Cyril_HN's comments

Cyril_HN | 4 years ago | on: The app that lets you pay to control another person's life

Who?

Cyril_HN | 4 years ago | on: TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks in Europe falter

I will be really shocked if the UK doesn't try to make a play for this. That would be an incredible boon to the UK position, especially post Brexit.

Cyril_HN | 4 years ago | on: Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister

I agree that that is an interpretation worth considering if Parent Commenter has provided corroborating evidence. A charitable interpretation would suggest that this man has seen many arguments about the ostensible brilliance of some otherwise unknown or lesser-known person and that such people make for good propaganda (I use the word propaganda without trying to imply that this piece is propaganda, just to be very clear). A charitable interpretation would also admit there is no necessary malice in saying describing someone as a feminist academic. Feminist academics are, approximately, a class of academic and they do have idiosyncrasies, views, and methods unique to them. It is not an insult to say something is from feminist academia and feminist academia itself would like to admit that that is the standpoint from which it is arguing.

There are many women who have failed to get the recognition they deserve. In fact, there are many people who have, full stop. There is also a market for upselling historical figures.

Saying someone or something is underrated and then making a compelling case for it is incredibly difficult, man, woman, art, or whatever.

Cyril_HN | 4 years ago | on: My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community

You are conflating conviction with mere, non-legal accusation.

Conviction means someone made an accusation at a legal level, then it was considered worthy by police, then by a country's prosecution service, then by a jury, and then (probably) by an appeals court too. Under normal circumstances, that's a bar infinitely higher than, "I'm claiming to have a story about someone."

Cyril_HN | 4 years ago | on: The luxury fashion industry is roaring back everywhere but in Europe

It's mid-season and plenty of Europe is still in some sort of lockdown. I expect it to pick up again by summer, especially if tourism comes back to life.

Although, I believe people may wait to feel a little more secure in their future before they start to spend. There is a fear that winter will see yet another lockdown (despite vaccines). Until that dear subsides, spending may well be subdued.