I don't like Trump... but the guy made billions ... even tho some people will argue that he avoided paying taxes and other stuff.
Still... he is not stupid, he will not go bananas. I think there will be economic growth in America. Hopefully less corruption and no terrorism. Look at Europe... they have the "open mindset" approach and there are more problems there than anywhere in the world (regarding politics, terrorism and common people not being happy)
> Look at Europe... they have the "open mindset" approach and there are more problems there than anywhere in the world (regarding politics, terrorism and common people not being happy)
What? I'll grant you the corrupt politicians and stupid politics, but you get those anywhere and everywhere.
Terrorism? Yeah, sure it seems to have spiked lately, but if you count mass shootings as terrorism I'd wager the US would have more incidences of terrorism than any European nation. The US is also listed as having a higher rank on the Global Terrorism Index for 2015.
And finally, Europe has some of the most highly rated nations in terms of their citizens' happiness, at least the Scandinavians are enjoying themselves.
Terrorism is such a low priority though, we would be much better off focusing on cutting our mortality rate from car accidents and maternal deaths during pregnancy, we would save waaaay more people from dying with much less funding.
There is no good reason we can't cut maternal deaths to under 100 versus the 670 odd deaths a year currently, we have the infrastructure, just not the willpower to save those 570 women's lives.
We can save a good percentage of those 35k people that die every year, at least a few 9/11's a year with just a bit of funding for traffic safety improvements.
I remember as a kid going to a section of railroad track with my mother, where I then asked her why we were here. She said to me "This is where I saved 4 lives a year, this 6 block section of track." One section of sidewalk and a small wood pedestrian bridge saved 2 to 3 kids and 1 to 2 adults (mostly women on their morning jog) from dying every year.
That was one of her proudest accomplishments, even if it was one of the most minor projects she ever did. Simple safety improvements can save many lives, and economically are a great investment. Every dead person is a net loss for the US economically & socially.
On a tangent here, we can fight for a better future, but we need to get Americans protesting for it in streets all across America.
Trump isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is not stupid. I predict economic growth via another few bubbles under his presidency, and during that I hope to be one of the ones to get in & get out from one of those bubbles.
Not saying my hope to get in & get out is realistic, but I can dream.
Let's wait and see what will happen. I doubt anything crazy will happen. The mass majority of voters decided to go with Trump ... that means there are bigger problems among the common people.
Uhh, what are you smoking, Trump lost the popular vote by 200k votes. Republicans control the House & Senate, what I described above is a rosy version of what they have stated is going to occur. Transit funds are going away, likely faster than Bush got rid of them.
Look at the GOP's policies. They have full control of the legislature and Trump is going to sign whatever Ryan et al pass across his desk. That's terrifying because they're going to bolster Citizens United and continue gutting the Voting Rights Act. They also get a free "however batshit" appointment to the Supreme Court (and potentially 3 more) which strengthens their bolstering and gutting.
It'll be decades before the next 4 years is unravelled.
How must it feel to be a child growing up in a country where the president has demonized you, your whole family and heritage? That must influence how a person sees themselves in the world.
There will definitely be long lasting psychological consequences at minimum.
I don't like reading articles like this one. I hate discrimination and I am amazed that in 2016 we still have it.
I am creating a website that lists companies that are hiring Latinos. Post your tech job here https://goo.gl/forms/CVIMrhigDXicaSUM2 if you are excited working with Latinos.
Who cares? It has absolutely no effect on you, while helping his group of people.
The world would be a better place if people worked on improving their own communities as much as they do policing to make sure nobody else is improving theirs.
Everyone complains. If you're a white or asian male you get absolutely no help with getting hired in tech, getting trained for tech jobs, etc etc.
And by starting a list of companies that hire Latinos, you're implying all other companies don't hire Latinos. I cannot think of a single company who openly discriminates against Latinos, so it's a false premise. It's not like Jim Crow days, where you'd maintain lists of restaurants who would serve black customers.
And the statement "If you are excited working with Latinos" is horrible. I'm excited working with anybody who is competent, easy to get along with, and can teach me things. Why would you be specifically excited about working with Latinos?
> Everyone complains. If you're a white or asian male you get absolutely no help with getting hired in tech, getting trained for tech jobs, etc etc.
The argument goes that if you fall into one of those groups, you are generally helped by being what a lot of people think someone in that role should look like, at a minimum unconsciously and in some cases consciously.
It's not a full articulation of the dynamic behind people's backgrounds and what happens in a hiring process, and so it might not be the best idea to orient initiatives/activism entirely around that, but it's a pretty reasonable point of view.
> The argument goes that if you fall into one of those groups, you are generally helped by being what a lot of people think someone in that role should look like, at a minimum unconsciously and in some cases consciously.
That applies to every single occupation on earth. For instance, it is very unlikely that I will be hired as an English teacher, even though I speak perfect english and grew up in the states.
It's just funny that people want to practice selective diversity. "Hey we want clean high paying tech jobs! But we also don't want to encourage women to become sewage cleaners because those jobs aren't cool. What about the diversity in basketball, both college and pro? Shouldn't there be boot camps targeting asian males to increase diversity on campus?"
It's good that you admit this in public, and validating for women and minorities who are never sure if they weren't hired because they weren't good enough, or because the person doing the hiring was proudly racist or sexist.
> because they weren't good enough, or because the person doing the hiring was proudly racist or sexist.
Or because diversity initiatives have poisoned the hiring process/pool to such a degree that you have to be careful about the very people whose hiring you're supposed to encourage?
I personally don't find either of them offensive and won't complain about either of them, but I do find them discriminatory. You and I apperently have a different definition of discriminatory. I personally find wikipedia's definition close to mine:
"discrimination is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing is perceived to belong to rather than on individual merit."
If you are just posting jobs that explicitly are welcoming of latino candidates then it's not discriminatory, but if you encourage only latinos to apply to said jobs then it is. (at least in my mind).
That's easy to believe when you don't say what "qualified" means. For someone to be 'qualified' for a position, it only need be a good decision for that company to hire that person, which may well be a factor of how the company is perceived by the public.
I guess there will usually be plenty of qualified applicants for any particular position. Typical hiring processes may give scope for picking the one that will fit in best culturally, which would be the opposite to diversity.
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We killed it and will just create a couple of blog posts ... We were expecting more interest from HN community given the fact that this was our main goal .. To help HN community destroy procrastination ... We only had 5 signups
I also use a text file in Sublime but it starts getting messy for me ... I usually write the day tasks and when I finish them I just erase them. I am checking Commit right now, but it looks to simplistic ... and I really hate to use multiple apps, text files
Still... he is not stupid, he will not go bananas. I think there will be economic growth in America. Hopefully less corruption and no terrorism. Look at Europe... they have the "open mindset" approach and there are more problems there than anywhere in the world (regarding politics, terrorism and common people not being happy)