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because they are nitpicking in a sexist way. it's the same reason people are doubting how much work she "actually did" on the project people should just embrac
by cp9 7y ago
because they are nitpicking in a sexist way. it's the same reason people are doubting how much work she "actually did" on the project
people should just embrace it as a cool, slightly ridiculous project that turned out well.
- oh_sigh 7y agoI think your comment is the sexist one, by claiming that otherwise normal internet behavior becomes sexist because the person in question is female. People treating a female shittily doesn't mean that it is necessarily sexist. Middlebrow dismissals are so common on HN that we had to invent the term to talk about it. I do see what I feel are probably sexist comments on this thread, but it is the 'Oh I wonder why she is the only person in the headline' ones, and not the 'is this technically a truck?' ones.
- stcredzero 7y agoMiddlebrow dismissals are so common on HN that we had to invent the term to talk about it. Seems to be a pattern with programmers in general. A lot of criticisms of new projects seem to fit.
- oh_sigh 7y agoI agree. I tend to see the "I'm smart enough to solve any problem, even if I know nothing about it" personality trait expressed much more in software developers than I see in other people. It's one thing to have self confidence in your reasoning abilities - it's another to think that, where other very smart people have struggled with finding a certain solution, you can just drop in out of no where and cut the gordian knot.
- stcredzero 7y agoUnless, you can drop in out of nowhere and cut the Gordian Knot. If we follow the analogy of the story about Alexander the Great, maybe the pattern involves a story about someone who comes in and decides to ignore conventions or "the way it's always been done" because they have some insight from direct experience or first principles?
- tomatotomato37 7y agoI doubt it is sexism, HN tends to be fairly equal in its pointless bikeshedding
- cp9 7y agoYou think if adam savage had done this project he would be subject to questions about how much work he did or whether it’s a pickup or a ute?
- staunch 7y agoYes? I saw some number of comments along these lines on Adam Savages' 3D printed titanium Iron Man suit. That "he just paid someone to do the hard/interesting part". And I've seen comments along these lines on Colin Furze's builds. Among others, mostly men. It seems explicitly sexist to leap to the defense of female creators in this way. Why not just assume they can handle the criticism, just as well as males can, and don't need anyone defending them?
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoYes. Not only do they do that for men, but Elon specifically, and even calling him out on taking credit for work that an uncredited woman working for him did. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18093145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18093145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19636499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19636499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20078510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20078510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9812261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9812261
- DeonPenny 7y agoAgreed HN can be fairly negative. Especially anything regarding taking a chance or tesla. All those big tech IPOs go back to their HN launch they all have negative comments.
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- rchaud 7y agoit wouldn't be HN unless somebody claimed "I could build this in a weekend".
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