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Comment Re: ALL SPEECH.... (Score 1) 661

by keithrc (#56432261) Attached to: Reddit Continues To Protect Racist Language In Favor of Free Speech

Forgive me, but sometimes I don't understand why it's fine to judge someone based on if they support the NRA or Planned Parenthood or Trump, that we can discriminate and harass them legally, but if we judge someone based or skin color or sexual orientation or religion, it's automatically wrong. Isn't it wrong to judge anyone? Isn't every person their own person? Sounds like there should be many more protected groups or no protected groups.

It's not that hard, actually: the examples you mention (supporting the NRA or Planned Parenthood or Trump) are all choices that a person makes. Race, gender, (often) religion, not so much. You can judge people on their choices all day long, but not on how they're born.

Comment Re:You don't understand accounting at all (Score 1) 644

by keithrc (#51753859) Attached to: Millionaires: Raise Our Taxes To Address Poverty, Fix Roads
In fairness, this is handled differently in different states, and is likely different where you live than the parent. For example: I have a retired aunt who owns a house in LA that she bought in the 60's. There's no way she could pay the taxes if they were assessed on the current value, rather than purchased value (plus some other formula that I'm not familiar with- I'm sure they've gone up in 50 years). I on the other hand live in Texas, where my property taxes go up 10% every year (and would be more if not capped at 10% annually), based on skyrocketing property values here- which benefit me not at all as long as I'm not selling my house.

Comment Re:Nerdgasm (Score 1) 242

by keithrc (#50673953) Attached to: Review: The Martian
I haven't read the book, but I thought from the movie that it was totally obvious that the increased drag from losing the 'convertible top' on the module increased drag, slowing his ascent. Is the explanation in the book different?

Comment Re:That's not all (Score 1) 336

by keithrc (#49884017) Attached to: Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry

Or do you find someplace else where things are more stable?

I've found that the best option tends to be the last one in virtually all cases. Don't burn bridges, just say "sorry it didn't work out" and move on.

That's exactly what women are doing... and that's exactly the problem.

If you accept the premise that in a healthy workplace is one that generally reflects the population in general (a controversial proposition, I understand) then anything that creates a barrier for part of that population to be there- by their choice or not- is a problem.

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