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> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com) s/Female p/P/ The sanctions are bad because they hinder progre
by mkr-hn 13y ago
> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com)
s/Female p/P/
The sanctions are bad because they hinder progress, not because of the genders of some affected parties.
edit: This is all in the HN title. The article focuses on a few women, but doesn't make a thing out of their gender.
- osmnshkh 13y agoI put female in the title because I thought it would get more attention due to the recent "controversies" on gender and programming. It's a cause I care about so I'm willing to be link-baity to get more attention. But I definitely agree with you.
- hnha 13y agoDeceptive [expletive].
- wishpishh 13y agoYou know that posting irrelevant information or bias just to be controversial in order to raise attention is called "trolling", right?
- osmnshkh 13y agoIt's not irrelevant. Female programmers were hindered and the story focuses on those female programmers. The goal is not to be controversial but to raise awareness.
- mkr-hn 13y agoThe story focuses on programmers. It uses gendered pronouns, but no more than if the article were about the sanction-beleaguered for-pay wifi down at the bazaar and the IT guy who owns the business.