Frogmanv2 posted:
She was the woman who wrote the launch program for NASA for the first shuttle launches right? iirc she did it all by hand.
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Quotas are put in place because organisations without them have less minorities than they are represented in society. Affirmative action is often misconstrued to be someone getting a job with lower qualifications than someone else, when the reality it's the minority getting a job as they are equal with everyone else. Bias is well documented even in people with the best intentions. We favour those with whom we identify the most. Bias is the less qualified person getting the job as a requiter identifies with them more.
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tithin posted:She was the woman who wrote the launch program for NASA for the first shuttle launches right? iirc she did it all by hand. and also coined the term "writing code"
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tithin posted:She was the lass who wrote the launch program for NASA for the first shuttle launches right? iirc she did it all by hand. Programing is a great example as the detail involved was originally seen as "women's work". Guess what happened when computers began taking off.
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LibertyCat posted:My understanding is the bulk of female "computers" were doing mathematical grunt work, and were not designing algorithms like higher skilled programmers today
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tithin posted:She was the woman who wrote the landing program for NASA for the first shuttle launches right? iirc she did it all by hand. Thats what she is standing next to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist) But women just do mathematical grunt work, and dont design algorithms. Except all the ones that dont.
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Gorbash posted:In other news, Bob Ellis has died Aww, he was a great ratbag. Very few know how to ratbag any more.
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EvilElmo posted:Seems to be the Greens campaign approach. why don't you approve a coal mine about it
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 13:30 |
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Wait for when he reads up about who coined the word "bug" for a program error. And I wonder who was a mathematician and invented the first machine algorithm? An actual programming language was even named after her! Gosh, what treasures abound to the newly-expanding mind
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Will admit, she looks sort of like Harry Potter
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SeekOtherCandidate posted:why don't you approve a coal mine about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR_X6PrASho&t=50s EvilElmo fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Apr 3, 2016 |
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Classy. Thats sure to win people over with a well rounded argument.
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 13:40 |
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LibertyCat posted:My understanding is the bulk of female "computers" were doing mathematical grunt work, and were not designing algorithms like higher skilled programmers today We are literally at the stage
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Lizard Combatant posted:This legit sounds interesting, got any good links/books? Debt: The first 5000 years by David Graeber is pretty good. https://libcom.org/files/__Debt__The_First_5_000_Years.pdf John Green basically gives a high school level overview of it in this video if you're feeling lazy though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94BtOtGVqLw
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 14:12 |
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EvilElmo posted:Seems to be the Greens campaign approach. Are they, though? I mean, really? Or are they just trying to blindly and aimlessly point-score? Because anyone who cares would know this is bullshit... and the people who don't know it's bullshit don't care. So it's not just a lie, it's a lie to no end.
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I don't understand supporting a party that always finds more ways to sink deeper into corruption.
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 14:20 |
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LibertyCat posted:You can't really compare what the average WW2 "computer" did vs a programmer today. Given the logical structure of this sentence, I take it that you are a woman?
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LibertyCat, after you (and others) mentioned you would do more research into the civilization level of Australian aboriginals, I did some quick googling (because it's something I wanted to know more about as well, and I enjoy learning) and posted an article I found. I'd like to know 1) if you read the article, and if so 2) what effect, if any, it had on your perception of Australian aboriginal culture.
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 14:35 |
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Where the gently caress is the fire alarm? We need an evacuation asap god damnit, and we need everyone out yesterday.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:I want an app for Bronwyn Bishop's expenses. "Choppr"?
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MaliciousOnion posted:LibertyCat, after you (and others) mentioned you would do more research into the civilization level of Australian aboriginals, I did some quick googling (because it's something I wanted to know more about as well, and I enjoy learning) and posted an article I found. I was interested too, and started reading the article you posted. I stopped because I'm not actually researching the subject and have no desire to read something so dry and uncompelling. It's the weekend, can't learning at least be entertaining?
