I see where you're coming from here as well, and ultimately I don't have a better answer myself — I just think this is the correct direction to move in; I don't necessarily believe it's realistic that we'll actually get to a state where there's really no presumptions about gender at all. But that's true of many social…

I think gender neutrality can be seen as more of a way to give people a blank canvas on which they can then paint their own identity, rather than an attempt to eliminate such an identity altogether. I agree with you — my personal view of an ideal world, when it comes to gender, is basically everybody defining…

"I always imagined the perfect world to be one where we celebrated our differences, not ignored them."

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"Assassin's Creed Unity is being made by hundreds of people."

Now this is PR done right. :) Very sweet.

I like Notch. Not only did he make an awesome and addictive game, but, despite now owning a game company, he continues to act like an actual breathing human being, rather than a corporate mechanism. It's a rare and fascinating thing to observe.

I have real trouble trusting autocorrect. Does it really work so well? Even for long, complex messages? I suppose it's possible I've just been really lucky with phones with keyboards, but considering this includes an ancient Nokia as well, I doubt that. The tactile feedback just makes a big difference for me. Yes, it…

I still don't understand why hardware keyboards on phones aren't more popular. No matter how fancy an on-screen keyboard is, it's never as fast or as comfortable to use as actual physical buttons.

Maybe the problem is expectation. The players didn't expect to face an AI capable of flanking, so they didn't play in a way that took that possibility into account. They assumed the game was more likely to spawn extra enemies than use existing enemies intelligently. Of course, playing to this expectation to avoid…

It would almost be better if the visor was closed, and this was a self-referential over-the-top bit of humour: "Our space marines are so bad-ass, they'll smoke in their space-suits! Screw you, logic! Screw you, oxygen!" :P

Yeah, but "ordinary" TV shows often have a bigger impact on culture — if you add them all up, in aggregate — than any academic treatise on social justice. :P And it's not like adding a couple of women to the cast is the same as turning the show into a deep philosophical discussion of social issues or something.…

The article above makes the same point in the end. The issue is that Lucas wastes time making stupid, sexist comments that seem to imply that Tymoshenko would make a bad leader *because* she's a pretty woman, and only then gets into the real issues of her corruption. Jezebel isn't arguing *for* Tymoshenko here; the…

... Okay? But I *do* get to criticize, right? When did I ask for more than that? :P I'm not sure what you're responding to here, I guess.

I dunno? They gain not having people criticise their show for sexism, I guess? And they gain living in a slightly less sexist society? What do you gain for not being a jerk in daily life?

Hey, no-one's marching into HBO's offices with a court order to force them to change the show. :P People are allowed to criticize a show for using sexist stereotypes. It's a valid reason to criticise something, I think. It's like when people cry "freedom of speech!" in response to criticism. Saying "hey, I don't like…

Yeah, the effect of one silly show in an issue like this probably is negligible. But I think it's still a valid criticism of the show. Like, pointing this out as a problem in the show isn't the same as blaming the show for causing major problems in our society. :P It's just — "do we really need another show with this…

I don't think a 50/50 split in all careers is realistic, or something we should be pushing towards, but I think that when you see a career that's almost entirely occupied by one gender, you have to wonder whether there's some cultural forces pushing some people away from it. If we lived in an ideal world with no…

No? I think we'll be over that when we see women form at least a significant percentage of employees in traditionally "male" careers. :P (I've seen 30% quoted as the participation rate at which women are no longer seen as "outsiders" in any particular field).

But there are actually women in tech. Very few compared to the men, but if anything that's a reason to give them more visibility, so the next generation growing up realises that yes, it is possible for women to go into the IT field.