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While I agree with almost your entire line of thought, your () makes me facepalm. Wanting to see a 17 year old naked does not make one a pedophile. In this case it's definitely wrong, a misuse of power, and breaks the law. However, he is definitely not a prepubescent child.
Back and forth speculation is great and all, but does anyone know of a solid alternative to TrueCrypt? Perferably open-source but at the very least not a potential government lap-dog like Microsoft?
The point of a story is painting a picture. Adding additional descriptors paints a clearer picture in the mind of your reader. The author wanted you to call up in your mind's eye a man in a t-shirt, a man in a polo, and a woman of Asian descent. Maybe that's his experience with start-up interviews, maybe he wanted to force "diversity" upon the reader. Either way, the author chose to describe the Asian woman to you because he wanted you to picture an Asian woman. Why is that a problem?
I think that's what the "Somewhat" is for. It's supposed to enhance the satirical qualities of the pieces.
i.e. "This is exactly how I perceive start-up interviews but I've taken some creative liberties to drive my point home."
After staring at the rabbit, black hole, and troll question for a few seconds and going "WUT?" I started to get the feeling this didn't actually happen.
It seems that 90% of the comments have missed the fact that this is obviously hyperbolic satire....
You need to subtract ~3% inflation from that number every year to reach "spending power." Therefore, you're only receiving 20k in spending power and allowing nothing for value appreciation. If you can live on that, more power to you though.