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Writing about it would drive you insane, here it is in image, gif and email form: https://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com https://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com

by antt 8y ago

Writing about it would drive you insane, here it is in image, gif and email form: https://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com https://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com shitnoisebridgesays.tumblr.com A high point for me was getting my site ddos'd and ssh brute force attacked when I decided to run a course in another hacker space after being stuck for committee approval for 3 months. The saddest part is that I knew it would happen and scraped the site into a static html site served from nginx from a box that would could only be administered through a two hop tunnel. Then the guy who I know did it went around stalking me on social media telling everyone I ... I'll actually take my advice and just leave it there.

teddyh 8y ago
OT: Regarding Tumblr, what cookies do you need to allow nowadays to be able to read it? I haven’t been able to see Tumblr links for months, at least. All it does is redirect to the front page and prompt me to sign in.
- StavrosK 8y ago
  You can click "allow" to let you track them in obscure and unknowable ways. I gave up and let my adblock get them, but I should just have closed the tab.
watwut 8y ago
Wow, that sux. When you wrote about assholes up there, I imagined something waaay milder. Makes me appreciate people who organize these things a bit more.
jurassic 8y ago
Early in my career, I nearly quit tech because of a negative experience I had with some douchebros at a noisebridge javascript event. In retrospect those guys were just a couple insecure idiots and really not representative of the average tech man, but as a woman trying to break into the industry I thought that’s what I was going to have to deal with every day in every job. Nonetheless I persisted.
- antt 8y ago
  Yes, there's also the classic using the hackers pace as a dating pool because you have no social skills. The introductory electronics project for women I wanted to make was the consentinator, a taster that would play 'no means no' while it's zapping something. The women I bounced the idea off all thought it was great, the guy on the committee who was using the space to try and get dates called me sexist for even suggesting a project based on gender instead of treating everyone like a hacker. If you have the time look up the girl who ran the first tumbler. She's hilarious and had a few talks about this stuff. As well as some really great advice on how not to build robots.
- tomcam 8y ago
  It really really bothers me this is happening in the 21st century. I hate hearing people like you having to go through this crap
tomcam 8y ago
That's seriously messed up. thank you for sharing though. My heart's with you.

by antt 8y ago

teddyh 8y ago

OT: Regarding Tumblr, what cookies do you need to allow nowadays to be able to read it? I haven’t been able to see Tumblr links for months, at least. All it does is redirect to the front page and prompt me to sign in.

StavrosK 8y ago
You can click "allow" to let you track them in obscure and unknowable ways. I gave up and let my adblock get them, but I should just have closed the tab.

watwut 8y ago

Wow, that sux. When you wrote about assholes up there, I imagined something waaay milder. Makes me appreciate people who organize these things a bit more.

jurassic 8y ago

Early in my career, I nearly quit tech because of a negative experience I had with some douchebros at a noisebridge javascript event. In retrospect those guys were just a couple insecure idiots and really not representative of the average tech man, but as a woman trying to break into the industry I thought that’s what I was going to have to deal with every day in every job. Nonetheless I persisted.

antt 8y ago
Yes, there's also the classic using the hackers pace as a dating pool because you have no social skills. The introductory electronics project for women I wanted to make was the consentinator, a taster that would play 'no means no' while it's zapping something. The women I bounced the idea off all thought it was great, the guy on the committee who was using the space to try and get dates called me sexist for even suggesting a project based on gender instead of treating everyone like a hacker. If you have the time look up the girl who ran the first tumbler. She's hilarious and had a few talks about this stuff. As well as some really great advice on how not to build robots.
tomcam 8y ago
It really really bothers me this is happening in the 21st century. I hate hearing people like you having to go through this crap

tomcam 8y ago

That's seriously messed up. thank you for sharing though. My heart's with you.