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pillsburysoldier posted:Here's my manifesto about why the people working across from me and around me don't deserve their jobs + why I don't respect them. Yeah I love how people are gonna frame this poo poo as "censorship" and "the war on white men" when its like, nah, nah brah, you can't send a mass email to everyone at the company about how you have nothing but contempt for a huge chunk of your coworkers and then act like it's all cool, get hosed rear end in a top hat.
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pillsburysoldier posted:Here's my manifesto about why the people working across from me and around me don't deserve their jobs + why I don't respect them. Why won't you let me express my disdain for people with different genitals and melanin levels than my own, harassing them in the workplace and causing them to feel unsafe and unwanted in the corporate environment created by Google? Stop infringing on my freedom of speech, you fascist! (ps - it's about ethics in tech sector workplace commentary) Lightning Knight posted:Yeah I love how people are gonna frame this poo poo as "censorship" and "the war on white men" when its like, nah, nah brah, you can't send a mass email to everyone at the company about how you have nothing but contempt for a huge chunk of your coworkers and then act like it's all cool, get hosed rear end in a top hat. I mean, it begs the question: how did he think this was going to turn out? Did he think people were going to look at it, say, "Ah!", and then laud him as the new philosopher king? Majorian fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Most of the initial emigres from Cuba were the families that were profiting from or assisting in the corruption of the Batista regime, or as previously said, they lost land, and as Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor once said, 'it's the only thing they're not making more of.' They're upset that they were forced to 'reset' the course of their lives and aren't hideously wealthy now after three generations of exploitation. It'd be like if in Casino the Italians came in and forced all the cowboys out, and the cowboys and their descendants spent the rest of their lives shaking their fists in rage from their exiles in Colorado and California. This might be more appropriate for Cinema Discusso but since I can't resist I've gotta recommend that anyone interested in a different look at the Cuban revolution should check out the 1964 film I Am Cuba - it's a russian propaganda film made in Cuba with primarily Cuban actors (and some very amusing russians playing americans.) It was from a technical standpoint way ahead of it's time and did all kinds of groundbreaking scenes and shots, and was just a fantastically made bit of surreal communist propaganda - really good poo poo. At the time it was released Russian and Cuban audiences didn't care for the very surrealistic and honestly weird feature (I can't remember 100% but I think it was at one point declared counter-revolutionary) and only actually got officially released in the states in the 90's despite being hugely popular and influential with quite a few big name directors. It's a pain in the butt to track down due to not being on any streaming sites but it's worth going out and watching despite being, y'know, an old russian propaganda film. If anyone is interested in the art of the time it will help give you an idea about how a lot of Cubans felt about the Batista regime (and the American's who supported it - they really figured out how to make us look pretty villainous) This is one of my favorite film scenes ever
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VitalSigns posted:We didn't come within one vote of ending Medicaid; the skinny repeal that failed 49-51 only removed the mandate and left Medicaid alone. Gonna go get my pitchfork. E: Just in case: I'm not mocking you with the pitchfork comment. Kylra fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Re: that Google manifesto. If http://heavy.com/tech/2017/08/james-damore-google-diversity-memo/ is to be believed, this is the guy who wrote it and  he looks exactly like you'd expect: 
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Dad Jokes posted:Re: that Google manifesto. If http://heavy.com/tech/2017/08/james-damore-google-diversity-memo/ is to be believed, this is the guy who wrote it and I row dumbbells that weigh more than that dweeb.
