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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:12PM (#15022639)
One person taking offense is not demonstration of anything. Sixteen out of sixteen taking offense comes a lot closer to demonstrating that it was offensive, though.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by doubleshame on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @06:07PM (#15023147)
I mean, 90% is bigger than 90% of the other numbers. Like 40% for instance.

What is truth when you have a gun to your head.

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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by dang on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @06:30PM (#15023328)
Would you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN? We're trying for a higher level of discussion here. (Trying and failing, but we can always fail a bit better.)
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by doubleshame on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @06:41PM (#15023395)
My apologies. Comment was low effort and not clear enough on the point it was making.

To substantiate that comment:

http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth/

What powers should define truth? Sensory / populist / ability to take life.

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