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Re:How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon by przemub on Thursday March 20, 2025 @08:25PM (#43430604)
In Stalinist and Maoist countries you’d get extra points for uni when coming from a worker or farmer family. Times change, ideologies change, but some things don’t.
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Re:How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon by TwoPhonesOneKid on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:51AM (#43433276)
That actually makes sense from the perspective of a state managing its labor force, though. That's just smart. "Diversity" for its own sake is just meaningless centrist bullshit.
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