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Torpor posted:People seem to discount how hard it is to immigrate to most any country when talking about the US. It's kind of apples and oranges comparing the US to other countries because US has really weird idiosyncrasies like nationality quotas (which would be expressly forbidden in a lot of other developed countries as discriminatory) and green card lotteries, which aren't necessarily a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but still matter. On the other hand the definition of family member used for immigration into the US is much wider than everywhere else, and RAISE would actually bring the US in line with other industrial countries in that respect. Language requirements outside of naturalization are fairly rare outside of English-speaking jurisdictions because no one is seriously going to expect you to learn their moon language. I'm excluding intra-EU immigration here because it really is very straightforward compared to anything else. By and large I'd describe the US system as having more potential lanes for immigration than most, but having worse bureaucracy and wait times than most as well. The idea of needing a lawyer's help for something as simple as immigrating as the spouse of someone who's already a citizen is strange. The US also has way way way more illegal immigration and stays, but this is 1) by and large integrated into the local economy, 2) not that significant in a highly decentralized country without national population registries where fact of residency is more important than more abstract citizenship, also, 3) the aforementioned horrible bureaucracy makes it understandable. My only real worry with illegal/irregular immigration is that it places people outside of the protective umbrella of the law when it comes to health and safety, taxes and receiving fair pay. It makes people vulnerable to exploitation, so there should be safeguards for people without the right papers who have been made victims. But this umbrella's full of holes in the US anyway and the current ICE lunacy is forcing people even more underground than before. This is worse than anything paperless immigrants can cause themselves. E.g. there's very little illegal staying in the Nordic countries in comparison because every single interaction with any state agency, bank, employer, etc. involves having to prove your identity and, if necessary, right of residence. Your right of residence is stored in a database that agencies can read if it's necessary, or you have to show a certificate, a residence permit card, etc. You either have to go really underground or you end up leaving. In the US it's a lot easier to not have the right paperwork but still go to school, go to the hospital, go to work, etc. and essentially have a normal life. In the press there are a lot of US cases where the deportees would not ever get deported under these so-called strict immigration regimes because of existing family or work ties, instead you could just get a permit. So one of the contradictions in the US system is that through negligence and inefficiency, it allows people to integrate, but then kicks them out for not having crossed their Ts and dotted their Is. The Nordic welfare states try to keep you out but if you do get in and settle and integrate, they try to make it work for everyone before kicking you out.
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Dad Jokes posted:Re: that Google manifesto. If http://heavy.com/tech/2017/08/james-damore-google-diversity-memo/ is to be believed, this is the guy who wrote it and 
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Dad Jokes posted:Re: that Google manifesto. If http://heavy.com/tech/2017/08/james-damore-google-diversity-memo/ is to be believed, this is the guy who wrote it and The more I read computational theoretical biology studies, the more I think it's done over the course of a week or two and the rest of the time is spent dicking around, looking at his papers
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How easy is it to immigrate to Canada? That's like the only good comparison as far as developed, non-authoritarian nations go due to geography.
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Majorian posted:I mean, it begs the question: how did he think this was going to turn out? Did he think people were going to look at it, say, "Ah!", and then laud him as the new philosopher king?  " and everyone will go "oh my God I thought I was the only one, I don't have to be politically correct anymore" and women will be relieved to quit their jobs and go back to the kitchen where they always wanted to be, and black people will say "I'm so happy I don't have to pretend to be your intellectual equal anymore, and I can just shine shoes and whistle without a care in the world" etc etc, and all the liberal atheist professors who had pulled the wool over everyone's eyes would stammer out "diversity is good, banning diversity of opinions on segregation is anti-diversity, oh no that's bad, segregation is the true diversity, segregation is good" and disappear in a puff of logicSo basically he thought that would happen.
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Whole movie is on dailymotion actually. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ib48s
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Azhais posted:Whole movie is on dailymotion actually. Well I'm stupid and thank you! edit: Seriously though if anyone has a spare couple hours they should watch this. I'm gonna say you're a neoliberal if you don't. Picard Day fucked around with this message at 08:41 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Dad Jokes posted:Re: that Google manifesto. If http://heavy.com/tech/2017/08/james-damore-google-diversity-memo/ is to be believed, this is the guy who wrote it and omg  A guy who looks like that should not be hoping that eugenics catches on with most Americans.
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Majorian posted:I mean, it begs the question: how did he think this was going to turn out? Did he think people were going to look at it, say, "Ah!", and then laud him as the new philosopher king? He's an engineer.
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Supposedly, he only initially shared it with a small group and one of them was  and shared it to the larger company internal system and from there the press. Still can't have a guy who has such immense contempt for so many of his coworkers around, writing bullshit ten page screeds about neurotic women and the poor mens.
