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What to do you do, if mother leaves her baby at the clinic?
Re:How I Ended Up in Tech by Chance on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:44PM (#11904283)
Dont waste your time. We have our white/male privilege, and that is golden ticket on its own. Btw my father paid whopping $60/month child support for 5 children.
You can always leave to other country, or minimize your contributions with creative accounting.

Also very common is to build your own house by yourself DIY style. It is significantly cheaper because you do not have to pay taxes from work you do for yourself.

I wrote "for the same contribution". If women pays equal money, she will get more from system, because she lives extra seven years.

Plus children are counted as a bonus for state pension. So you do not lose pension for spending three years home with kid. (men would)

We also have compulsory state pension system. It does not stop people from opting out.

... and fuck men who live shorter.
There is one problem with that. People can predict their own life expectancy. People who expect to live shorter will avoid such scheme.

To give an example: state pension in my (European) country is unfair to men. We live shorter and retire latter. In average women gets 45% more money for the same contribution. As result men are avoiding state pension and use private funds.

Re:Soviet PCs on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @01:42PM (#11856141)
Russia today uses ARM just as anyone else.
Re:Scalability, but at what cost? (2015) on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @01:30PM (#11856033)
I think graph operations are not fair comparison. It is notoriously difficult to scale.

On other side AWS now offers 2TB RAM machine. And single huge machine has smaller per GB cost than several smaller machines. I think clustered computing as we know will be soon gone. Only reason for multiple machines will be availability.

Re:The Art of Closing on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:12AM (#11854627)
I have a policy to accept anything what is not a total crap. It is easier to edit and fix code, than educate random people. And I might remove that patch before stable release anyway.

Granting commit access is different level.

There are many examples of companies with similar practices run by male CEO. Solar Freaking Roadways, thorium cars, levitating houses, ...
Re:The Thai cleaning lady facing prison for 'I see' on Sunday June 05, 2016 @06:02AM (#11840310)
> Has any of what I said been false or unclear?

Not really.

> especially when what you mean is true, and the misunderstanding of what you mean is false

He was punished for disagreeing. Jail, lost job, a few years without a computer and money spend on defense. Guilt is irrelevant if trial takes years and does not postpone punishment.

Computer without internet is useless today. Would you employ graphic designer who can not use computer connected to internet?

Also guilt is irrelevant, if false accuse is left unpunished. His accusers should be forbidden to use internet, and should go to prison for harassing him

Re:The Thai cleaning lady facing prison for 'I see' on Sunday June 05, 2016 @02:29AM (#11839902)
What is inaccurate? He was in jail and he could not use computer for couple of years. Whatever he was found guilty is just technicality. The damage was done:

> Elliott was released on bail on the condition that he did not tweet or access Twitter, have a smartphone or use a computer with Internet access.

> when it was discovered that the tweets were actually made by an account impersonating Elliott.

... and it took 3.3 years to discover that.

Anyway I find your tone threatens my opinion. Please send me your name and address...

Re:The Thai cleaning lady facing prison for 'I see' on Saturday June 04, 2016 @05:45PM (#11838243)
German comedian faces prison for mocking Turkish leader [1]

In Canada men went to jail for disagreeing with feminist. He was latter released on bail, but could not use computer and electronic devices for 4 years. Father of five is graphic designer...[2]

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/04/ger...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Elliott