New startup idea: drunk yoga. Pretty sure flexible cocktails are both profitable and a way to find your inner rainbow voice.
Always find it weird when people can't decipher my English accent. Like being in Being John Malkovich, except with ordering food.
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@paulg I apologize for using that as an example. It was a joke, but one that many felt rang true - not for you, but for the industry.
@esekansaijinben It also comes from biases that investors have. Eg, Paul Graham saying he invests in people who look like Zuckerberg.
@esekansaijinben It's been shown to be true - not by activists, but by researchers - again and again. And it's harmful.
@esekansaijinben Women entrepreneurs are less likely to be funded by venture capital - those checks come from somewhere.
@esekansaijinben I work in the tech industry, and I see systematic discrimination against women; that's bad for the industry & for people.
@esekansaijinben It'd be hard to argue that equal pay, for example, isn't an important goal. Equal opportunies are important.
@esekansaijinben Totally, and I didn't mean to imply that. But, eg, anti-war movements typically have been good (imo); feminism also.
@esekansaijinben My negative reaction to GG is in part from legitimately engaging in the past and being called a "fucking commie" etc.
@esekansaijinben The history of cultural progress is full of important counter-cultural movements, from feminism to anti-war. All beneficial
@esekansaijinben Agree that maintaining debate is really important - and, eg, throwing up straw men is another way of squashing that.
@esekansaijinben I can't imagine why anyone would have a quarrel with someone wanting to take ownership of their identity & appearance.
@erinjo An email account for each finger on your right hand. You can type one-fingered and still answer five emails at once!
@haje @hailpixel I'm not satisfied with anything - but Hangouts seem to work best. Everyone's face is equal, rather than picture-in-picture.
Terrifying news from #Lafayette. I can't imagine.
Why can't we have a real conversation about guns? What does anyone achieve by owning one?
Reaffirming a belief: it's not about where you are, it's who you're with.
@jennyohenry Hi. I'm not finding it so amazing right now. Hundreds of swarmed responses and counting does seem like bullying.
Well, it's safe to say I regret my previous tweet. I'd love to know how this works on the back-end. I'm being swarmed.
@danlyke Don't get me wrong - I was being facetious. #gamergate is a regressive, conservative, anti-change movement.
Every time a gamergate thread has turned up in my feed lately it's been comments about hair dye. It's about conventional hairstyles now?
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