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Measly Twerp posted:I was interested too, and started reading the article you posted. I stopped because I'm not actually researching the subject and have no desire to read something so dry and uncompelling. It's the weekend, can't learning at least be entertaining? There's another crash-course video that deals with the problematisation of civilisation in a slightly more entertaining way I guess. It's not directly about indigenous Australians but, they do discuss swidden agriculture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzi9GNZFMU WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Apr 3, 2016 |
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DeathMuffin fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Apr 3, 2016 |
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Frogmanv2 posted:Bonus points if you dont know who she is and what she is standing next to. I did, and yes I do. You don't need to bring up Ada Lovelace / Grace Hopper et al either. The point is these individuals are exceptional. They are not representative of the huge piles of human "computers" employed earlier. The Turing quote I posted earlier shows what the responsibilities of that role were. Nowhere did I say that there is anything inherent in women that makes them worse programmers. My belief is the best programmers seem to have be interested from an early age, and trying to attract women at age 20 or so misses the boat.
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LibertyCat posted:My belief is the best programmers seem to have be interested from an early age, and trying to attract women at age 20 or so misses the boat. Yeah, you need to get people early but you also don't want to lose them just because some dickheads on a recruitment panel chose John instead of Jane.
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Any y'all nerds coming to the protest this morning?
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thatbastardken posted:Any y'all nerds coming to the protest this morning? As a certified Leaner, I actually have class, sorry.
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thatbastardken posted:Any y'all nerds coming to the protest this morning? Me
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Which protest?
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 23:11 |
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Pro reef rabble-rousing at parliament in brisbane
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ewe2 posted:Wait for when he reads up about who coined the word "bug" for a program error. And I wonder who was a mathematician and invented the first machine algorithm? An actual programming language was even named after her! Gosh, what treasures abound to the newly-expanding mind Just gruntwork mate.
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You can point to women who were successful in business in that era too. Cherry picking examples of successful women doesn't change the fact that most women who worked with computers, like most women who worked at all, were generally given low responsibility roles.
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open24hours posted:You can point to women who were successful in business in that era too. Cherry picking examples of successful women doesn't change the fact that most women who worked with computers, like most women who worked at all, were generally given low responsibility roles. Just because they were only given low responsibility doesn't mean that's all they could handle. Surely you can understand that.
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Obviously, but only now are they starting to get an opportunity to show that. There were some exceptional women in early computing, but pretending it was some sort of egalitarian utopia compared to other industries doesn't help anyone.
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Did everybody suddenly forget that IWC is a thing or something?
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Nice little protest, not a bad crowd for short notice
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Recoome posted:Yeah but there's still kids in Nauru, this is pretty misleading ewe2 posted:Aww, he was a great ratbag. Very few know how to ratbag any more. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/tributes-flow-for-writer-journalist-bob-ellis/7295744 quote:Throughout his career he wrote more than 20 books, including bestseller Goodbye Jerusalem, 200 poems, 100 songs, and 2,000 film reviews. -/- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/verrender-workers-are-picking-up-the-tab-for-our-budget-deficit/7295740 quote:Workers are picking up the tab for our budget deficit OPINION By Ian Verrender Posted about 3 hours ago
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open24hours posted:Obviously, but only now are they starting to get an opportunity to show that. There were some exceptional women in early computing, but pretending it was some sort of egalitarian utopia compared to other industries doesn't help anyone. I don't think anyone did? They pointed to it as an example of the social construction of women's work. It's a great example because of how often are used to say that women just aren't interested in programming.
