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 Tags: personal, software industry
 Status: draft
 
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+So much for the rationalists (previous posts)
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+At least, that was the vision _I_ internalized in the late 'aughts. Others who were present may remember things slightly differently.
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+And so, as I previously blogged, it was _kind of a shock_ in 2016 when I moved to "Portland" (which is actually Berkeley), noticed that 
+
 
 February has been a pretty exciting month for me in terms of advancing in my chosen profession!
 
@@ -28,6 +36,8 @@ I remember being at the University in 'aught-six or 'aught-seven, reading a libr
 
 karaoke: "Reflection" as trans anthem, I said "It permits many interpretations"
 
+telling the woman in our karaoke group that she should sing the female part, but I wouldn't have if there had been a trans woman present
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 ReductRS tweet, I probably looked annoyed rather than mirthful
 
 it's not actually engaging with the 
@@ -129,6 +139,19 @@ progressive virtue signaling—but when I say it, it's not just a sneer; it's a
 
 https://twitter.com/zackmdavis/status/1084628483748184064
 
-test case: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/12/clarification-to-sacred-principles-as-exhaustible-resources/
+test case: http://web.archive.org/web/20200111125910/https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/12/clarification-to-sacred-principles-as-exhaustible-resources/
 
 https://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/10/james-watson-tells-inconvenient-truth_296.php
+—
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+stepping over the line in babyserver and #arabeth
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+most of the ill will is on my side
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+From the standpoint of a cultural minority, it feels like the dominant culture is constantly microaggressing against your interests, and sometimes you want to push back in self-defense, with the justification that they started it. But from the dominant culture's perspective, it was just being itself, and the "pushback" is the aggression, and the minority started it.
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+Tail didn't even want to Tweet me?!?
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+the oragnaizer of the Quillette meetup wanted to talk about black dysfunction, and I felt the discomfort of "Why are you interested in this topic?"
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+the pain of being values-aligned but not ideology-aligned