SexyCyborg

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Lu Ban's Axe and working with your Chinese suppliers(hackaday.com)
4 points by SexyCyborg 9y ago|0 comments
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
>I know people who have worked with Terrone. His reputation is not so great either, he is an arrogant dude. >So take this post with a grain of salt, it is part of a smear campaign that Terrone is going about online. I could not disagr
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
Bunnie on point as always.
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
>Totally unrelated but I loved your Hikaru Skirt and made one for my gf back then as a bday present (to go to a Vocalid live). It helped me to design and hide a small box and get similar electronics. Great to hear:-)
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
>The flip side is that I think western makers/hackers are more focused on coming up with completely new ideas, with less of a focus on quality of execution, whereas a lot of chinese makers/hackers/manufacturers are more fo
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
>Yeah, that really sucks. There's definitely a lot of pretty apparent white privilege here, which I try to be really aware of and not take unfair advantage of. But it can be tricky to navigate at times. Trust me- they treat me bette
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
As a Shenzhen local, I'd consider this video one of very few that present a 100% accurate view of the local hardware and market culture. It's very well done and everything he says is correct and that's unusual.
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
Not a lot, usually what happens if it's grey to sell it there are special keywords used or you just ask the TB store owner on PM.
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by SexyCyborg 9y ago
No- under these circumstances you don't haggle. They mostly sell quantity to people they know, they are stopping real business to be polite and do him a favor. Likewise, if you buy 5 switches in SEG, it's going to be like $2 and i
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
>love your stuff by the way, you're probably the first exposure alot of westerners have to the Shenzhen scene on reddit and other sites. Thanks! >have you lived in the US? always been curious where you picked up your fluency in e
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Ok, I'm probably more engaged in discussing and promoting Shenzhen with Westerners in English than any other Shenzhen resident. I'm a Hackaday contributor, tweet and vblog about it with more followers than any other local, all tha
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
>The "maker movement" is alive in Shentzen There is no Maker movement in Shenzhen- there are well-equipped spaces we show to tourists, there is no Maker Movement in the usual use of the word. Go check- no Github repositories, n
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
I made audio files of all words and phrases in "The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" and posted it here: https://soundcloud.com/sexycyborg/sets/shenzhen_bunnie-huang
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Wired doc is good in parts- there is no local "Maker culture" unless you invent a new use of the word.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
A cycle left on it's own it more likely to be stolen. You park it next to other, nicer, less well-secured bikes in the hope that they will steal those instead.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
We don’t really have them in China, and overseas Women in Tech communities aren’t really interested.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
It might work, Shenzhen housing and cost of living is insane now.
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Source Parts on TaoBao- an Insiders Guide(hackaday.com)
2 points by SexyCyborg 10y ago|0 comments
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
I'm not at all surprised by this. I'm not a BDSM enthusiast, but in my personal life I wear clothes and have body mods that while legal and socially acceptable in my country, many Westerners find outrageous and deeply offensive. I
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
As a Chinese woman in tech it calls out a typical local business practice as unacceptable. Which is somewhat helpful given that Chinese tech companies pretty much worship the practices and culture of Western startups.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
It's not that bad.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Nice! Works: http://i.imgur.com/ADLFzit.png 18mb file failed though. STL download would also be appreciated :-)
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Thanks for giving me a chance before deciding, I really appreciate it. Some people are still not ok with it, and I totally understand, just so long as they get the whole picture first.
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
>I've seen your stuff in r/DIY and it looks like your main interest (outside of your work as an RoR dev) is hardware. Do you code for fun or do anything on the software side as well? No, software is just to mostly just to suppo
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
I know most Westerners are a bit taken aback at first but I'm an HN regular and around if anyone has any questions. FAQ is here: http://pastebin.com/V3474kYs
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Thanks:)
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Yup. I submitted my application based on the FashionTech wearable I designed, built and wore to protest the lack of inclusion of any local women at a Western tech event here in Shenzhen. http://i.imgur.com/2D8dESV.jpg I e
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
Lateral hostility is a huge problem for women in tech and it's absolutely taboo to talk publically about. Female patterns of intrasexual aggression are entirely different from male. There is a refusal to acknowledge this and deal with
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
>Many people think that being a female developer means facing a lot of discrimination from my fellow colleagues and others, but it isn’t the case for me. I have really encouraging colleagues who give me good advice and guide me along the
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by SexyCyborg 10y ago
As an unlikely Maker struggling in an environment that's not always very supportive, Bunnie and Limor have my absolute undying loyalty for the way they each reached out with just a simple "Hey, if you need something just let me kn

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