In '85, they would allow total data loss / having to go back to the paper recipe cards as a good solution when the tape drive had no backup :-)

Sun Oct 11 2015 11:57:38 PM EDT from ax25

In '85, they would allow total data loss / having to go back to the paper recipe cards as a good solution when the tape drive had no backup :-)

Which just means "half baked backup / "the cloud"" is the solution..

The correct spelling is: The Cloud (tm)

Do not taunt The Cloud.  The Cloud is your friend.  The Cloud provides all good things to computer everything everywhere.  No chin, no legs.

The Cloud™

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A Liniux user should know how to ™.

That is affirmative action,

Nope ... affirmative action is the forced inclusion of bad code into software projects simply because it was written by people in "protected classes" (what they used to call minorities).

Fuck that noise.  Write good code and it goes into the build, I don't care what color your skin is or what your genitals look like.  Write shitty code and it gets thrown in the trash, even if you look like I do, talk like I do, worship like I do, and fuck like I do.

Software ... at least open source software ... is a true meritocracy that has so far remained untouched by social justice warriors.  It demonstrates quite clearly that we as a society really are capable of living in unity if the special interest fuckheads would just quit their demagoguery.  SJW's seriously need to die in a car fire.  Every one of them, from the stupid cunt chanting mindless slogans on a college campus all the way up to the enemy of Western civilization currently occupying the white house.

yea, had one of that too while I was working at 7val.

Her claim was, that she could program C (they told her so at the college she came from...). But she didn't even know what a pointer was. by any means. So I told her that with that amount of C she may be able to do by now she wouldn't be able to walk into a store and purchase an apple.

"But she's shuch a good fit for the team - social competence" and such. I was given an  admonishment for stretching my competencies. So they hired here to waste half a year of venture capital on her to notice what I said in the first place and fire her again.

Well.

I'd say I've worked with several female programmers, but outstanding talent? well...

Being female, I completely agree with you, IGgy and Fleeb.  

Frankly, I don't want a job, promotion, award, etc. simply because I'm female or Jewish, or <insert other "class" here>.  I want to earn my success, just like anyone else.

That said, I also do not want to be prevented from receiving my just due on the above if I *have* earned it - simply because I'm female or Jewish, or <insert other "class" here>.

Right now, there is far too much of the latter - and far too many people who still expect "favors" in return...regardless of merit (including at my current place of work).

If I've earned the damn promotion, then promote me; if I have not, well then give it to someone who DID earn it.  But don't give it to someone else who did NOT earn it simply (and worse, obviously) because I'm a woman and/or <insert other "class" here> and the other person is not a woman and/or <insert other "class" here>.

Rule of thumb I wish my employer would grok: If a significant percentage of female leadership of a given unit/division/company has deserted ship in a relatively short time span, that is usually a clue that something odd is occurring in that area.  

/rant

Rule of thumb I wish my employer would grok: If a significant percentage of female leadership of a given unit/division/company has deserted ship in a relatively short time span, that is usually a clue that something odd is occurring in that area.  

 I'd generalize that even further.  Any short-term but significant change in the demographics would signal that something is wrong.

When the idea of affirmative action was first introduced, the concept was simply that the demographic breakdown of employees or students or whatever, should roughly match the demographics of the pool of qualified applicants available at that time, and if it didn't, someone should investigate to make sure there is no discrimination going on.  That was the beginning and end of it, and it was a reasonable thing.

Tue Sep 05 2017 10:12:51 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Rule of thumb I wish my employer would grok: If a significant percentage of female leadership of a given unit/division/company has deserted ship in a relatively short time span, that is usually a clue that something odd is occurring in that area.  

 I'd generalize that even further.  Any short-term but significant change in the demographics would signal that something is wrong.

When the idea of affirmative action was first introduced, the concept was simply that the demographic breakdown of employees or students or whatever, should roughly match the demographics of the pool of qualified applicants available at that time, and if it didn't, someone should investigate to make sure there is no discrimination going on.  That was the beginning and end of it, and it was a reasonable thing.

Good point!

Wed Sep 06 2017 12:27:55 PM EDT from fleeb

Frankly, I don't want a job, promotion, award, etc. simply because
I'm female or Jewish, or <insert other "class" here>.  I want to
earn my success, just like anyone else.

True this.

Although, in a funny way, I laugh a bit when someone elects not to hire me because I'm openly gay.

It does me a favor. I don't have to deal with such assholes. I just go elsewhere, knowing that, at the end of the day, they're gonna be a shit company that can't work things out dynamically because they're too invested in their bigotry to permit alternative concepts and ideas to flow into the workplace.

Agree with that.  And at least in that scenario you end up somewhere else, as you said - not dealing with such assholes.  Much worse when they hide it and pretend that they *want* female leaders, when in fact, it's just a smokescreen for the bigotry you spoke of.