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New comment by LogonType10 in "“It's not peaches and cream either for men”"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 23:04:49 +0000

Men certainly aren't valued for being masculine, but what are they valued for, beyond what they can provide to other people? Nothing. Feminism took away the roles but didn't replace it with anything useful for men and valuable to others.

New comment by LogonType10 in "“It's not peaches and cream either for men”"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:57:13 +0000

Capitalism invented the birth control pill and as a consequence the labor supply doubled, making men and women into fungible economic units. Feminists who worked to elevate human dignity are laudable, but unfortunately there were more entrenched interests at work.

New comment by LogonType10 in "“It's not peaches and cream either for men”"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:53:33 +0000

Isn't patriarchy the idea that men are in charge and superior to women?

New comment by LogonType10 in "Google Chromium, sans integration with Google"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:59:48 +0000

TCP/IP is not part of "the web".

The Industrially Necessary Doctor Tedros

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:13:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.epsilontheory.com/the-industrially-necessary-doctor-tedros/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29381516

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by LogonType10 in "The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:09:24 +0000

You make great points for the other Greek letters.

New comment by LogonType10 in "The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:25:03 +0000

In China it's not.

The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 03:48:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/world/asia/omicron-variant-name-covid.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29376157

Points: 21

# Comments: 12

New comment by LogonType10 in "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism"

LogonType10 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:15:47 +0000

Either we're not looking at the same DEI guidelines or this is disingenuous. It's not enough for a professor to merely state a commitment to fostering a respectful classroom environment permitting no disrespect to anyone's identity or dignity. DEI statements[0] don't want professors to merely block offensive and disruptive behavior, they want them to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a core part of teaching, research, and the candidate's personal life. A professor researching, for example, graph theory who merely creates a respectful classroom environment and treats students and research associates without distinction based on their identity doesn't meet these criteria. This results in a form of dog-whistling. Like all dog-whistling, it relies on the core message being subtextual.

[0] https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/drafting-diversity-equity...

New comment by LogonType10 in "Aphantasia"

LogonType10 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:17:19 +0000

It definitely is real for 95% of people, you just don't have it. I doubt you could draw well from imagination even with artistic training, so there's that. Everything else is just pure cope.

New comment by LogonType10 in "Aphantasia"

LogonType10 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:54:07 +0000

How are we to convince a blind man that we can see?

New comment by LogonType10 in "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism"

LogonType10 — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:16:36 +0000

You must excuse me if I am not swayed by this since no one would expect university faculty to admit to the motives I described (such a letter filters out far more than just those who don't incorporate "diversity into their teaching practice" according to your institution's definition). Yours is exactly the bias I am speaking against.

New comment by LogonType10 in "Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware"

LogonType10 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:19:51 +0000

So... People who aren't criminals... Might become criminals... After committing a crime... I guess?

New comment by LogonType10 in "Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism"

LogonType10 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:16:32 +0000

They basically want you to swear loyalty to the Party, and even after that, if you're a straight white cis male your diverse experiences are judged insufficient and you won't get hired. Universities are no longer grounds for intellectual exploration; they're factories, and professors are assembly line workers pushing out tiny variations from the accepted ideology du jour.

New comment by LogonType10 in "NodeOS – A Node.js Operating System"

LogonType10 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:09:23 +0000

Java tried this a while ago. "Compile once, debug everywhere."

New comment by LogonType10 in "Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern"

LogonType10 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 02:55:41 +0000

> Keeping one's distance costs nothing (which is not the be-all of social distancing, I agree).

Actually this costs trillions of dollars.[0]

[0] https://www.bea.gov/news/2020/gross-domestic-product-2nd-qua...

New comment by LogonType10 in "California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies"

LogonType10 — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 02:41:05 +0000

Because Uber must exploit workers to survive and no one is going to "ride share" their bus.

New comment by LogonType10 in "IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances"

LogonType10 — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:25:04 +0000

> But how in earth does one run out of 10.0.0.0/8 IPs, outside of a company merger?!

Twenty company acquisitions.

New comment by LogonType10 in "Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware"

LogonType10 — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:56:12 +0000

Agreed! Thank you for posting that Zerodium link. It's always great to bring substantive data into a security discussion.

New comment by LogonType10 in "Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware"

LogonType10 — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:32:37 +0000

This isn't the benchmark of how secure those systems are, just a benchmark of how valuable exploiting them is. Hypothetically speaking, iOS could be more secure, but an Android exploit could be valued more if high valued targets tend to use Android. Keep in mind that phone OS usage varies quite a bit by country and wealth.