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Richard Deeming wrote: No, but it's often the root cause behind this sort of transphobic argument. And even if it's not in this case, you still "religiously" believe that nothing exists beyond your own narrow point of view.
That's a nice accusation.
Facebook's 71 gender options come to UK users - Telegraph[^]
So, religiously accepting any new fart of a brain as a new gender would be?
Richard Deeming wrote: And yet you clearly do have a problem with people using the shittery with which they're most comfortable. Why is that?
Because it has not been a problem in the last 6000 years, because there are clear and accepted definitions, because it would cost a lot to adapt society to new fantasized genders (in terms of physical locations as new bathrooms) as well as software.
I oppose accepting nonsense, just for the sake of "not hurting someones feelings". You can identify as pluto for all I care, just don't expect any special treatment.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Because it has not been a problem in the last 6000 years,
The law to ban transgender people from using the bathroom they're most comfortable with is a fairly recent thing. The earliest US version appears to have been proposed in 2013:
Bathroom bill - Wikipedia[^]
Prior to that, nobody really gave a sh*t which bathroom trans people used to take a sh*t. And if you believe that they were using the shittery associated with the gender they were assigned at birth, then I suspect you're deluding yourself.
Eddy Vluggen wrote: because it would cost a lot to adapt society to new fantasized genders (in terms of physical locations as new bathrooms)
Who's asking for new bathrooms? From what I've seen, the issue is about access to the existing bathrooms, not about creating new bathrooms for each group.
The only time new bathrooms are being provisioned is when states pass laws prohibiting people from using their preferred shittery, and organisations that object to this interference decide to provide "gender-neutral" facilities.
Eddy Vluggen wrote: You can identify as pluto for all I care, just don't expect any special treatment.
Oh, go on - let Pluto use the "Planets" crapper! Why should it be forced to use the "Dwarf Planets" facilities just because you don't think it's a planet any more? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: just because you don't think it's a planet any more?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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If only they'd enroll to the technical faculties... Unless we do want a horde of Liberal Arts women as our colleagues.
I mean, it's not that I would be contrary as it would... uplift moral but...
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Yeah, I mentally referred to that news article when I posted my answer 
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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If you look at the photos of these "cheerleaders", you'll notice that the female programmers in the room aren't impressed -- but that there are female programmers in the room.
China has a lot more female programmers than the States or Europe, and they're treated equally, unlike in the West, where they have to fight for equal treatment (gaining the reputation of being loudmouths or bitches). And that's despite the fact that way less than half the population of China is female, especially in the cities.
But the only story you'll see in the Western papers is that some drooling idiots hired a few pretty girls -- and there's no confirmation that the story (which ballooned out insanely from a single facebook source) is even true.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Actually, from what I've read, a lot of liberal arts devotees would be quite good at coding...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It's more that few choose this profession rather than that they are discriminated against.
Kevin
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It's shoes that are the problem.
You can't focus your entire mind on programming problems if 10% of it is dedicated to thinking about shoes.
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For a moment, I thought you were announcing a new sequel to "Murder, She Wrote".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Maybe I'm naive here, but in this day an age of over-sensitivity, I think the only oppression people suffer stems from their own minds because they're living in the past. Does sexism and racism exist still? Sure. Is there any oppression for it? Nope.
That being said, I do fully agree women deal with crap in tech when it comes to creepy guys. Sometimes a guy can deal with that too... having to deal with creepy guys. So, that would be a form of harassment.
Anyway, just my two cents.
Jeremy Falcon
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In America, the industry bends over backwards to encourage women in software development. "Oppression" doesn't exist; lack of interest by most women does.
The article is politicized garbage about a non-issue.
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The method the CSAIL team developed works simply by reading your brain and detecting if you've noticed an error as the robot performs its tasks. One step closer to Macross
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Did they study a woman's brain for the tech? They are after all excellent at detecting the errors in the tasks a man is performing. 
Marc
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How do they expect me to control a robot with my brain, when I can't even control my brain with my brain?
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Simple: robots still lack natural stupidity.
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: robots still lack natural stupidity
So I'm more advanced than them!
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Recently there's been some new thinking around agile methodologies and processes to possibly bring those disillusioned with agile and scrum back into the fold. Deck chairs moved on the Titanic: Mission Accomplished
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Zen koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Developer koan: What is Agile?
Marc
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Quote: The industry has become overloaded with techniques, processes, methodologies and tools that have fallen under the agile umbrella.
... So here's a new one.
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A new study by Spiceworks suggests IT professionals who work at smaller companies are happier. Does that mean the happiest people just work by themselves?
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I don't believe that, though in some small software companies it could be Shangri-La. The happiest I was in my career was 6 years at a medium sized company. You learned a lot and there were people there to keep things in line. The only downfall was of the 50 to 60 developers, 25 of them called themselves architects!
I've experienced crazy stuff in small departments or organizations. Sure there was the complaint about money, benefits, and no upward mobility, but there was the nastier stuff such as: sexual harassment to me and other people in the office, yelling, screaming, near fist fights, staplers thrown out of anger, and even crying for work to do. IMHO small IT shops only work if everyone clicks, otherwise chaos will ensue.
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I will say that you tend to be appreciated more, in small firms, because people actually notice what you achieve.
A little appreciation outweighs a shipload of stress.
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Admittedly, I'm a very small sample but that runs rather contrary to my experience. The most miserable experiences I've had in my career have all been at small companies. Arrogant and clueless bosses; unrealistic expectations; lousy money and a complete lack of benefits; zero job security - generally not much fun at all.
A real-life conversation:
"Amazon's web-site does X - why doesn't mine?"
"Just guessing here, but I reckon Amazon have probably had more than one developer working on their web-site and I'm pretty sure they've spent more than a month on it."
"I'm not interested in excuses. Why isn't my website as good as theirs?"
"I may already have explained that."
"No you haven't!"
I would be very, very reluctant to work for a small company again and would carve the following rules in stone:
1) Never, ever work for a small company that is run by anyone who doesn't understand IT.
2) Opt for starvation over working for a family firm. It would be a nicer experience.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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