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@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
I asked questions and offered some mild criticism. That isn't misogyny.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
I'm not sure we agree what misogyny is. Somebody asked me to look it up earlier, and I did, and it said hatred and mistrust of women. But I do not hate or mistrust @trunarla. Why would I? I don't even know her.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
This is now the fourth time you've claimed that every streamer shows their face.
@firstcapes @OneRedwood @trunarla
On the contrary, I think some of the responses I've been getting here are full of vitriol. I've remained calm and matter-of-factly.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
I have said that some male streamers do this, too, btw, albeit for different reasons, so there's still a cultural difference there. That difference can be explored without hatred or anger against me.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
This is now the third time you've claimed that all streamers show their face, you don't need to keep repeating it.
@MorkSamuel @berniemarger @trunarla
Yes I've seen streamers who don't show their face.
@firstcapes @OneRedwood @trunarla
Pls link to an article from my blog that you think is "[f]ull of absolute tripe and anger".
@Mikeymi72465975 @trunarla
Yea her code in the middle is pretty hard to see, her face is clearly the focus.
I once saw another video by a female coder who had to move the bubble with her face around because it covered up the code too much.
It has been suggested before that all streamers (well, content creators) do this and it is simply not true.
To be clear, you're saying that things that are normal (i.e. widespread) shouldn't be criticized?
You could equally assume that my opinion is reflected – just because it differs sufficiently from yours doesn't make it unreflected.
That I find something noteworthy about the video does not mean I'm bothered by it. Even if I were to criticize it, that wouldn't necessarily mean I'm bothered by it, as in I'm feeling negative emotions. I'm not.
Not all content creators do this. youtube.com/user/briantwill is a widely viewed one that doesn't.
And content creators include podcasters, which are audio only.
I will, but I don't think that answers my question.
"your behavior" You sound like you're talking to someone you want to discipline.
So you want to take it private because you're doing me a favor or because you don't want to risk the same backlash yourself? Or some other reason?
Misogyny means hate or distrust of women, I don't hate or distrust the woman that I asked. So no one does not have to be a misogynist to ask those questions.
Misogyny is not 'I'm a woman and was asked a question I don't like'.
I don't think any of those are hateful or nonsense.
First two are jokes. Last two are criticisms of wokeism.
From a single question you conclude that I'm talking nonsense? That isn't a very charitable interpretation.
Also consider this: twitter.com/dchackethal/st…
Pointing out cultural differences between men and women is not evidence of "deep-rooted biases against women". Nor am I upset.
I think you're reading my comments through a prejudiced lens. You haven't given it a chance, or tried to consider that I may be right.
Pls provide a quote of something of mine that you consider "hateful nonsense".
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
Conversely, say it's accurate. Say the ideas that motivate women to include themselves in pictures of objects cause women harm. In that case, wouldn't it be strongly prejudiced against women not to explore that, and to shut down discussion?
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
Let's assume it's inaccurate, I don't see how that automatically makes it misogynistic.
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
Fallibly, yes. Why not?
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
For pointing out a common cultural difference between men and women?
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
I did. Says here wordnik.com/words/misogyny "Hatred or mistrust of women."
But I don't hate or mistrust @trunarla. I think you're misinterpreting asking questions and the mildest of suggestions as misogyny.
@DuncJake @VapeJuiceJordan @trunarla
Why is that misogynistic?
@VapeJuiceJordan @DuncJake @trunarla
I take that as a 'yes'.
Can you quote something I've said that you think is misogynistic?
I was asking about other girls, not you.
Would you do programming videos without makeup on?
@VapeJuiceJordan @DuncJake @trunarla
So by implication you agree that girls can increase viewership by including their faces?
Even if lots of guys had their faces in their programming videos (I've seen some), it could be different from when girls do it, and that could be interesting to explore/ask questions about etc. without prejudice.
So you've sampled enough YouTube programming tutorials to make a statistically relevant claim that 99% of them have faces in them?
Mine don't, FWIW: youtube.com/watch?v=pmTX_q…
youtube.com/watch?v=KGR7U-…
I'm not calling myself mature in that post, if that's what you're implying.
queue the inevitable 'he's a misogynist for asking questions' tweets
Do you think other girls take such pics because it makes their pics "personable"?
It's a bit like this (from knowyourmeme.com/memes/photogra…): pic.twitter.com/YfEazDfC6D
RT @samwcyo:
Someone hacked an Uber employees HackerOne account and is commenting on all of the tickets. They likely have access to all of…
RT @astupple:
Encountering constraints without coercion opens the door to enormous progress.
RT @Chrisjjosephs:
Two days ago the NYT posted an investigation into politicians trading stocks
They found that 81 Democrats & 101 Republi…
I suppose the reasoning could be to guard against bots and credit-card testing.
Then again, it would be trivial to program a bot to simulate manual typing instead of pasting.
So... I'm guessing there must be different reasoning.
The other day, I learned that payment processors can consider a transaction at an increased risk of fraud if the credit-card number and/or CVC were pasted into the payment form (as opposed to typed manually).
Which penalizes everyone who uses a password manager.
RT @DanHollick:
The Quick Response code was invented by a subsidiary of Toyota to track parts across the manufacturing process.
