There was a controversy at Pycon 2013 in which a woman of color tweeted a complaint about the language some men were using. As a result, she and one of the men lost their jobs, and she's getting a metric gigaton of harrassment, which is still ongoing ( Read more... )

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Passing along some linkspam I got from the OH ( Read more... )

http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2012/12/psf-moves-to-require-code-of-conduct.htmlThe second resolution passed by the board serves as the [Python Software] Foundation’s requirement that all Python conferences and related events create and apply a ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed Skyfall. It's very cool that they made a Bond film where...
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.blake.html
Small medical tech companies have a hard time selling their products because of loopholes in Medicare laws. Shaw’s retractable syringe hit just as these trends were converging. In fact, the ( Read more... )

I failed to record the sources where I found these, but many are from
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