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4 Corners has an expose about off shore tax havens tonight. I haven't seen any reference to anyone in Australia or the US mentioned yet. I would think it will impact the election, if any current politicians are mentioned. Should there be some very worried people looking at their assets right now? I for one, have full confidence in the regulators not doing anything. Comstar fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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"If Annastacia Palaszczuk and her ministers were smacking their lips at the heroic prices her southern neighbours have just won in privatising NSW electricity, their ambitions for a truckload of cash from the sale of Powerlink will have been quickly tempered by the state treasury. So lavish are the dividends which the Queensland government derives from Powerlink that Treasury is loath to bid it farewell. You can't blame them; we are talking about a total return on equity of 23 times over 15 years. To put it in perspective, this return is akin to the profits to be had from a tearaway speculative mining company but with all the risk, that is no risk, of a public utility. In a recent energy market presentation, Hugh Grant – not that Hugh Grant – consumer advocate and 30-year electricity industry veteran Hugh Grant, pointed out the Queensland utility typically delivers a 20-30 per cent annual return on equity whereas most ASX companies have struggled to deliver five per cent. As far as state corporations go this is the golden calf (though a golden calf which has come at a heavy cost to consumers). Profits without efficiency Profits from NSW and Victorian electricity market returns have been spectacular too, though Victoria less so, where the assets were privatised 25 years ago. Ironically, the Hugh Grant analysis cites Powerlink as the nation's most inefficient transmission network. This is precisely why the government of Queensland ought to privatise. This writer is not a huge fan of privatisation, but there are times when it makes sense. If Hugh Grant is right, this is the very top of the market. Electricity prices have run too high so if rational markets prevail, and technological advances proceed apace, consumers will progressively shift off the grid. There is already switching in agricultural markets from electricity to diesel pumps. Take-up for solar power continues to rise. More investment is now funnelled into battery technology than if the networks' prices were based on fair returns. $33 billion on the table Moreover, the price recently achieved by Mike Baird's government for the sale of NSW transmission asset Transgrid was a heady 1.65 times book value (regulated asset base – RAB). If Queensland can get the same price, it would achieve a cool $33 billion in spending money for the Queensland government (after paying off the network's debt). What of the conundrum though that once the asset is gone it no longer delivers state revenue yet the regulatory regime is such that consumers will still have onerous electricity prices foisted upon them during private ownership? If you look at Powerlink, here is an asset which has delivered no losses and no low profits in 15 years. Its RAB, during that timeframe has multiplied four times. The Queensland Government's $401 million equity investment in Powerlink has accrued total returns of $9.4 billion, that is, it has returned over 23 times the equity investment. Bear in mind that, like other electricity providers it has managed to do this by gaming the regulators. Wrong incentives Unfortunately, the more money the utilities spend the higher the return they make. They have a disincentive to be efficient. Despite the sophistry of their lawyers and consultants in pushing the Australian Energy Regulator for price rises and the silly schemes such as DORC (depreciated optimised replacement cost) which they deploy for valuation, the sale price of Transgrid is hard evidence the 'market' is not working. As Grant points out, the networks have made many assertions over the past two years that 'return on equity' allowances would: 1. not enable them to recover efficient financing costs, 2. make them unattractive to equity investors, 3. result in lower investment in the network, and 4. significantly increase their financing risks. "The extraordinary sale price achieved by TransGrid makes a mockery of those claims," says Grant. Foretaste of farce Last year's barney in the Australian Competition Tribunal, where the networks sent 40 lawyers in to convince three men that the regulator's efforts to curb electricity prices was a bad thing, is a foretaste of the farce to come. With the networks increasingly privatised – and governments no longer so burdened with the conflict of raking in humungous dividends or giving their citizens price relief – private operators will continue their gaming. But with electricity prices twice as high as they should be and the cost of renewable technologies falling it is only a matter of time before more consumers move off the grid. For the poorest consumer this will not be good, as the networks will recoup their investment from a lower base. While private buyers for the state assets are clearly – if the Transgrid sale price is any indication – expecting a kind run from regulators, in the end this may well be seen to have been the peak of the market. There are two NSW assets still to be sold, stakes in the distributors Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy. Recent reports in the press indicate the price tension has eased with two of the four bidders for Ausgrid said to have pulled out, leaving just two still in the auction.
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