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Yeah, this is really, really far from an apples-to-apples comparison. First of, the test dataset size is trivially small for usecases where big data systems are typically applied. …

> And he is not saying that you are a "freak" or "biological anomaly", he is talking about aggregated, statistical differences. He provides no evidence to back the conclusions he d…

What business does this guy have deciding what does or doesn't empower women in tech? Where is his evidence or personal experience here? I'm certainly no expert in this area, but c…

He may have not told his direct teammates they lowered the bar but he certainly implied that women and underrepresented groups have at a whole at Google: > The Harm of Google’s bia…

> And listed data and studies to back up his claim. That it is controversial, does not mean it isn't true, and you haven't refuted it, simply stated it as if on it's face should ha…

> fired from a tech company for "perpetuating gender stereotypes"... Fired from a tech company for publishing a company-wide memo insinuating that some of his coworkers are, on ave…

There has been absolutely zero concrete evidence presented that indicates it was Seth Rich. I fail to see how this is anything more than a conspiracy theory being promoted by membe…

> Steve Jobs was brilliant at coming up with new products By my count, Jobs shepherded the following hit products (I'm giving the Apple ][ to Woz): - Macintosh (1984) - iPod (2001)…

The most concerning thing to me is that after recognizing the parallels between the Trump campaign and the Silicon Valley ethos Altman's response wasn't to be introspective and con…

> Both Facebook Messenger & WeChat has no integration to iOS 10 CallKit and Siri Messenger has had CallKit integration for quite a while now.

As a user, I trust Apple far more with push notifications than I would a third party.

> Yes, there's an argument that there is very little user benefit from having multiple push notification services. But there's no inherent benefit to having Apple's service be the …

As a macOS user, I'm pretty pleased Apple is discouraging the use of the Touch Bar as yet more real estate for 'innovative' developers to plaster unwanted notifications or other di…

Doesn't holding down the "fn" key bring them all back though?

I will never for the life of me understand why pointing out that some people have been fortunate to have an easier path in life than others is so offensive to some folks. I think p…

The Puget Sound population is actually 4.2 million as of 2012 [1], assuredly a bit larger now. I'd call it a moderately-large metro area. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_So…

Setting aside personal preference and the vast differences in play between the two sports, you also need to consider the number of games played in a season. An NFL team plays 16 ga…

Yes, because helping people is just the worst.

I can't help but think that they should've done this 2 years ago. While it's true that this could have accelerated the exodus of users from BB to iOS/Android, I think a cross-platf…

I would think that the partners at Google Ventures who spent weeks interviewing and vetting (and ultimately hiring) Siegler would have a much better idea of his qualifications for …

> Within two months, Allegra was given an internship at Apple. But just over a year later, Allegra says he was suddenly let go for failing to respond to an email that would have ex…