4 ms·
Considering two of the first commenters in this gist are Kirby and a Dall-E anime girl, sounds like a spot on assessment. Not that people should be shamed for
by warent 3y ago
Considering two of the first commenters in this gist are Kirby and a Dall-E anime girl, sounds like a spot on assessment.
Not that people should be shamed for their personal interests! Everyone should imbue some of their personal style in their work, that's how we generate creativity and so forth.
That being said, I think the problem is when personal style overlaps too much in what needs more professional separation and distancing. It seems like that can be a recipe for too much ego that creates rifts.
There is a risk that we start turning a serious endeavor into a personal project / hobby, or worse just treating it as a joke; leading to situations like:
Up until recently, I was part of two private online discussion spaces where a bunch of Rust people hung out.
- meindnoch 3y agoIt can also be pretty off-putting for women to be honest. When someone's avatar is an AI-generated "waifu" picture with deep cleavage, I don't think it looks welcoming for the average female programmer...
- kwhitefoot 3y agoIt's not welcoming to this male programmer either.
- kaba0 3y agoCalling them female is much more off putting. Women is a word.
- meindnoch 3y agoWhat do you mean? I thought these are synonyms. (English is not my native language though)
- revelio 3y agoYou said it correctly. "Average woman programmer" is un-idiomatic English.
- SSLy 3y ago> female, adj.; feminine; woman(ly); womanlike; womanish; effeminate. These adjectives all share the sense “of, relating to, or involving women.” Female is a neutral term usually used to indicate the sex of a person (or an animal or plant), in contrast with male <a female cadet> <my female coworkers>. Feminine typically refers to what are traditionally considered a woman’s favorable qualities <feminine grace>. Womanly often carries these positive connotations as well <womanly intuition>, but it’s also used to distinguish an adult female from a girl <her womanly figure>. (Woman is sometimes used attributively where female would be more natural <a woman lawyer>. These constructions are best avoided.) Garner's Modern English Usage
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- pas 3y agoare you talking about Asahi Lina?
- meindnoch 3y agoNo. She's more of a "loli" character as far as I can tell. (Which can also be disturbing, but for different reasons.)