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I had an Atari 800XL, then a 520STfm, then a Falcon 030.

Back in those days there was quite a bit of tribal rivalry between Atari and Amigas - but I have to admit that the Amiga's OS was way ahead of Atari's, which didn't even get true multitasking until the Falcon (which almost nobody bought).

Wow, pretty sure I played with something like this for Python in the 90s. People have been trying to replace regexps with something more readable for a long time.

This seems like a decent attempt, although the syntax for captures looks a little clumsy.

I've been following Joe Bernard's YouTube videos for a few years, he's really great. Goes into a lot of detail about how he designs, builds, and flies thrust-vectoring model rockets.

Wow, I remember using LyX in 1998 to write my CS paper.

You're offering commentary, not a counterargument. What specifically is Sowell wrong about?

This may be the catalyst for a long-overdue reckoning in higher education in the US - it's insane that people are entering the workforce at 23 with a lifetime of unforgivable debt for, in many cases, worthless degrees.

Yeah, there is a real "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" vibe to the whole woke thing. Creeps me out.

Hope I'm not speaking too soon, but it seems like actual liberals on the left are finally waking up to this Kafkaesque ideology they've been making excuses for [1]

[1] https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/

I haven't demanded anything of anyone, but for some reason you're telling me what I cannot do. Are you a moderator?

Where people have made scientific claims I've asked them for the source of their information. This is a reasonable question - not a "demand".

When someone replies to you citing another argument, it's reasonable to read that argument and to point out any flaws in it if you see them. That's what I did here. Was I not supposed to read it?

My argument doesn't rely on any citation other than Damore's memo itself, since it is the topic of discussion. I've already provided a link to that but here it is again for convenience: [1]

I followed the witch hunt against Damore very closely both at the time and since.

Without exception, every single critique I've read of Damore's memo is either a straw man, ad hominem, or a combination of both.

If you know of any counterexamples I'm happy to review them, but please pick the strongest argument rather than a long list[2]

[1] https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-I...

[2] https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gish_Gallop

Starting with the first critique in your list of citations, the Vox article - third paragraph:

> He uses primarily stereotyped misconceptions about men and women to argue that “gender gaps [do not always] imply sexism,” and declares that “discriminating just to increase the representation of women in tech” is “misguided and biased” as well as “unfair, divisive, and bad for business.”

The question of stereotyping is addressed in the memo itself:

> I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can't have an honest discussion about this,then we can never truly solve the problem.

Can you point to where in Damore's memo he relies on stereotyped misconceptions? I've read it many times and I didn't see anything fitting that characterization.

Specificity would be helpful.

There are unquestionably advantages to growing up wealthy, but that's a question of class, not race.

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "red lining" in the 1990s and how this constitutes evidence of bias by Google against hiring black women in 2020?

You seem irritated by a simple request to support a claim with evidence, which is strange.

> But if there are hurdles to black women getting hired at places like Google, isn’t your explanation just passing the buck?

What is the evidence that there are hurdles for black women getting hired at Google?

For example, does their representation differ significantly from, say, the rate at which they graduate with CS degrees?

Edited to be less provocative.

Does she offer any actual evidence that she was rejected due to racism? She just seems to assume it.

Everyone agrees that the police should be held to a high standard, but I'm getting tired of people preaching this thinly-veiled anti-police bigotry.

That is true re: Freenet, they are called "signed subspace keys" or SSKs.

Reminds me of Swarm: http://swarmframework.org/

If you're thinking about web development in Kotlin, check out https://kweb.io/.

It takes full advantage of powerful Kotlin features like coroutines to make the barrier between browser and server almost invisible.

Huffington Post, as recently as 4 or 5 years ago, were writing articles downplaying Polanski's rape of that girl. There is a surprising strain of Polanski apologism among those who are the first to claim the mantle of feminism.

It's a wired hypocrisy.

Python is the Basic we all wanted in the 80s.