> The other is the FreeBSD Code of Conduct. CoCs are (rightfully!) becoming more popular with projects and conferences, and I don’t know when they added theirs – but it’s well thought out, and I appreciate the effort there.
Worked as a health tech for 10 years around seniors. I can confirm the behavior of men and women differ at these times through social means. Men want to know how their child is doing, women on the other hand care more about how her child makes her appear socially.
I'm not sure I think it's constructive to point out differences in gender though. On HN, it automatically triggers me. It's already difficult enough for a women to get a job programming without being harassed or her talent overlooked.
Not to mention, how would you feel if every guy trying to "help" you was actually trying to take a pass at you? Invaded? Creeped out? I dated someone for a few weeks at my last startup but don't really want to see anyone now.
That said, node.js can be embraced by being used in places where it's strongest, like packaging web assets, front end builds, package managing js libraries, websocket stuff.
While the company selling the stuff doesn't go into much detail on how node.js is used - when bugs happen - and they will, node enthusiasts are going to get a bad rep for thinking they can use JS everywhere. Not a good idea
In my opinion using a language that doesn't compile into a binary with native type safety is a step backwards if it's integrated with any mission-critical system.
Love node.js and happy to see it succeed. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of seeing it used in places where it's not, because it gives the wrong impression.
I wouldn't use node.js everywhere. I'd say python can wear more hats, but if it came down to something you can't update regularly and would cause big ramification if it'd fail. You're just making a gamble.
If you have a JS bug which wasn't caught, which could have been caught via static analysis, you're going to either go into flight with broken entertainment or wait for a mechanic to update the system.
So to reiterate. Happy for node.js, I don't think I agree with where you applied it. I hope that customers, the airline companies and node.js doesn't suffer unduly because the wrong tool was picked for the job.
Giving suggestions isn't dictating. That's what comments are for.
He spent considerable amount of time which, in my opinion, would be better spent creating something superior.
To reiterate, I empathize with his grievances. Outlining them doesn't serve to bolster the legitimacy of his brand or sell videos.
If the intention is to get the pitchforks and sick them on Udemy, I also think I'm correct in pouring cold water on that too.
I truly see things differently, I don't want an end game where mobbing and shaming - I want to key people coding and making things.
He says he creates tutorials on SAAS platforms, yet he himself gives a critique to udemy on their site's performance and practices? To people's perceptions, that may send a conflicting message.
Let's see this another way, author launches his own video website using his SAAS Flask skills and talents.
It's hard to think big picture when you yourself feel or have been spurned. Even lawyers hire lawyers.
This is a public post the whole world can read. It's now publicly exposed to thousands of readers. Most of which don't know him and are now getting a first impression.
This doesn't put him in a position to gain anything. Even if his critique of udemy went viral and was taken in the most positive way, his reputation as a programmer and video content producer is damaged since he's seen as a spurned advocate.
This is why Europa is so stoked on the "right to be forgotten".
So many times we see a person who has dreams, but their temporary disagreement and power struggle personally ends up damaging their reputation. They are cast aside as trouble makers, and when it comes down to the decision of whether you want to work with someone, people's biases will tend to pick someone who won't potentially cause a stir.
Their "15 minutes of fame" deafens future attempts at them building their identity and reputation in the field they want.
I can empathize with you. You don't need to go on the attack/defense, you need to move and regroup your forces.
I don't see how you stand to benefit from writing a negative article.
The problem is no one knows who you are. The first thing we hear is you attacking Udemy from a defensive posture.
If you're going to present yourself to the world, I think the best way to do so is to show them who you really are. Tell your story.
So how about we take this off the front page, then make a new post about how great your tutorials are, what value they bring... and starting immediately, they can stripe/paypal you and buy them from your website for the best experience.
You can put up a paypal button now and email the videos by hand. Since you made a flask SAAS tutorial - you will probably be able to have a full video site up in a week or two.
If you did use Facebook Connect or authorize an FB app in anyway, that would probably be enough to generate a link somewhere.
In any event, men tend to be the pursuers on dating websites. It sounds a lot like bragplaining. Except normally females do it, and they're a lot likely to see you as creepy because numbers are lopsided in their favor.
Not saying you're creepy - but the reason dating websites are a time sink is everyone's ecstatic about telling their story - no one's interested in yours. Even if they were very humble, you'd be competing against 10's to 100's of pastes.
I love theoretical physics - I do get tired of all the fluff articles churned out. It's like medical research. You'd think they've cured cancer by now.
If you google around for dark matter, you'll find sources, including nasa.gov saying "direct proof" of dark matter has been found already. This was back in 2006.
Theoretical physicists: disprove MOND, TeVeS, Mass in other dimensions, Scale relativity, or better yet, get better data before throwing around theoretical speculation with such confidence?
> If you're never subject to frequent microaggression (of which you've just made in your reply), it can be hard to understand how significant they really are.
Anybody can be mobbed or subjected to unfair circumstances in the workplace.
While some take such critical offense to things on the micro level, there are thousands of men in the valley who sacrificed so much, tolerated unfair circumstances, and never opted to view themselves as the victim. They grew to be stronger people because of it.
It may come as a surprise, the feelings you're experiencing don't represent what me and my colleagues are seeing.
These stunts did nothing for inclusivity. They caused controversy and split people apart.
This isn't the hacker way.
Even females I know making tech weren't comfortable with this. Some found it patronizing, others dismissed it as sophistic.
They all are worried that men in tech will consider females to be hypersensitive troublemakers.
Frankly, these days I have more bias against women than I ever had before these stunts. If I hire a female, is she going to stir up a fuss over whatever's the latest blame politic trending on Twitter? That would put women at a disadvantage.
I admire the idea of helping the weak. I disagree that this was the way to go about it. I reiterate that shaming and nitpicking can feel quite bullying - even to men.
I never understood how things got so low or why people make a big thing out of these things. The person making the pull request, who was later hired by the 18F, was doing this to show how virtuous he was.
Yet, it showed a huge ignorance and ethnocentrism to the fact that other contributors on the project speak english as a second language. One of the developers being criticized first language is a gendered language [1].
This would make me a bit afraid to seek employment at 18F. It leaves me the impression you could be picked on or mobbed for completely innocent things.
Just like Ashley Madison's male to female and bot to human ratio, we'll never get honest stats on this - but it's really easy to bot twitter. There is no mobile phone verification. The amount of computerized accounts on twitter is huge.
From Twitter's SEC filing [1]:
In a new filing, the company said that “up to approximately 8.5%” of the accounts it considers active are automatically updated “without any discernible additional user-initiated action.”
Even that is quite a qualifier. You could have a discernible user-initiated action, then leave it to a bot.
I won't deny that twitter is a great way to get inbound traffic, and lots of it. But your followers, shares, etc. are still hugely inflated. It's really easy to game Twitter. The signal:noise ratio on there is critical.
How does that help anything?
What happens at projects and conferences?