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New comment by deep_concern in "Supreme Court upholds broad conception of birthright citizenship"

deep_concern — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:44:00 +0000

If you shift from being a living constitutionalist to a strict textualist based on the case in question, then what you really are is a machiavellian.

New comment by deep_concern in "“Startup” asks internship applicant to build their app before phone screen"

deep_concern — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:11:02 +0000

I suggest applying, then laugh in their face and scold them once you get an offer.

New comment by deep_concern in "Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced"

deep_concern — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:22:09 +0000

Because they don't need to remove it. A headphone jack wouldn't stop you from having your airpods.

New comment by deep_concern in "Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced"

deep_concern — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:18:10 +0000

My friend with an iPhone was unable to play his music through the speakers in my car because he forgot his adapter. We had to use a cup to amplify the speakers. Even if he had remembered his dongle, if he'd needed to charge his phone it'd need to be a splitter dongle. We'd had no problems playing music in the car for the past decade.

New comment by deep_concern in "Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced"

deep_concern — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:45:32 +0000

The LG V30 and Galaxy S8 have a headphone jack AND have IP68 waterproofing, versus the Pixel 2's (and iPhone 7/8) IP67.

New comment by deep_concern in "Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced"

deep_concern — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:31:50 +0000

The only reason to remove the headphone jack is to sell more dongles and wireless headphones. That's it.

Consumers are not asking for it for the aesthetics. It doesn't make the phone much thinner. It doesn't make the phone easier to manufacture.

New comment by deep_concern in "Investor Bulletin, July 25: Initial Coin Offerings"

deep_concern — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:40:38 +0000

It seems like Golem compute tokens would not be considered securities, but what about obvious joke coins that are only a value store, like the FUCK token?

Ask HN: One of my coworkers accused me of sexism, should I tell HR?

deep_concern — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:23:50 +0000

The other day my team was doing a small release. A female coworker, let's call her Sarah, reviewed and approved my PR for it. After deploying, someone else noticed some minor issues, and we decided to fix them. Sarah walked over and asked what's up so I told her. She realized a particular story was included in the release and was annoyed that I didn't "inform" her of it and implied I was sloppy. Surprised, I said I thought we were all on the same page and that now wasn't a good time because I was fixing stuff. She continued. I said I understood, but "you don't need to lecture me on this right now", and we could discuss afterwards.

The next day Sarah and I discuss. I pull up the PR and point out how obvious the story was. The discussion became increasingly heated and she said I had an attitude problem, and said my remark was "demeaning to say to a woman", and it's already bad enough in tech. This set off alarms to me. I immediately denied it having anything to do with her gender, or anything about her except the way she was acting, and to please not imply that I'm sexist or I'd have to walk away. She sort of backtracked, but it was already out there.

I admit I used a poor choice of words, but I don't believe I am sexist, nor do I have a history of making sexual remarks or advances on women.

Now I'm concerned she might tell HR or my manager and I don't want to be on the defensive. I'm afraid this could ruin my career. It's worth noting that she's a physical person and pats or hits me on the arm frequently in jest (I don't reciprocate), and has made a few sexual jokes privately, which I didn't think were a big deal at the time but now I'm rethinking it.

I'm not even sure WHAT I should tell HR, if anything at all.

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