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I have some general advice for you - please assume that people argue in good faith.
I didn't think you weren't arguing in good faith. I still don't think you weren't arguing in good faith. That's why I was explaining some important extra context to you that you seemed to be unaware of.
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I didn't think you weren't arguing in good faith. I still don't think you weren't arguing in good faith. That's why I was explaining some important extra context to you that you seemed to be unaware of.
It seems that I've misinterpreted the intent of your comment. I apologize for the accusation.
You'd think a non-white non-American female engineer not afraid of self-expression and her own sexuality would be a darling given the big talk of diversity and inclusion, but in the end she gets rejected because her boobs are too big for America to handle. It's comical.
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If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
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If you have the skills, it generally shouldn't matter what clothes you wear. Even if you don't have the skills, it generally shouldn't matter what clothes you wear. Like don't strap knives to your arms, and do wear a good mask, but generally we spend a lot of time policing other folk's bodies and attire, and for what?
Agree.. As long as my dick isnt hanging out of my shorts Im generally good to go. (Helps my customers are pretty laid back too)
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I don't really support to ban anything that could be seen as sexual, but if you put it out, some people will always judge you on that merit. It will also net you attention and can overshadow your other feats. Should she be condemned for that? I don't think so. But the engineering feats alone will never be the focus as a consequence.
>But the engineering feats alone will never be the focus as a consequence. There's a line between "never be the focus" and "we will erase you". This sort of thing is constant- but I'll give you a recent example- NPR recently ran this story: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1047691984/decades-after-poli... About an American lady who needed some parts for her iron lung and how no one would help her. Only the thing is, th…
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Her appearance is part of her (sexual) identity: https://twitter.com/realsexycyborg/status/139660540781712998... Of course, she could hide it, but she just doesn't want to.
Wow, that thread. Sexual identities have become very complicated.
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USA. that's why.
Except it's not an USA thing. Here in Europe showing nipples in a public place is also considered nudity and generally frowned upon. It's a cultural thing, no need to attribute ideology to it. And the culture is shifting - just a century ago it was considered not modest if you wore shorts or short skirts, or two-piece swimsuits, now it's normal and accepted.
Wu has done more for the Maker subculture than almost any of her critics. Details have been well documented in other posts. I wish Wu's critics would just be honest for once. I try not to be reductive, but I her case it's patently obvious that she gets flack because she's got extremely big tits. Given the boxes she checks (female, clearly very intelligent, creative, STEM stuff, good content creator) she'd be held up…
I totally support being able to express yourself. All power to Wu, but I could not care less about this channel. It feels very misplaced and fake. Feels like going half naked to a childrens party.
I'm aware it's incongruous. The whole thing makes very sensible people uncomfortable because it seems vulgar and unnecessary. And that's going to be the case until I butch up and use my words. Probably won't help much, but it might at least make some sense then.
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It depends maybe on the circles you interact with, but in some circles, people are not taken seriously which try too much to adhere to the conservative business dress code by wearing a suite with tie. This is actually a common meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/fbwnd0/im_... https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/ajthjb/thi... https://www.quora.com/What-do-people-think-good-programmers…
Right leaning software developer here. What are you talking about? Why do you think this has anything to do with political alignment? I find a suit as uncomfortable as anybody else. Dress code is more about public image in my experience than political alignment.