If they're actively seeking somebody who's purpose is to bring the female perspective to a development team, how do you do that without being discriminatory?
"Hiring a person who is very familiar with application usage and development from a female perspective"?
This applies to the original argument the article made. Phrases like that sound creepy and off-putting to applicants.
I somewhat agree, I see bitcoins more in the vein of contracts that have market value, like futures and options. The value of these has value based on their underlying stocks and commodities, but that's as far as they go, value wise. Bitcoins, whose value are purely determined by their associated majority holder's currency (US Dollars) are very similar.
In the end it doesn't matter what your currency is made of, people are going to trade on credit mostly. The creation of fiat currency in the first place was less an attempt to scam the world into devaluing its currency than it was to bring the physical medium in line with the way the economy works anyway.
Many say that one of the biggest advantages to bitcoins is the anonymity of the currency, but in the end, it'll probably be its downfall as well. When people can't place a name and location on their debtors, loss aversion tends to kick in.
"Hiring a person who is very familiar with application usage and development from a female perspective"?
This applies to the original argument the article made. Phrases like that sound creepy and off-putting to applicants.