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Not only is this offensive and misogynistic (and that point well covered here already) but it also sets a clear marker of the slow decline of hack days/hackatho
by dotBen 13y ago
Not only is this offensive and misogynistic (and that point well covered here already) but it also sets a clear marker of the slow decline of hack days/hackathons.
In addition to being disrespectful to women, this kind of "joke" hack is also disrespectful to hacker culture and the people that want to participate in hackatons. Time is wasted presenting this crap which could have been spent showcasing real innovation and real hard work spent producing meaningful hacks and projects.
It pains me to link to Valleywag, but they have a video of both inappropriate demos, and unlike AOL (which owns TechCrunch) are unlikely to remove the videos.
http://valleywag.gawker.com/techcrunch-disrupt-kicks-off-with-titstare-app-and-fa-1274394925 http://valleywag.gawker.com/techcrunch-disrupt-kicks-off-wit...
- untog 13y agoIMO this is exactly the kind of event that demonstrates the purpose of Valleywag.
- austinz 13y agoHear, hear. The sooner brogramming culture slinks back into the slimy, pus-covered hole out of which it originally crawled, the better. I'd like to think that, as technical people, we take pride in the quality of our work - its beauty, its innovation, its capability to make people's lives better in big or small ways (e.g. "meaningful hacks and projects"). Even if you set aside the misogyny (not that you should), is this something that the developer would be comfortable serving as a reflection of the sort of work that he does? Was his point presenting this to showcase innovation, cleverness, or execution, or was it to make people think he's a funny person? Stand-up comedy this certainly isn't.