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Technologist, feminist and general follower of what's going on in the world

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined November 2015
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OUR NEW AD IS LIVE!   You’re the Voice that will make history.   On 14 October, we know we all can stand together with the power to be powerful.   #HistoryIsCalling, so #VoteYes. Are you in? John Farnham is.   #UluruStatement #StayTrue2Uluru #YoureTheVoice #VoteYes
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In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 29.7% lower than men's.
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate this #InternationalWomensDay, McAfee team members around the globe share how they’ll continue to advance inclusion and gender equality by actively working to #BreakTheBias. #IWD2022 Find out more: bit.ly/3Crkcmd
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Wondering what the fuss is about? Please read the blog in full before you send me any more of your hot takes. salingerprivacy.com.au/2022/…
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So @mcannonbrookes gave me a ‘little push’ and now he and Annie, @scottfarkas and Kim Jackson and The Wilson Foundation have EACH pledged One Million Dollars if my appeal reaches one million. PLEASE donate for Afghanistan. Quadruple your donation crisis-in-afghanistan.raisel…
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There is a fundamental problem that most organizations doing ML fail to address. Data are Dynamic. Datasets are not. The entire field has been built around the 2nd. It's one of the many reasons the field is so messed up
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As an... – excel user I want to... – have fractions automatically converted to dates so that... – I can spend 01-Oct of my day manually changing them back
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Loving the diversity of tech leaders here
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Pressure is rising on the PM to reverse his decision to appoint Christian Porter as the Technology Minister, as more people speak out against him taking responsibility for a sector that has sought to increase the participation of women. afr.com/technology/tech-indu…
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Are countries 'building back better'? UNEP finds that Australia's economic recovery investment is the least green of all major packages, deep in the "missed opportunity" quadrant. wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha… Here's our low-carbon stimulus paper of mid-2020: ccep.crawford.anu.edu.au/sit…
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I just want you all to know that over in data engineering land people got tired of arguing about Data Lakes vs. Date Warehouses and are now pushing a thing called a Data Lakehouse with a straight face.
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IF THE SALARY IS COMPETITIVE WHY WON'T YOU SHOW IT?
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Believe it or not – there have been some positives to come out of this year. Here is our round-up of the feminist moments that defined 2020...
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Really interesting piece on AI's replication crisis - and the scientists who have had enough from @strwbilly technologyreview.com/2020/11…
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Do you feel you’re working longer hours? You’re not alone. We looked across our products and found Atlassian users were spending more time online, taking shorter breaks, and never really signing off. See our full findings here: atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/…
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Our research has found that red & blue US political maps create increased perceptions of polarization and more political stereotyping, compared to more accurate purple maps. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.co… Thanks to @geealbers for this new website: purplestatesofamerica.org/
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PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT – SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY NSW Health is calling on people in south western Sydney to get tested if they have even the mildest COVID-19 symptoms after the state’s sewage surveillance program detected traces of the virus at a sewage pumping station in the area.
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Loved this summary of a complex topic
new post: Financial Fluency for product managers: Understanding Valuation giffconstable.com/2020/10/fi…
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Facebook boss Sheryl Sandberg’s advice for women to ‘lean in’ and be more confident doesn’t help – and the data shows it. "Collectively these findings point to a disturbing template for career success: be confident, be ambitious… and be male." startupdaily.net/2020/10/fac…
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