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That... seems like an extremely malevolent take on this? She has a doctorate from MIT and isn't being glorified for turning on a computer, but for her algorith
by shaki-dora 8y ago
That... seems like an extremely malevolent take on this?
She has a doctorate from MIT and isn't being glorified for turning on a computer, but for her algorithmic work squeezing information out of the gravitationally mangled paths of spurious photons reaching us after 80 million years.
That "learn to code" meme has also become a favorite of the alt-right to go after anyone they don't like.
- pgreenspun 8y agoWe can translate this to physics quite easily. How many of the folks posting on Facebook to celebrate this person's achievement would be willing to do even one homework assignment for a freshman physics class at the local community college?
- pgreenspun 8y agoHere are some groups using the "learn to code" meme: https://girlswhocode.com/about-us/ https://girlswhocode.com/about-us/ http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Would you say that they are "alt-right"?