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@TheQuinnspiracy so faved.

RT @hypatiadotca: The name for what @pmarca describes here is 'cronyism,' not 'meritocracy' http://t.co/ACkFUjIrN9 (via @rustyk5) http://t.…

@wkamaubell @mathpunk Hipster Starbucks Blindness.

RT @TheQuinnspiracy: I will never be pro-gamergate. I would however support anyone who left the tag behind to pursue actual ethics issues. …

Yeah, I'd be offended. Interesting. RT @jfkeeler: "Douchebag": The White Racial Slur We’ve All Been Waiting For http://t.co/Lawn9bp0cO

@bitprophet I actually prefer matte. My 2011 MBP is matte by choice.

@bitprophet are MBAs matte?

@bitprophet how does the Air’s non-retina screen compare to, say, a 2011 pre-retina MBP?

<-- imagines his follower count dropping like flies

These ideas seem prudish today, but Tropes v. Women wouldn't be a thing if we respected everyone that way. Anyway.

thus endeth the sermon

Just to freak a few people out: the Bible understood the Male Gaze. Check out Job 31:1 and Matt 5:28. She's not resp. for what your eyes do.

RT @Spacekatgal: Gamergate may have been weakened - but make no mistake. The machine that harasses and destroys prominent women in tech is …

@ftrain a meritocracy only works if all other factors are equally weighted - they’re not.

RT @charlesatan: Heartbreaking episode of Isometric Podcast as @Spacekatgal talks about the harassment she faced due to Gamergate http://t.…

@bitprophet ah. Getting a bit pricy (over $1500 with AppleCare). Remember when macs cost $6000? Good times.

@bitprophet 256 or 512 SSD?

@freebsdgirl What I don't get is I've seen lots of GG posts about "our hobby" - which they seem ready to lay down others lives over.

@bitprophet i do have a spare 27" TB display sitting in the other room (swirls brandy and taps the ash off his cigar) so maybe that works.

@daveaiello yeah, esp with my eyes these days, Non-retina starts to make them work harder.

@SaraJBenincasa Also code for "reasonable human being".