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1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by orf »

shiohime wrote: post #23
orf wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you point me to the guideline that says stories must be related to development please?

It says under what to not submit: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Ideological or political battle or talking points. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. Note this is obvious political banter bait - hence I'd argue it falls under the ideological / polit…

Thanks, I still can't see the phrase "anything not related to development is off topic" though. If you could highlight where it says that I would be most grateful.

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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ythn wrote: post #20
Pixeleen wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it was only once with a cop in recent memory, and yes it was for a traffic violation. I am a frequent international traveller as well. In neither circumstance should what the computer has about my previous genitals come into play. I write that I am a transsexual here for simplicity, but I am not "trans". That is not who I am. I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk.

> I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk. I think the information the asterisk conveys is important. For example, I don't think trans women should be allowed to compete against cis women in sports on even terms since it is physiologically unfair.

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Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by da_chicken »

ythn wrote: post #20
Pixeleen wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it was only once with a cop in recent memory, and yes it was for a traffic violation. I am a frequent international traveller as well. In neither circumstance should what the computer has about my previous genitals come into play. I write that I am a transsexual here for simplicity, but I am not "trans". That is not who I am. I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk.

> I am a woman, not a woman with an asterisk. I think the information the asterisk conveys is important. For example, I don't think trans women should be allowed to compete against cis women in sports on even terms since it is physiologically unfair.

It's really only important in the long term for medical reasons. There some some diseases which have genetic factors which your doctor needs to be aware of. Similar to knowing that an adopted child is not natural born from the parents. An inaccurate or incomplete genetic history of a patient can result in misdiagnosis.

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

#34

Post by shiohime »

orf wrote: post #31
shiohime wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says under what to not submit: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Ideological or political battle or talking points. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. Note this is obvious political banter bait - hence I'd argue it falls under the ideological / polit…

Thanks, I still can't see the phrase "anything not related to development is off topic" though. If you could highlight where it says that I would be most grateful.

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting.

This isn't related to being a good hacker, but rather it's literally an off topic article that is basically just opening up a bunch of political debate points.

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by sctb »

arkona2 wrote: post #10

Seems like Hacker News is being co-opted by people with an agenda. I see more and more of these off-topic articles popping up on the front page

I don't think there's a strong case for an agenda here. This is what the guidelines say:

> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

It seems easy to make an argument that this article might gratify one's intellectual curiosity.

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by Lazare »

pjc50 wrote: post #8

How do you deal with the arbitary actions of authority figures against you for being different? Get a piece of paper from a different authority figure that says actually this is fine.

It's somehow seems to be a very German solution, really.

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

#37

Post by Lazare »

shiohime wrote: post #19
arkona2 wrote: post #10

Seems like Hacker News is being co-opted by people with an agenda. I see more and more of these off-topic articles popping up on the front page

lol this and so many other articles aren't even remotely related to development. Literally off topic according to the site guidelines.

> Literally off topic according to the site guidelines.

You literally didn't read the site guidelines, did you?

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by orf »

shiohime wrote: post #34
orf wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I still can't see the phrase "anything not related to development is off topic" though. If you could highlight where it says that I would be most grateful.

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. This isn't related to being a good hacker, but rather it's literally an off topic article that is basically just opening up a bunch of political debate points.

Thanks again, but I still cannot see it. If you could please highlight the section that explicitly states that content must be about development, as per your original comment, that would be fantastic. I'm sure it's right under my nose and I'm just missing it

Re: 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment

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Post by Lazare »

shiohime wrote: post #34
orf wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I still can't see the phrase "anything not related to development is off topic" though. If you could highlight where it says that I would be most grateful.

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. This isn't related to being a good hacker, but rather it's literally an off topic article that is basically just opening up a bunch of political debate points.

I'm a good hacker, and I found it interesting. And it's been upvoted by other people.

If you didn't find it interesting, then maybe you're not a good enough hacker?

(Tongue in cheek, but only partially.)

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