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Lightning Knight posted:Supposedly, he only initially shared it with a small group and one of them was By all accounts, he was a brilliant student, shining himself into many top programs and research projects. He likely didn't finish his PhD in systems biology. I think a wide part of his disenchantment was being a just run-of-the-mill engineer at Google, and that he found himself not getting jerked off like he used to. Naturally, he blamed others, because none of them could ever possibly do that job like he is so sure he could.
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Says the guy that on multiple occasions begged people for money to save him from bankruptcy and has the balls to not only proclaim himself fabuously wealthy on his own but critiques others on what they do with their money
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pillsburysoldier posted:By all accounts, he was a brilliant student, shining himself into many top programs and research projects. He likely didn't finish his PhD in systems biology. I think a wide part of his disenchantment was being a just run-of-the-mill engineer at Google, and that he found himself not getting jerked off like he used to. Naturally, he blamed others, because none of them could ever possibly do that job like he is so sure he could. I mean it's the quintessential expression of "equality feels like oppression to the privileged," I dipped into the Reddit thread and about three comments in they'd started on the "affirmative action is racist against white people, the process should be colorblind" talking points. It shouldn't surprise anyone that the libertarian techbro class really wants everyone to operate as if people were already equal and structural inequality didn't exist/has already been solved.
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Lightning Knight posted:Yeah basically. The alt-right is hugely steeped in anti-semitism and perpetuation of conspiracy theories related to such. See also "globalism," a term they use as shorthand to assert that both free trade policies and multiculturalism are evil Jewish elitist conspiracies. TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if George Soros being brought up in recent right-wing conspiracy culture was at the hand of the Russians, considering how intertwined those two entities are. Soros was relatively an unknown billionaire during the '80s and '90s, like Warren Buffet, who, like Buffet, backed liberal causes. The key thing (outside of the Jewish angle) is that Soros was a supporter of and donor to various freedom movements in Eastern Europe, like, I believe, Poland's Solidarity, which would obviously make him a global enemy to the recalcitrant reactionary Russians looking to rebuild their former glories. It also ties in heavily to both "paid protester" and "foreign/CIA meddling into others' election" memes, since being a donor meant that he was essentially subsidizing these movements into overthrowing Russian hegemony.
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Young Freud posted:TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if George Soros being brought up in recent right-wing conspiracy culture was at the hand of the Russians, considering how intertwined those two entities are. Soros was relatively an unknown billionaire during the '80s and '90s, like Warren Buffet, who, like Buffet, backed liberal causes. The key thing (outside of the Jewish angle) is that Soros was a supporter of and donor to various freedom movements in Eastern Europe, like, I believe, Poland's Solidarity, which would obviously make him a global enemy to the recalcitrant reactionary Russians looking to rebuild their former glories. It also ties in heavily to both "paid protester" and "foreign/CIA meddling into others' election" memes, since being a donor meant that he was essentially subsidizing these movements into overthrowing Russian hegemony. ehhhhhhhhh Republicans were obsessing over Soros during the early Tea Party days too, he's not a new boogeyman. I bet you could find plenty of material claiming he was behind the Clintons back in the '90s. The simpler answer is that Republicans have always been anti-Semitic, and their pro-Israel stance is more of a strategic position for hawks, subscription to fringe religious beliefs, and support of ethno-states that oppress Muslims. 
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pillsburysoldier posted:By all accounts, he was a brilliant student, shining himself into many top programs and research projects. He likely didn't finish his PhD in systems biology. I think a wide part of his disenchantment was being a just run-of-the-mill engineer at Google, and that he found himself not getting jerked off like he used to. Naturally, he blamed others, because none of them could ever possibly do that job like he is so sure he could. Pro tip for would be stemlord graduates hoping to have a career in the tech industry: prepare to be humbled. There are many people smarter than you and they enjoy the gently caress out of putting your idiot rear end in your place.
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Mustached Demon posted:prepare to be humbled. There are many people smarter than you and they enjoy the gently caress out of putting your idiot rear end in your place. This applies to anything you do in life.
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Mustached Demon posted:Pro tip for would be stemlord graduates hoping to have a career in the tech industry: prepare to be humbled. There are many people smarter than you and they enjoy the gently caress out of putting your idiot rear end in your place. So you're saying I should get a head start and already begin blaming women and minorities before I get hired in the industry?
