Maybe because there is a lack of girls in engineering due to many reasons, including sexism?

Precisely. There are different stages of eliminating "-isms" - you have to make it actually BE the normal, no-big-deal thing before you can start to portray it that way.

Right now, young women need to see lots of examples of other women involved in tech more than they need people to pretend techies are just techies

>The real ultimate feature that's missing here though - the one that no one else has and would make go out and buy 3-4 of these things is the ability to sync audio and video playback across multiple devices throughout my house.

That seems like an incredibly niche feature.

I know publishing through Amazon, authors have access to that type of data.

How is PayPal being unreasonable? A person without a SSN has received $200,000 in their PayPal account. I would be surprised if PayPal didn't freeze that account.

You had me nodding until

>4. Also, yes, touchscreens are on laptops are stupid. This is a stupid idea.

Sure, touchscreens aren't going to be your main form of input in a laptop, but I wouldn't say they are stupid. Once you start playing with a touchscreen laptop, you'll begin to use the touchscreen occasionally, and in these moments it's really nice.

For example, when I'm browsing the web in my bed, it's awkward to use the touchpad to scroll, so I'll just reach out and scroll like I would on a tablet.

Seems like that problem would be better solved by a superior touchpad.

If by better touchpad, you mean better placement for the touchpad, then yes I agree. And in this scenario, the best placement is on the screen.

I wonder if the same commentators who disagree with the author's usage of "privilege," also believe Silicon Valley is a meritocracy.

>An advantage is like having a secret television in North Korea or living near the northern Chinese border.

I think one could argue that your example is a privilege.

What is the basis for helping Americans over others? I think having the biggest impact you can is the "noble" thing to do.

>This is definitely not normal.

I don't know if it was because I was running out of disk space, but taking photos and texting became absolutely terrible on my iPhone 4. iOS 6 made it even slower.

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The payment is just acting as a low level barrier for initial contact.