Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
1–10 of 17 posts
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#2> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com)
s/Female p/P/
The sanctions are bad because they hinder progress, not because of the genders of some affected parties.
edit: This is all in the HN title. The article focuses on a few women, but doesn't make a thing out of their gender.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#3While I agree the restrictions the regular Sudanese population must face are deeply regrettable, it's easy to see why they're in place, and it's mostly Sudan's fault. I know people working at a cc payment gateway company you've probably heard of, and they regularly block whole countries because of widespread fraud and the fact that the local police simply do not care about their citizens stealing from foreigners and will do nothing. It's too much to expect companies to open the gates and constantly lose money to fraud just on the off chance one of the transactions might be to an honest actor.
Don't even get me started on the stories I hear from my friend at Western Union. It's very hard to do business with a country where there is simple no rule of law as we know it. The sanctions are likely a symptom of that, not the cause.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#4> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com) s/Female p/P/ The sanctions are bad because they hinder progress, not because of the genders of some affected parties. edit: This is all in the HN title. The article focuses on a few women, but doesn't make a thing out of their gender.
I put female in the title because I thought it would get more attention due to the recent "controversies" on gender and programming.
It's a cause I care about so I'm willing to be link-baity to get more attention.
But I definitely agree with you.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#5While I agree the restrictions the regular Sudanese population must face are deeply regrettable, it's easy to see why they're in place, and it's mostly Sudan's fault. I know people working at a cc payment gateway company you've probably heard of, and they regularly block whole countries because of widespread fraud and the fact that the local police simply do not care about their citizens stealing from foreigners and…
The sanctions are in place because the Sudanese government has numerous human rights violations and supported terrorist elements in the 90s, including Osama Bin Laden.
The issue is that the sanctions hurt regular people way more than the government.
The government is a dictatorship that has been in power since 1989, there are protests against the government almost every year, usually ending in a few deaths.
I'm not sure if fraud has anything to do with it, but I can see that it may be an issue.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#6Male programmers are not hindered by U.S. sanctions? Why title is so stupid and sexist?
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#7US Sanctions are useless. they only affect the normal people, not the Governments or the people in power.
I lived in Syria for some time and it is impossible there to buy/use online services (hosting, apps, payment processing etc ..) or to use most Google services.
The funny part is that those same guys who brag about giving open access to knowledge and technology they themselves blocking it from the people who need it most.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#8> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com) s/Female p/P/ The sanctions are bad because they hinder progress, not because of the genders of some affected parties. edit: This is all in the HN title. The article focuses on a few women, but doesn't make a thing out of their gender.
I put female in the title because I thought it would get more attention due to the recent "controversies" on gender and programming. It's a cause I care about so I'm willing to be link-baity to get more attention. But I definitely agree with you.
Deceptive [expletive].
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#9While I agree the restrictions the regular Sudanese population must face are deeply regrettable, it's easy to see why they're in place, and it's mostly Sudan's fault. I know people working at a cc payment gateway company you've probably heard of, and they regularly block whole countries because of widespread fraud and the fact that the local police simply do not care about their citizens stealing from foreigners and…
The sanctions are in place because the Sudanese government has numerous human rights violations and supported terrorist elements in the 90s, including Osama Bin Laden. The issue is that the sanctions hurt regular people way more than the government. The government is a dictatorship that has been in power since 1989, there are protests against the government almost every year, usually ending in a few deaths. I'm not s…
The reason that they were sympathetic to Osama Bin Laden was because he was building roads, schools and hospitals in Sudan while the rest of the world didn't give a shit.
Re: Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access
#10> Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access (techpresident.com) s/Female p/P/ The sanctions are bad because they hinder progress, not because of the genders of some affected parties. edit: This is all in the HN title. The article focuses on a few women, but doesn't make a thing out of their gender.
I put female in the title because I thought it would get more attention due to the recent "controversies" on gender and programming. It's a cause I care about so I'm willing to be link-baity to get more attention. But I definitely agree with you.
You know that posting irrelevant information or bias just to be controversial in order to raise attention is called "trolling", right?