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I hear story #1 periodically, but almost never see a quote. How is this stuff said specifically? It always seems like hearsay. I'm sure it's authentic, but I'd love to hear the details on how that stuff is actually said in conversation.

Someone asked him this down the thread. He replied that it was said to him. So it’s a first party account.

It's interesting he provides quotes for the other stories, but not this one. And still doesn't in the thread. Again, i'm not debating the authenticity, but is it possible he's inferring that based on something not-so-explicit being said?

I'd love to see/hear the words that people actually say when I hear stories like "they said they wouldn't [invest/buy/etc] from me because i'm a woman".


When I studied comp sci in the early 00s, a prof just flat out told us in a male-only class that women had no place in comp sci. I'm not at all surprised that shitty men are open about their thoughts on women when they assume that they are talking to people who agree with them.

Maybe he wrote his first tweet then thought of putting direct quotes in the next two. Not everything needs to be a conspiracy.

Really sad that people are still walking around with those beliefs.

I came across this thread on twitter this morning but isn't he the CEO / co-founder and he's clearly a man? I guess I don't get the reference. I know he has a co-founder who's a female, maybe she was lead at the time?

"1. A Sequoia partner passed on Cloudflare because he didn’t think a woman could lead a security infrastructure company. Seriously. "


He's referring to Michelle Zatlyn afaict.

"Young Global Leader '14. Co-founder, President + COO Cloudflare"


The fact that you hear this often (also not only from the victims of this) should signal that, even without quotes, there is likely some truth to it.

This doesn’t follow logically.

You mean you once believed he was good at making deals or was that sarcasm?

Trump couldn't care less

The "anti illegal immigrant" crowd ignores, or more likely supports, the systemic racism built into the current immigration system put in place by racist lawmakers throughout the country.

This new policy is no different and is a trap to kick out and never accept back more non-white immigrants.


How is a scheme systemically racist when >50% of 13M green card holders are from Latin/South America and Caribbean?

You can't be serious.


I'm having trouble taking your comment seriously if you think that one number is enough to disprove systemic racism.


That's a strawman.

Even so, you're "having trouble" acknowledging a singular fact that calls a claim into question? Is two facts the magic number? Three? Why is one insufficient?

It'd be more effective to offer an actual reason.


Demanding proof of systemic racism every time it's brought up is kind of gauche and just tiring. You don't have to believe that it exists, but it very much does. I know you're going to clap back at me and say "so you have no argument, got it" and yes I'm not going to present you with one. I'm just telling you the way you're arguing this is kind of lame and incurious.

>I know you're going to...

Well, I'm apparently not in the imagined conversation you're having. Seems insecure to pre-bake an out for a hypothetical.

Never rejected systemic racism exists, but calling everything racist without substance (and accusing people of ignoring system racism without support) erodes meaning.

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Does it actually ban VPNs? or just ban VPNs from being used to access prediction markets?


Interesting methodology


Sad to think of the kind of impact someone like that could have in private sector had they not pursued the phd.


that's a very weird comment to make. the scope for doing novel work and contributing to the canon is almost always zero. its extremely difficult to maneuver yourself into a position where you're permitted to scribble outside the box at all. and those situations where you are often require having a phd and a track record in doing research.


Written in bourbon


It's one thing to say they don't want immigrants taking their jobs. But its a whole other thing to discount foreign investment, giving your people jobs, under your rules...


I feel like Apple's biggest challenges these next 10 years will be logistics, being able to create or take advantage of additional redundancy in the supply chain for their major components.


With Ternus being the new CEO don’t be surprised if Apple takes a more active role in designing around the three Stooges of memory and bring it (the design and engineering) in house like the rest of the Apple Silicon chips.


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