This is why all those "but math!" explanations don't work. CS is worse right now than in the eighties. Every other field got more balanced.https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/893977712569835523 …
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It took me 45 min to set up a Google cloud printer. Why? Google can't write documentation. Maybe y'all aren't so smart and need more help.
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Google products are a mix of great and unbelievably stupid. And it's not me. I started coding in assembly when I was ~12. You need help.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Richard Gay
Maybe they cannot, but then this intelligence thing isn't your pony that counts only for what you narrowly pick.https://twitter.com/willbonds/status/894046088214261760 …
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Also, gee. I've read much better evolutionary psychology arguments. That one was kinda embarrassing. Literally cringed.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ayşe Naz Erkan
Yes. Tech world sorely, badly needs much much more of what that Googler defined as "female skills."https://twitter.com/naz_erkan/status/894058140752166913 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚙
Yep. Making things accessible; good documentation; and anticipating complex human interactions are NOT easy things.https://twitter.com/archwisp/status/894235963806818304 …
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Key isn't who's "smarter." It's what gets defined as smart WHILE complex & maddeningly difficult tasks get treated as not requiring smarts.
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