Barcodes w…
Do Children Owe Their Parents? blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/do-child…
RT @fastworkers6:
How to build a Leonardo Da Vinci bridge pic.twitter.com/0bp3SU22Cu
It’s mainly gross because most of those kids are forced to be there. twitter.com/RNCResearch/st…
RT @paulg:
My guess is that (a) there's a way to solve this and (b) it's sufficiently far removed from Zoom that Zoom will resist doing or…
Does it extend beyond verbs at all? Eg ‘jobsworth’
RT @dtmooreeditor:
So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compou…
RT @RealTimeWWII:
British intelligence agent Noor Inayat Khan, codenamed "Madeleine", has been shot by Germans at Dachau concentration camp…
RT @GunOwners:
Major credit card companies just announced plans to start tracking gun and ammo sales at small retailers nationwide. https:/…
RT @astrofalls:
Saturn captured last night from my backyard pic.twitter.com/7u9N5yrPNz
RT @dvassallo:
Imagine pitching your startup to a VC, and you impress them so much that they liquidate all their investments and go ALL IN…
Zur Freiheit gehört auch die Freiheit, Fehler zu machen, einschliesslich Fehlern, die die eigene Gesundheit betreffen.
RT @Sam_kuyp:
On Earth, the State did not respect our right to trade.
Therefore we took our wealth and kin and fled to space
And made the t…
Support agent confirmed he could see empty messages coming through.
support chat lets you send empty messages. #bug pic.twitter.com/6vNITctADS
@MagnetThatcher @jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Then I agree. And maybe I contradicted myself in this tweet: twitter.com/dchackethal/st…
@MagnetThatcher @jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
What exactly does the word “this” refer to?
RT @dvassallo:
Instead of writing a book, write a blog post.
Instead of writing a blog post, write a tweet.
Keep cutting scope until it f…
@ClimateWarrior7 @CasuallyGreg
Unless it’s left, then it’s liberal 🌈 💫 ☮️
CDU will junge Leute wieder zeitweise versklaven: twitter.com/ntv_EIL/status…
Reminds me of Karl Popper's idea that it's impossible to speak in such a way as to never be misunderstood.
I'd put it in terms of knowable vs. unknowable, but yea good point, everything has a context, if only in terms of background knowledge and also the inexplicit components of what's said explicitly.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
I'm not sure. I don't think I'm fully getting you either.
@MatMcGann @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Good q... 'The world will end tomorrow' certainly sounds like prophecy, especially in isolation. But in this case I can't quite put my finger on the difference. Maybe I'm wrong.
I should have written 'even when it's not derived from a good explanation' and then left out "(because it's made in isolation)".
RT @SJobs_Stories:
"I didn’t sleep a wink last night.
And I was so excited about today, because we’ve been so lucky at Apple. We’ve had som…
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
... I think you should reevaluate the utility of your example, and then update your overall stance accordingly.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Because BoI says prophecy is what purports to know what is not yet knowable, not what is not yet known. Since you have agreed that there are cases where there's a difference between the two, but in your example re 3042 there was none,...
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
I don't see how any of what I said led you to think I was invoking subjectivity, since whether or not a statement is derived from a good explanation is an objective matter. But I agree that whether something is prophecy is an objective matter as well.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
The word "because" merely explains that, since the statement is made in isolation, it can't be derived from a good explanation. I'm not saying that any claim made in isolation isn't a prophecy.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Ah, I think you may have misunderstood me when I wrote:
[T]he statement 'tomorrow, the sun will rise again' in isolation is not prophecy even though it's not derived from a good explanation (because it's made in isolation).
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
So, since there are cases where not being known and not being knowable is NOT the same, does that make you think differently about prophecy?
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Are there cases where not being known and not being knowable are not the same?
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Okay, agreed. Are you implying that I claimed somebody needs to give an explanation "immediately before making a claim" for something not to be prophecy?
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Note that there's no mutual exclusivity between prediction and prophecy. But predictions following from good explanations may have led you to believe that prophecy is everything else.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
The full passage from BoI reads:
Following Popper, I shall use the term prediction for conclusions about future events that follow from good explanations, and prophecy for anything that purports to know what is not yet knowable.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
There's isn't currently but I don't see why there couldn't be. You spoke of derivability, not existing derivation.
That affects how you think about prophecy. Your example is prophecy because that is not yet knowable, not because it's not yet known.
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Not whether or not the person claiming the sun will rise tomorrow is doing so after having explained that the earth rotates on it's own axis.
Doesn't this statement contradict your previous statement?
@jchalupa_ @ToKTeacher @TOKphysics
Is there any statement that isn't derivable?
And no, lack of derivability isn't what makes something a prophecy. From BoI ch. 9:
[...] I shall use the term [...] prophecy for anything that purports to know what is not yet knowable.
I agree that out-of-context quotes are tricky. I've recommended @TOKphysics use sources (and quotation marks). Maybe he doesn't realize that not having a source not only makes it harder for the reader but also for the quoted person b/c they can be misunderstood more easily.
To be clear I meant the statement 'tomorrow, the sun will rise again' in isolation is not prophecy even though it's not derived from a good explanation (because it's made in isolation).
This statement conflicts with Popper's definition as stated in BoI. For example, 'tomorrow, the sun will rise again' is not prophecy. Fairly vacuous, sure, but not prophecy.
'Eating frogs' is a good metaphor for it. I've had similar thoughts: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/the-true…