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I’m An Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader And I’m Sick Of Our Approach To Diversity!In the name of diversity, when we fill quotas to check boxes, we fuck it up for the genuinely amazing women in tech. And this makes me sick. 7 Traits of a Great CTO | ButterCMSA great CTO can be a critical driver…

Backreaction: Outraged about the Google diversity memo? I want you to think about it.That leaked internal memo from James Damore at Google? The one that says one shouldn’t expect employees in all professions to reflect the demographics of the whole population? Well, that was a pretty dumb thing to write. But not because it’s wrong.…

How to Build a Rumor – Rands in ReposeThe rule for your team is, “In the absence of information, they will make up the worst possible version of the truth usually reflecting the worst fears.” This deceptively simple rule is the reason for many of the rumors in your team and at your company. What…

Why We’ve Lost to President TrumpIf it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. After months of chanting this is not normal the new normal is fully vested in our society. The critical moment came upon us, and when it did the People stood up and spoke with a single voice with…

No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017I tried and failed to find newspapers and wire services who would purchase my photos. But the soldiers had fed me and given me a seat in their Humvees, and the refugees had tolerated my presence on some of the worst days…

Waarom er geen militairen op Werchter zijn – De StandaardKijk nu: "Op het kabinet-Jambon wordt benadrukt dat ‘militairen geen object zijn dat je zomaar kan inzetten’." Reactie van een Gutmensch op heer Boudry | MO*Onlangs las ik een mooie tekst van de Joodse schrijver David Grossman. Daarin schreef hij: ‘We hebben eindeloos veel manieren om…

Real-time streaming in Power BI | Microsoft Power BIWith Power BI real-time streaming, you can stream data and update dashboards in real-time. Any visual or dashboard that can be created in Power BI can also be created to display and update real-time data and visuals. The devices and sources of streaming data can be factory…

reinderien/mimic: [ab]using Unicode to create tragedyIt's inspired by this terrible idea floating around: MT: Replace a semicolon (;) with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's C# code and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error Wayne Piekarski | Modifying Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 to run on three immersive monitorsSince I'm…

90 people were murdered by Islamist terrorists in Kabul this week. Where is the minute’s silence for them? | The IndependentHow many Muslims do Isis, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and others need to kill for us to realise that perhaps Islam isn’t the problem? Trump Is Playing the International Strategy Game Like a Novice Among Experts…

Liever Gutmenschen dan cynici – De StandaardDat die stroom aan verwijten niet ophoudt, is vreemd. Rechts heeft het op veel plaatsen allang voor het zeggen, ­militairen staan op straat en debatten over migratie en islam worden grotendeels door rechtse ideeën gedomineerd. Waarom dan nog blijven verwijzen naar wat anderen (zouden) doen? Vanwaar de nood aan…

Where have all the insects gone? | Science | AAASEntomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used to smash on your windscreen," says Wolfgang Wägele, director of the Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany. Today, drivers spend less time scraping…

The 9 questions that uncover the most surprising insights from employeesHow do you discern if an employee has an idea to improve the company that she hasn’t brought up yet? How do you figure out if an employee is frustrated with her manager? Or, how can you tell if she’s thinking about leaving? Why Do…

Adverteren op sites voor ‘virtuele verkrachting’ – NRCBedrijven weten vaak niet waar hun advertenties terechtkomen. De grotendeels geautomatiseerde online advertentiemarkt werkt met flitsveilingen die in minder dan een seconde bepalen welke advertentie aan welke bezoeker wordt getoond. Tekenend is de reactie van een woordvoerder van Stichting Vluchteling: „Wij zouden nooit bewust een advertentie plaatsen op…

Pieter Vreede (Red Zebra, The Wolf Banes) lanceert nieuw project Bellemont: “Voor mij staat alles op het spel met deze plaat” Dat het moeilijk is om op te vallen met een nieuwe plaat moet je Pieter Vreede niet vertellen. Met Bellemont heeft de bassist/gitarist die als lid van Red Zebra en The Wolf Banes al…