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I never quite got why it's ok for the stupid hackathon projects to be negative, demeaning, and have NSFW content, even though these things are completely verboten in every other tech event. Is there some kind of certification[0] that the hackathon organizers got to be allowed to do this? EDIT: [0] What I meant was that it is as if organizations like this hackathon have some kind of certification that allows them to h…
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How is this any of negative, demeaning, or NSFW?
see http://stupidhackathon.github.io/ and http://www.stupidhackathon.com/ and also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9521510
Does it work with scripts as well? E.g. if I run a makefile, will my gcc fees go through the roof? Maybe it should have safety warnings. The real killer feature would be a periodic upload of your transaction database to the cloud. You could call it "OneGNU". The possibilities are endless.
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There certainly are tech events that not shy away from such things, as much as there are hackathons that do not like such projects. Also, most hackathons don't select the projects beforehand, whereas other events have to explain why they selected "bad" content.
What other tech events did you have in mind? And if you check out the hackathons website [0] and the previous hackathon [1], they are showcasing exactly the offensive content that I was describing in my post. [0] http://stupidhackathon.github.io/ [1] http://www.stupidhackathon.com/
We don't have to hold every single developer event to the same standards as a Microsoft developer conference (which themselves don't always set high standards [1]). There are places for being serious, but there also have to be places where we can have fun and introspect with some lighthearted satire.
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see http://stupidhackathon.github.io/ and http://www.stupidhackathon.com/ and also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9521510
Given the comment you've just linked there leads with "This hackathon is a good example of the hypocrisy of the progressive movement", and you think "hackathon" is some sort of brand name requiring certification ... I urge you to consider the possibility that the problem lies not in the rest of the world outside yourself.
I never quite got why it's ok for the stupid hackathon projects to be negative, demeaning, and have NSFW content, even though these things are completely verboten in every other tech event. Is there some kind of certification[0] that the hackathon organizers got to be allowed to do this? EDIT: [0] What I meant was that it is as if organizations like this hackathon have some kind of certification that allows them to h…
How is this any of negative, demeaning, or NSFW?
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What other tech events did you have in mind? And if you check out the hackathons website [0] and the previous hackathon [1], they are showcasing exactly the offensive content that I was describing in my post. [0] http://stupidhackathon.github.io/ [1] http://www.stupidhackathon.com/
If you name your Hackathon "Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon", I think it's perfectly acceptable to allow slightly NSFW content. And I don't agree anything there was overly negative or demeaning, it was all healthy satire. We don't have to hold every single developer event to the same standards as a Microsoft developer conference (which themselves don't always set high standards [1]). There are pla…
Here is the content I thought would be considered offensive it it didn't come from a progressive source (repeated from [1]):
Here are some examples from the previous New York hackathon [2]:
Sexual content:
Golden Bitcoin Pasties, Focus Tools, Collaborative Fuck Bike, E.T. Strapon, Sado-Masochistic Macrame Planter, Tinder For Babies, "ok glass, vomit"
Making fun of mental health/development issues:
Stupid Font
Body shaming and objectification:
Intellectual Babes Calendar
And here are some prize categories in the current hackathon that are similarly offensive:
Peter Thiel, Scatological APIs, Targetting The "Hikikomori" Space
[0] http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-apologizes-for-cringe...
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