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Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by marknadal »

sushi wrote: post #10
marknadal wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We currently allow you to download (export) a zip of the page, which includes the images you drop in. Or do you mean image manipulation itself? If you are good at it, you should join us! We'd love to have you open source it. :)

Well one particular use case I know of where it could be useful is that many people who work in marketing need images for campaigns. It doesn't have to be too high resolution or anything just simple 600px wide images for facebook or twitter. Now since marketing is run by marketers and they don't necessary know Photoshop or image editing software, they could use some simple tool which lets them drag drop images, text…

Ooh, gotcha. So just a simple command that would basically do a print-screen for them. Nice idea, I'll have to add that in! Thanks!

Yeah, no joke, I know what you mean about client projects :P.

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by pbiggar »

> My boyfriend Mark is way too much of a perfectionist to post his startup on HN.

I used to be worried about doing self promotion too, partly a cultural thing (being Irish) and partly because I was worried that people would judge us. This had a really negative effect on my last startup, esp in talking to VCs. I would work on that.

Edit: I just noticed you did in fact post it yourself, so great start. I never did a Show HN for https://circleci.com and I regret it.

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by pbiggar »

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by [deleted] »

pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

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Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by petercooper »

pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend"

I wonder if it's just safer in the tech online social scene nowadays to avoid gender and say things like "my partner" to avoid gender related trouble. A curious contrast against how we'd speak in regular life. Related: http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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[deleted] wrote: post #15
pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

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Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by darkxanthos »

pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

If we had a gender neutral way of describing a romantic relationship with someone that'd fix it. Right now perhaps it seems like this is specifically targeting gender when it isn't actually the intent.

I've never dated someone who understands what I do so I relate to this but it has nothing to do gender other than I'm a straight male.

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by cheez »

pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

The guy has a girlfriend and he obviously had a conversation with her where he was too afraid to put it on HN. She took the initiative, as a good woman should do, and did an excellent job demonstrating the tool.

So I would say the more technical term for your feeling is: nonsensical.

Re: My girlfriend tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds

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Post by darkxanthos »

petercooper wrote: post #16
pbiggar wrote: post #13

Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?

I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" I wonder if it's just safer in the tech online social scene nowadays to avoid gender and say things like "my partner" to avoid gender related trouble. A curious contrast against how we'd speak in regular life. Related: http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife

The problem with partner on HN is it makes me think co-founder or the like. :-\
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