So, let us be clear. The error, was not simply preventable but absolutely and completely preventable in all cases. There was no impediment to prevent it. Its prevention was not only possible but also within the reach of any error prevention effort or action. It could have been prevented.

The preventability of the error was absolute. No situation, fictive or factual, in this or other world, would allow a situation in which this error was not preventable.

Finally, it's important to note that the eventual series of events that would lead to the fully avoidable non-prevention of this error, would be unfortunate.

I wouldn't say "never". I agree that they don't get old often.

But when they do...

Not a manly thing? They literally call that policy "Operation Eliminate the Macho Effect". And by the way, italics indicate sarcasm.

An annoying smartass is annoying whether they're male or female. I've met both. And yes, these people are foolish to describe it as a "macho" trait, whetever the hell that even means.

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Quite. It isn't. Glad you have no witty comeback beyond a complete lack of an argument.

So? Let's say she hadn't gone into programming for some reason. That means she went into some other field. If she's a good programmer, maybe she'd be a good electrical engineer, or a good math professor, or a good research biologist, or etc. See? There isn't necessarily a "loss" because she didn't join an all-male team of programmers.

Right, so the fact that the area is ofputting is of no concern to the people within the area. I disagree.

either wasn't human or liked being the odd one out by a huge margin. Nice!

Either she liked it or didn't mind. The latter is pretty atypical human behaviour. Not everyone's typical in all regards (thank god), but yeah if you ignore such things then you're dooming yourself to exclude people displaying normal human characteristics.

How about the possibility that the first woman enjoyed the work and didn't have a personality disorder that made her scared of working with "too many" men or being too scared to try things that "women don't do."

If you wish to define typical human behaviour as a personality disorder, then be my guest. But realise that's it's completely pointless and is self servig guesture to maintain the status quo.

No. That is closer to Fascism.

Not all homosexuals have buttsex, although the logic there escapes me completely. I'm pretty sure that if I were gay, I'd still want to fuck. In any case, the ancient greeks didn't believe (overall) that women and men could have equitable relationships of any kind, so women mostly hung out with women and men with men. They wrote a lot more about male-male sex than female-female because it was mostly men doing the writing, and they were extremely self-centered, but apparently there was a lot of female homo sex going on too.

I think they should return the Olympics to its original condition, though permitting females to participate. That would really liven things up...

If at all possible, I would recommend rooting your phone and killing/removing apps. You could also try Cyanogenmod if it is supported on your device... which it likely is.

I can't speak for anyone else, but my fantasy women were all invented by Larry Niven, Robert Heinlein, or Piers Anthony. I'll readily admit that's still quite sophomoric, but at least it's beyond infantile.

I also can't speak for anyone else, but part of the attraction to computing for me was that it is a solitary activity. Not necessarily because I want to be solitary, but because I don't have as many social skills as many other people. My mother was depressive and my father was depressive and absentee, so they had nothing valuable or positive to teach me. I was moved away from my peer group right at the end of elementary school and never recovered socially. So that supports your theory, if not your vitriol.

Intent is always relevant.