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Today, if I have no modern job, where can I procure food? The land is all spoken for. I can't just start a farm in someone's backyard.
G. K. Chesterton wrote, “Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what
does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad … mathematicians go mad.”In the USSR, the economy was controlled by the communist party on behalf of the workers. Under democratic socialism, enterprises are democratically managed by the people who work there.
Bernie Sanders and the Nordic countries are Social Democrats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy
Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports
economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the
framework of a capitalist economy, as well as a policy regime involving a
commitment to representative democracy, measures for income redistribution,
and regulation of the economy in the general interest and welfare state
provisions.
Democratic socialism is a political ideology that advocates political
democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production, often with
an emphasis on democratic management of enterprises within a socialist
economic system. Democratic socialists see capitalism as inherently
incompatible with the democratic values of liberty, equality and solidarity;
and believe that the issues inherent to capitalism can only be solved by
superseding private ownership with some form of social ownership [in the
form of democracy].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralization#Libertarian_s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_democracy
Intel's ME was first available in 2006, and by the end of 2008 it was on every CPU they produce.
According to ark.intel.com, the P8600 chip was produced Q3'08 so it's in the right timeline for having the ME. But the giveaway is that the chip has "Trusted Execution technology".
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set
of hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the
digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured launch
and protected execution. It enables an environment where applications can
run within their own space, protected from all other software on the system.
Btw, maybe I'm reading this wrong, but your block quote seems to make the opposite point that you think it does. You said the research "indicates that interests are a primary driver in the discrepancy," but the quote said:
This discrepancy between interest data and real employment
composition indicates that there may be reasons other than
sex differences in interests that can account for gender
disparity in science and mathematics.[0] https://becauseits2015.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/a-non-femini...
> Read the link cited with that sentence and you might understand it
better. It is saying that gender issues which affect men are not taken
seriously and are discarded.
It's hard to accept that there is nuance in the memo, because it's only found in broad sentences like this one:
> Differences in distributions of traits between men and women may in part
explain why we don't have 50% representation of women in tech and
leadership.
What about all these documented biases? Surely these are affecting womens' careers too:
* Men get better assignments. https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-in-the-workplace-a-research-ro...
* People assume mothers to be inherently less competent and less committed than fathers. https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-in-the-workplace-a-research-ro...
* Women negotiate as often as men, but face pushback when they do. https://womenintheworkplace.com/
* Women get less access to senior leaders. https://womenintheworkplace.com/
* Women ask for feedback as often as men, but are less likely to receive it. https://womenintheworkplace.com/
* Women get less useful feedback than men. https://hbr.org/2016/04/research-vague-feedback-is-holding-w...
* Women get criticized more than men. http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias...
* Women are more frequently characterized as “too agressive”. https://www.wsj.com/articles/gender-bias-at-work-turns-up-in...
* Women leaders face higher standards and lower rewards than men leaders. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/double-bind
* Women leaders are perceived as competent or liked, but rarely both. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/double-bind
* Women’s code is accepted more often than men’s, but only if gender is hidden. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35559439
Sure, he says that innate traits are only part of the cause. But the rest of his essay implies they are the primary cause.
> We have extensive government and Google programs, fields of study, and legal and social norms to protect women, but when a man complains about a gender issue issue [sic] affecting men, he’s labelled as a misogynist and whiner[10].
"Gender issue issue", as in complaining that gender issues are taken too seriously?
Damore kept saying he acknowledges that sexism exists, but none of his suggestions actually address it. It's as though he paid just it enough lip service to scrape by. The thrust of his argument is that the gender gap can be entirely explained by personal choices or innate qualities.
I agree the rebuttal gets off to a rocky start because the assumptions seem hyperbolic. It gets better by the end, as each one is explained.
The assumptions are stated bluntly, but I don't find them inaccurate.
The rebuttal gets off to a rocky start, but each assumption is explained. If you object to a particular one, please point it out.
When only a small fraction of shares are on the market, it's quite easy to manipulate the price higher... buying pressure goes a relatively long way.
If you can get 1% of your shares to be worth $100k, it now appears as though you are a $10 million company. This makes you appear reputable.
Drive hype about your "valuable" company, and once the stock is sufficiently pumped, dump your shares for profit.
Chromium-based browsers are being “infested” by Instart Logic tech
which works around blockers and worst, around browser privacy
settings (they may start “infecting” Firefox eventually, but that
is not happening now).
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-I...
I used to think Purism was a sham, but now that the ME can be neutered I find it an acceptable compromise.
I wish he had posted the anti-echo-chamber parts on their own, instead of using them to decorate an argument on gender differences.
Additionally, the manual tells you how to adjust the default boot settings.
After years of dealing with poor documentation, it takes some habit-building in order to check the openbsd manual every time you have a question. On Linux my first impulse is Google/StackOverflow.