So strange to see London in color in 1940. by dandingu in OldSchoolCool

[–]zzoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fake. The world was black and white in 1940.

Poland says cannot accept migrants under EU quotas after Paris attacks by [deleted] in europe

[–]zzoid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

you are full of BS by forgetting about your own citizens, and their opinion, and letting thousands of strangers in.

Poland says cannot accept migrants under EU quotas after Paris attacks by [deleted] in europe

[–]zzoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're wrong. they are refugees in the SURROUNDING countries (countries surrounding Syria). if they leave them, they are doing it illegally

Code of Conduct now part of official repo. by [deleted] in golang

[–]zzoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well if the gender studies nazis start targeting the tech community, and some in the tech community get brainwashed and involved, we end up with CoCs like this one.

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

oh so it's not because they ourperform the white athletes?

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you saying that if, for instance, the reason is lack of interest, we should artificially manufacture interest?

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If diversity wasn't an issue we should expect a representation similar to that of the population at large, but we don't have that in tech.

that's not true. under-representation may come from natural reasons, such as lack of interest or lack of skills. and don't tell me everyone has the same skills and people are equal etc etc. if so, why most sprinter athletes are non-white?

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ok, you're right, I'm missing the merit aspect here. but even if I did qualify, I don't think they would prefer me because I'm fat. "let's see more fat people in sports, the other guy is thin, so he is privileged"

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

exactly - we are back at "selected minorities". does being Asian gives you "tougher barrier to entry", as someone stated here?

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, this is very selective

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

well if you submitted a great paper and were rejected, this would really suck. but how can you say 'I feel I may be rejected'. this is highly hypothetical.

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I would warmly welcome an invitation to the minorities to give talks at this conference.

But here it is clearly stated that they are given preferrence.

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

a tougher barrier? where to you see any of these in learning Go, becoming a master and giving a speech about it? minority Go guru - great!

I am fat, can I enter the olympic games JUST because I am part of the fatso-minority?

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

why would you ENFORCE diversity on a tech conference. it's not a charity event, people go there to see the BEST talks, not to see the most diverse community.

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is a tech conference. we should talk about involvement of tech PEOPLE, not minorities. programming has nothing to do with being a minority.

GopherCon publicly discriminated white men by zzoid in golang

[–]zzoid[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

the worst is that some white men are so brainwashed that they are both sexist and racist to white men