Lynn Conway has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by betimsl » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:52 PM UTC

Great loss for our community.

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:53 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #17

mlsu wrote: post #13

I recommend reading Lynn's story, written in her own words: https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/RetrospectiveT.html It is amazing, tragic, and triumphant in so many ways.

Thanks for sharing! In case anyone knows, what's the best way to get this to be readable on an e-reader? Haven't found a PDF yet, probably exporting into a PDF is the easiest since it's only a couple dozen pages maybe?!

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Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by DonHopkins » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:54 PM UTC

minedwiz wrote: post #6

If this is verified, I think a black band is 100% warranted. As I understand it, she was a real innovator in VLSI, which I think we all agree is somewhat important :) EDIT: GG, the black band appeared as I sent this

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Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by electriclove » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:55 PM UTC

Why does Wikipedia not list the first spouse or children?

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by Upvoter33 » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:56 PM UTC

Great prof. Changed my entire career arc. RIP.

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by minedwiz » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:58 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #18

minedwiz wrote: post #6

If this is verified, I think a black band is 100% warranted. As I understand it, she was a real innovator in VLSI, which I think we all agree is somewhat important :) EDIT: GG, the black band appeared as I sent this

omg is that what that is? all this time I thought the CSS was screwed up on my browser. I had assumed it all my anti-ad/privacy plugins.

Yep, loss of a prominent HN-relevant person.

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by ljsprague » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:59 PM UTC

DonHopkins wrote: post #23

minedwiz wrote: post #6

If this is verified, I think a black band is 100% warranted. As I understand it, she was a real innovator in VLSI, which I think we all agree is somewhat important :) EDIT: GG, the black band appeared as I sent this

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What did Jonathan Payne say?

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 5:59 PM UTC

mlsu wrote: post #13

I recommend reading Lynn's story, written in her own words: https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/RetrospectiveT.html It is amazing, tragic, and triumphant in so many ways.

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Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by minedwiz » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 6:00 PM UTC

DonHopkins wrote: post #23

minedwiz wrote: post #6

If this is verified, I think a black band is 100% warranted. As I understand it, she was a real innovator in VLSI, which I think we all agree is somewhat important :) EDIT: GG, the black band appeared as I sent this

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Quite disappointing to hear; I know the feeling on discovering unfortunate things coworkers believe :(. I can scarcely imagine the feeling of seeing real progress happen on trans acceptance, only to then see a blowback coming, right at the end of your life. Glad she will be remembered positively.

Re: Lynn Conway has died

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Post by meifun » Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 6:01 PM UTC

mlsu wrote: post #13

I recommend reading Lynn's story, written in her own words: https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/RetrospectiveT.html It is amazing, tragic, and triumphant in so many ways.

Thank you for sharing!! Fascinating and really helpful to those of us who are undergoing our own gender transitions!