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I'm way ahead of you, I'm nice to women but they always go for the handsome jerk.
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Shuka posted:I'm way ahead of you, I'm nice to women but they always go for the handsome jerk. If you get enough nice points then the women will definitely owe you something. Or if you get enough money you can just grab them by the pussy because you have so many money points that there are no longer consequences for sexual assault. Trump being president could in no way be emboldening regressive assholes like this to be releasing stupid manifestos.
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Never forget: women are sex vending machines that require negging instead of quarters. Negging too none of that niceness poo poo.
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Oh, that dude also says he plans on suing Google for wrongful termination. Isn't this the textbook definition of a frivolous lawsuit?
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Al-Saqr posted:Anti Muslim bigots protest islam by.... playing the call to prayer at fajr time... Who is the reciter? His voice is beautiful
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Mr Interweb posted:Oh, that dude also says he plans on suing Google for wrongful termination. not really, no? it's a suit he's likely to lose, doesn't make it frivolous.
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pillsburysoldier posted:Here's my manifesto about why the people working across from me and around me don't deserve their jobs + why I don't respect them. If you had a snowplow for a penis and lived in Montana, you would not be wrong.
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Al-Saqr posted:What i really don't get is why the Cuban Americans have such a vicious outlook on Cuba as a country, like, surely they must realize that liberalizing relations would open the door to them pouring money and investing in the country and opening a big fat door to them becoming really wealthy and influential instead of forcing Cuban people to suffer in this embargo just out of pure spite, like gently caress you guys lost and Castro lived a long life and died a hero respected by all just turn the fuckig page and help rebuilt that poor as gently caress island. Because they want their
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When I wake up at 6am on a day off and there are no new delirious, rambling tweets from our Commander In Chief is when I feel he has truly let down this nation.  
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Picard Day posted:This might be more appropriate for Cinema Discusso but since I can't resist I've gotta recommend that anyone interested in a different look at the Cuban revolution should check out the 1964 film I Am Cuba - it's a russian propaganda film made in Cuba with primarily Cuban actors (and some very amusing russians playing americans.) It was from a technical standpoint way ahead of it's time and did all kinds of groundbreaking scenes and shots, and was just a fantastically made bit of surreal communist propaganda - really good poo poo. That flying tracking shot at the end. How....I mean, I didn't even see any rigging...
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TyroneGoldstein posted:That flying tracking shot at the end. How....I mean, I didn't even see any rigging... The power of the proletariat, I assume 
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TyroneGoldstein posted:That flying tracking shot at the end. How....I mean, I didn't even see any rigging... I'm not a big fan of long, single tracking shots (they kind of come off as pretentious to me), but I do appreciate the sheer effort and organization required to accomplish them. And that one in particular...  Like, I'm fascinated by literally how they achieved that!
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TyroneGoldstein posted:That flying tracking shot at the end. How....I mean, I didn't even see any rigging... I think it was hanging below a cable running to the top of the building at the end on the left
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Azhais posted:I'm sure the Trump administration has a place for him. They better get in line: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/894834730461483008 
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VitalSigns posted:We didn't come within one vote of ending Medicaid; the skinny repeal that failed 49-51 only removed the mandate and left Medicaid alone. Single payer in CA is a non-starter until we have a federal government that will let the state re-direct Medicare and Medicaid funds to support it. With that in mind, it's no wonder that the Speaker shelved the bill rather than waste time writing a comprehensive bill (which really should have been written by the Senate before they passed their bill). It's not like we don't have plenty of other priorities that we actually can write legislation to address (their taking up a housing bill when they come back from recess cause we have a major housing crisis). They also have existing healthcare legislation that they have to write since the Coordinated Care Initiative needs to be re-written before In Home Supportive Services blows out county budgets. We've got one of the best exchanges and Medicaid programs in the nation; Medi-Cal now covers 1 in 3 Californians. There's enough support that we'll eventually get some kind of UHC, but it's not gonna happen under this federal administration. Trying to blame Dems for is not happening now is childish pouting that ignores the reality of the situation.
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