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I referenced post-WW2 Germany for their demonstrated ability to deal with a past national sin. Sorry, I thought that was an obvious reference. Edit: Did you really miss the word "after" ?
> Did you really miss the word "after"? Nope. That's why I said "so close".
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I really can't upvote this enough. I've experienced both sides of this as a transgender woman. As a relatively effeminate man, I failed to fit in with the culture of "cocksure masculinity" as the OP calls it. But as a woman it's a whole lot worse. The problem has the same cause and hits both genders, but it really does hit women harder. For instance, men might find they need to shout to get their voice heard because…
The best example of objective evidence for this I have seen is: https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/money/96443300/the-names-the-... Where a male and female colleague swapped names in all correspondence, and she (with a temporary male name) was astounded at how easy work was, while he (with a temporary female name) was perplexed by how much harder his job became. And I'm guessing you have seen: http://www.econ.nyu.edu/use…
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> of so much of it ... but how do you know? How could anybody know that?
Believe it or not, on gender, it is actually possible for most of us (men) to verify this empirically. As a cis male, one way to do this is to represent yourself as female, and see how much more you get questioned. You don't have to go so far as to cross-dress -- you could simply sign an email with a majority-female name in the signature.
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The original iPhone did $745M in revenue before the iPhone 3G was released (not 100% sure if that the one you're talking about since there was never a phone called the iPhone 3). Not exactly 'nobody'...
Then why did the price drop 4x and sales grew 3x with the iPhone 3g? Seriously, if price wasn't a problem and Ballmer was wrong, why did Apple even drop the price? Truth is this wasn't that long ago, I still remember it, and the price drop was a huge deal to a lot of people. Articles like these were everywhere. https://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090622.html
Lower prices definitely had benefits, but 3/4 of a billion dollars in revenue clearly shows that many people would buy such an expensive phone.
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I hadn't seen that study before, and I have a lot of thoughts on it. Most of all I'd be interested to see how it changed. (For one thing, the term "transsexual" now is feels so dated it's borderline offensive) To briefly sum up a very complex issue on which I have a lot of feelings, I find that it's more common for transfeminine people (vs. transmasculine ones) to wind up in a kind of "uncanny valley" of gender that…
> how can I really know how others see me? I am a middle aged guy in NZ with a fairly broad social range, that includes a few MTF transsexuals§ by association. Within their social circles and far wider than that, everyone is aware that they are a transsexual, and I perceive that they often get lumped into a third category (that isn't male or female). Strangers will be completely natural towards a non-obvious transsex…
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It existed for Surface Pro 2 ( https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-5VX-00001-Surface-Power-Key... ) but was thick and didn't sell as well as the regular so it was discontinued.
Sort of. That cover was designed to increase the battery life of the device itself- it didn't work as a detachable keyboard, and it was very bulky, like you mentioned. I'm thinking something more like a button cell that would get you a day's worth of unattached work simply as a wireless keyboard, then recharge when it's clipped back on at night.
They actually did come out with an accessory that would attach onto the keyboard and do that, but it also was discontinued a long time ago.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-quietly-discontinues...
I assume both devices didn't do well enough on their own (otherwise they'd still be made today) to justify creating one that did both.
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Sort of. That cover was designed to increase the battery life of the device itself- it didn't work as a detachable keyboard, and it was very bulky, like you mentioned. I'm thinking something more like a button cell that would get you a day's worth of unattached work simply as a wireless keyboard, then recharge when it's clipped back on at night.
Oh sorry, I missed that part of your comment. They actually did come out with an accessory that would attach onto the keyboard and do that, but it also was discontinued a long time ago. https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-quietly-discontinues... I assume both devices didn't do well enough on their own (otherwise they'd still be made today) to justify creating one that did both.