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:13:34 +0000

5 books, 5 white men. sigh

New comment by JoergR in "It’s Game Over for ‘Gamers’"

JoergR — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:08:54 +0000

You do realize that headlines usually are added by editors?!

New comment by JoergR in "It’s Game Over for ‘Gamers’"

JoergR — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:06:51 +0000

* Link-baity? An opinion piece in the NY Times? Laughable...that's what headlines are like. Always.

* Little to add to the conversation?

a) What conversation? Noone is having a conversation. There is people with incredible patience like Anita dissecting and interpreting patterns, and writing a personal piece about why it matters, and there is troglodytes threatening and screaming. That's not a conversation

b) Little to add? It's an opinion piece. It explains concisely why it matters to Anita Sarkeesian and why it matters to everyone. It's beautifully written, heartfelt, honest, inclusive and non-threatening piece.

* Grandstanding? "seek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media." Whenever Anita Sarkessian says anything, she gets harassed and threatened. To think that she just seeks attention instead of actually caring is grotesquely absurd.

American Petroleum Institute Accused of Sabotage, Trademark Infringement

JoergR — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:42:00 +0000

Article URL: http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/10/american-petroleum-institute-accused-sabotage-trademark-infringement/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8483412

Points: 1

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New comment by JoergR in "Microsoft CEO does about-face on women and raises"

JoergR — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:55:10 +0000

I'm not holding my breath...

New comment by JoergR in "Microsoft CEO does about-face on women and raises"

JoergR — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:49:42 +0000

Being the CEO of one of the largest tech companies, he should already have thought threw a monumental issue like the egregious sexism and racism in the tech industry. If he started thinking about it on a panel honoring one of the few women in tech, he's part of the problem.

New comment by JoergR in "Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only"

JoergR — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:47:16 +0000

There's male feminists, by the way. I know, mind-boggling for you, absolutely clear to anyone with the empathy of at least a stone.