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> "They thought she wanted to build the next Terminator or hack into Government systems, when she just wanted to build self-driving cars." Maybe she doesn't se
by asperous 13y ago
> "They thought she wanted to build the next Terminator or hack into Government systems, when she just wanted to build self-driving cars."
Maybe she doesn't see how this is similar in terms of amazing, but I would say those other women weren't far off.
- csense 13y agoThe student was probably complaining about the unwashed masses' Hollywood-fueled fantasy of the computer hacker: Anyone who can write a program longer than 10 lines is capable of hacking into any computer system in five minutes or less, using or fixing any piece of computer-y, electronic-y, or science-y equipment, etc. Hacking systems gets easier the younger the hacker is, the more important the data being protected by the system is, and the more resources its owners have to secure it. All of these are of course ridiculous assumptions which suit narrative purposes but have no basis in reality. A lot of people don't understand that, and they can be really annoying to those who do.