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Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
Side point: beating up a female reporter doesn't make you a mysogynist (it makes you an asshole). Wasn't sure what you meant because of your wording. Our tolerance for entertainers seems to be much higher than for executives. And I doubt many in the tech world think of Dre as a "real" executive. He's there for marketing reasons, but doesn't have much oversight of the day-to-day and the damage he can do is limited. Th…
Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
I believe RadiumOne and Mozilla responded to PR problems, not to the actions of their CEOs.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not that absurd when you factor in the profitability of the headphones business. It's interesting, not because Apple would overpay for what they wanted (they didn't), but because they looked past the most obvious aspect of Beats from a market valuation perspective to the relatively more startup-y aspects of it.
Isn't this SV bias? Beats is startup-y? With 300 employees and $1.5bn revenue? Beats drives a successful marketing business (much like RedBull). I think Apple is buying that. Apple doesn't need to acquire expertise on how to build and sell luxury items.
Cook also said he was looking to the Beats team (Iovine, Dre) to build revolutionary new products for the music industry. So yes, that is in fact why they bought the company, to figure out the next big new technology products & services for music (is iPod still a "luxury"?)
As for the revenue.. that is exactly why I call it a unique deal. Yes, Apple seems more interested in the nascent music service and the team than in the multi-billion dollar accessories business that probably every single other company on the planet would pay more attention to. I mean they're not throwing it away but it definitely got a minor mention relative to the team & music service. For Apple the headphones business doesn't really move the needle much.. they're looking at the next $100B and that's why they're more interested in the "startup-y" aspects of Beats.
Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
The assault charges notwithstanding (I don't really have an answer for that, other than "it was a long time ago", as per other comments), NWA is an interesting case. If you listen to 'Straight out of Compton', one of the defining albums in "gangster rap" as a genre, it paints a picture of LA which is like a dystopian future - where the world is blacks vs whites, people who live on the street vs cops, and where the op…
However, my favorite songs (i.e., the ones that speak to me) have been played several hundred times (and that's only based on iTunes metadata).
Films dazzle our minds. Music sings to your soul.
Apple redefined the mp3 player market, the ultraportable laptop market, the smartphone market, the tablet market, and now they're buying a company that reinvented the higher-end headphone market. Is it smart of a brand that has traditionally created their own iconic images to buy another cultural icon for $3 billion? I don't think so. Maybe this gets used a lot, but would Steve Jobs have done this? Or would he have c…
One possibility: Apple intends to bring its quality and engineering expertise to bear on the Beats product line. They might be thinking that they can take the #1 seller and preserve that position indefinitely by decreasing the price and improving the quality. Apple's supply chain can probably result in better build quality (or a reduction in price for the current builds), and its engineering can probably bring better…
While I applaud your imagination, this seems to go against Apple's vision of elegance and miniaturization (i.e., the perfect technology is invisible).
Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
One thing I feel the need to address, as does N.W.A. in many of their songs... Bitches != All Women (when it comes to oldeschool rap lyrics at least) A "bitch" in ebonics/early-hardcore-rap is a scandalous/hated woman for well known reasons. Like the local gold digger or crack whore which was very prevalent in their societies which they strongly felt the need to address. They're not referring to all women as being bi…
Do you seriously think someone is going to listen to this garbage for an hour each day and then go into society and be polite and respectful to women? You think it doesn't spill over? I know from personal experience that is does. I had friends who started to change the way they talked about and treated women after becoming heave N.W.A listeners. Years later they told me that they felt that it influenced them negatively and that the influence was pervasive. They regretted listening to that trash.
I don't understand people. You think watching porn regularly doesn't affect how you think sex should be (and what you expect from it)? Sex can never live up to a porno, it's a fantasy. Do you think that porn doesn't contribute to sexual harassment/abuse/assault? It's not hard to find lots of men's blogs, books, movies, ETC whom it has heavily affected. Surveys show that it's negative influence is widespread.
Influential things like gangster rap and porn that go into our brains break and form neuro-pathways. They actually shape how we think long term. They are mind altering in a negative way.
People think of them like alcohol. You can drink it now and it will be out of your system in time for work tomorrow morning. This actually is not the case though. These thoughts and images will NEVER leave our minds.
Why is this all a big deal? well here on HN, equality comes up quite often. Women's right to be treated equal, to be free from sexual harassment, and from being treated as inferiors. Do you think Dre's influence in years past and presently has helped women's equality or hurt it? I think the answer is quite obvious.
If you are female, can you imagine being his co-worker, or admin assistant at Apple? How uncomfortable would that be?
Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
Sad this is the top comment in this page. Is feminism really the most important issue for a hacker community?
Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
The justice system takes care of unacceptable social behavior. Everything else is a difference of opinion.